In an interview, Ocwen’s chief compliance officer said: "We are a fully-transformed company and very anxious to break away from some of the regulatory constraints..."

With the purchase of Opes, Flagstar likely will move up two spots in the origination rankings to number 12, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

Servicing brokers believe that the relatively strong showing in Ginnie transfers in the fourth quarter might have been an aberration…

Depending on its buying spree, Freedom could easily leap-frog into the number four originator spot, bypassing PennyMac Financial, Bank of America, and U.S. Bank.

When it comes to mortgage banking M&A, it’s still a seller’s market…

In 2009, BofA’s stock fell to as low as $3.95 a share. Today, it trades for $22.86, an increase of 478 percent…

When Walter Investment released fourth quarter results last week it declined to hold a live earnings call – somewhat of a rarity…

Although 2017 is expected to be a down year for originations, Freedom Mortgage – already a top-10 ranked lender – is poised for growth via mergers and acquisitions and is pondering deals for both servicing rights and other shops. Company CEO and founder Stanley Middleman told Inside Mortgage Finance bluntly: “We’re shopping.” Although Middleman declined to name any targets, he said...

A small portion of the loans are characterized as non-owner occupied…

Over the past three years, Walter Investment Management has lost a whopping $902 million...