Bids on both packages are due later in the week.

The J.G. Wentworth Company is in the process of being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange, sparking rumors that its mortgage subsidiary – a $1.5 billion-a-year originator – might find itself on the auction block. For now, the parent company is putting a good face on the delisting and said its mortgage division, J.G. Wentworth Home Lending, had a strong first quarter. A spokeswoman for the parent did not address a possible sale of the lender in an email exchange with Inside Mortgage Finance. In the first quarter of 2016, J.G. Wentworth lost...

In 2015, Alterra Home Loans had a growth rate of 100 percent. The firm also has a small servicing portfolio but uses a subservicer to do the processing.

Recently, rumors were making the rounds in Washington that Fannie and Freddie might be pondering an increase in their net worth minimums for seller/servicers...

The product for sale is concentrated in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas.

A new report from Deutsche Bank estimates that a 3.5 percent rate on mortgages “puts roughly two-thirds of borrowers in the money to refinance…"

Ares said it will use the cash from the sale of its mortgage banking subsidiary to its “principal lending portfolio.”

There’s a growing concern about price discounts on Ginnie servicing rights, and a strong belief that the agency is once again getting anxious about so many nonbanks being such large players in the market.

Among those reporting higher application volume is Prosperity Mortgage, the residential lending arm of realty giant Long & Foster...

The mortgages currently are being subserviced by a firm described as “DMI.”