Banks and Wall Street firms are sticking their toes back in the water when it comes to making loans backed by mortgage servicing rights.

Add this to the mortgage banker worry-list: the FHFA is once again toying with the idea of changing the minimum servicing fee on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans.

Roughly $20 billion of mortgage servicing rights that once belonged to Taylor, Bean & Whitaker are quietly being shopped around.

Joe Anderson, who worked at Countrywide Financial Corp. for 17 years and then Nationstar, is considered the top candidate to get the CEO job at Vericrest Financial.

Three senators are pushing for 3 percent downpayment language on the QRM rule.

Fannie Mae is working on a plan to sell billions of dollars of nonperforming loans in the second quarter.

Fortress Investment Group has raised $1.6 billion to buy mortgage assets, including servicing rights.

The CFPB has warned the mortgage banking industry that it should pay close attention to loss mitigation work when servicing rights are transferred.

Is PennyMac Financial Services, which just filed for an IPO, really part of PNC?

Wells Fargo is contemplating selling some of its massive $1.906 trillion residential servicing portfolio while maintain a subservicing relationship with the end consumer.