The secondary market for residential servicing rights remains robust.

JPM is losing certain staffers to Freedom Mortgage. Meanwhile, is Art Ringwald contemplating a return to mortgage banking?

One source said Bexil shareholders will hold a meeting on the issue, possibly by week’s end.

One of the best kept secrets in the servicing sector is a “bifurcated” mortgage program initiated by Fannie Mae that has been gathering momentum over the past six months.

Provident Funding has one word for last week's rate spike: "Ugly." Meanwhile, the TBW MSR portfolio finally gets sold...

When rates spiked this week, margin calls to MBS investors increased. Lenders are nervous but next will will be the real test, mortgage executives told Inside Mortgage Finance.

With rates rising and liquidity increasing, more mortgage servicing portfolios are hitting the auction market.

Thanks to rising interest rates, now may be the time for Flagstar to sell a huge block of servicing.

With rates rising and refis falling, will certain mortgage companies head for the exits? And if they do, will they get too greedy on the sale price?

At least two mid-sized nonbanks on track to fund up to $10 billion in mortgages this year are on the auction block and could get sold in the months ahead. That is, if their owners don’t get too greedy. With interest rates continuing to head north and loan application volumes weakening, the dynamics in the mergers and acquisitions market may be shifting. Over the past two years, lenders have been posting the best profit margins ever, which in turn has caused them to increase their asking price, that is, should they entertain the thought of selling. In general, nonbank lenders that are...