As part of the transaction, company founder and president Steven Horne will step down as president and chief executive officer, but will remain as a senior advisor.

Note to Ocwen management: every US employee is a potential mortgage customer. Think about it.

Guild intends to buy even more mortgage companies. Is an IPO next?

We even heard one report that a non-QM firm is contemplating an initial public offering. It sounds crazy, we know…Meanwhile, it appears the states want a say in MSR transfers...

Ocwen said it has fixed the "back-dating" problem but it may be too late for the company.

After all, didn’t America suffer a housing “depression” because credit was too loose? Some GOP conservatives in Congress live by the edict: those who can own; those who can’t rent…

Servicing brokers expect a land rush of servicing deals before yearend.

Buyers of “bulk” Ginnie mortgage servicing rights will have to meet the test by January 2015.

Charbonneau, Klein and other advisors report that mortgage M&A activity is the strongest it has been in years.

Bill Dallas, who runs Skyline Lending, told us he believes the “new” non-agency movement is beginning right now. “Today, we‘re doing 90 percent agency,” he said. “In 2017 the ratio will be 60 percent agency.”