Nationstar appears to be the winning bidder on the Taylor Bean & Whitaker MSR pacakge. Meanwhile: Ed DeMarco, the most powerful man in mortgage finance today?

Merger and acquisition activity is perking up in the mortgage market with a deal set for unveiling possibly by Friday afternoon or early next week.

Nationstar Mortgage earned $63.8 million in the fourth quarter as it continued to snatch up MSR packages.

New Castle and Springleaf are teaming up to buy a huge portfolio of consumer and real estate loans from HSBC.

Will a private conventional MBS market ever happen? If GSE g-fees keep rising, yes.

Speculation is mounting that International Business Machines may have the contract to build the new single-platform MBS unit for FHFA.

Some lenders are concerned about the coming 'FHA Scorecard' and the ability of certain large funders to make their numbers look good.

It appears the GSE "common" securitization platform will happen this year.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency hasn't totally given up on the issue of "fee for service."

Milestone Advisors has picked a winning bidder for the MSR portfolio once owned by Taylor, Bean & Whitaker.