Residential loan production for 2013 may turn out to be better than originally projected, thanks to a vastly improved purchase-money business.

The $93 billion question for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHFA: what is a "deferred tax asset" and how can it be used, if at all?

Quicken is buying a large MSR portfolio from the government-owned Ally Bank and more deals may be in the works.

Nationstar Mortgage, a fast growing residential servicer, is losing the man in charge of default processing at the firm.

Genworth is losing a top MI executive to a mortgage servicer. And more woes for Chimera...

Walter Investment Management lost money in the fourth quarter and for the full year but that's because it's been gobbling up billions of dollars in mortgage servicing rights.

HUD may be forced to cut some of its vendors due to the federal sequester. Meanwhile, Two Harbors raises $673 million.

Improving loan quality is sparking a major shake-out in the due diligence sector. Can jumbo production and MBS save the day? Meanwhile, the supply of MBS expanded slightly in the fourth quarter.

Freddie Mac is still owed $1.2 billion from Lehman Brothers, which went bust five years ago. Also, Wells Fargo sells NPLs to Citigroup.

The fast growing Ocwen Financial won the bid for Ally Financial's residential servicing portfolio.