As the mortgage M&A market chugs along in the coming year, Guild hopes to be a buyer.

Soon it will be easier to use Ginnie Mae mortgage servicing rights as collateral, or so the agency hopes.

It appears that Ethos Lending will enter the non-QM market come October...

The concept of MSR-backed securities recently came to the fore again with the news that Stonegate Mortgage, Indianapolis, is contemplating a transaction.

Although "legacy" MSR sales are in the tank, newer servicing rights continue to hit the market.

Founded in 1996, Regency is owned and operated by its founders Quentin Keefe and Maureen Lemay. Both will continue in their present positions.

Commercial banks hate mortgages. No, they don't. Yes, they do. No they don't. Yes, they do...

As part of the transaction, Cobalt co-founders Keith Tibbles and Ernie Gehre will stay with the company, which will become a division of Caliber.

Over the past few weeks, a handful of mortgage firms have announced acquisitions of smaller shops with an eye toward expanding their origination footprints or servicing portfolios. And investment banking advisors told Inside Mortgage Finance that between now and yearend, the mergers and acquisitions market should be brisk as owners of privately held companies finally head for the exits, realizing that when it comes to originations, 2015 likely won’t be much better than the current year. The largest nonbank to test the M&A market this year is...

Some mortgage executives told us privately that residential originations could fall by 20 percent year.