With the second quarter having just ended, several large flow and bulk MSR transactions are in the works...

Bond investing giant Pacific Investment Management Co., commonly known as PIMCO, is getting more serious about buying a mortgage franchise and has zeroed in on a mid-sized nonbank, according to industry officials who claim to have knowledge of the talks. But it’s not mortgage banking, per se, that PIMCO is ultimately interested in – it’s the MBS market. “PIMCO has been in the MBS game for many years, so I would think this is possible,” said industry consultant Paul Hindman. Hindman has...

FUN FACT: PIMCO owns almost 12 percent of PHH Corp., the parent of the nation's ninth largest residential servicer.

The underlying collateral is located in all 50 states, but Texas accounts for the largest count of loans at 1,220.

We’re told a sale contract could be signed any day now, but as far as a public announcement is concerned, it may not happen right away…

As the holiday weekend approached, representatives from PIMCO's media department had not returned telephone calls and emails on the matter.

Wells Fargo was the top seller to Freddie Mac in 2Q with $12.6 billion, according to newly compiled figures from Inside Mortgage Finance, but BofA was a somewhat close second...

According to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance, at March 31, RoundPoint serviced $46.88 billion in home mortgages.

In total, the Baker Street hedge fund now controls 8.4 million shares of Walter Investment Management, the parent company of Green Tree Servicing.

According to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance, the privately held Prospect ranks 34th among all residential lenders.