Is the bloom off the rose in the single-family home rental market? Some institutional investors are shedding assets.

Where are these FHA loans migrating to? “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,” said Chappelle.

BofA continues to carve down the size of its mortgage servicing portfolio.

The general fear is that higher-than-needed capital standards will cause mortgage insurers to hold unnecessary amounts of assets that will force the industry to raise premiums.

The Wall Street firm hunting for mortgage acquisitions is not a depository like JPMorgan Chase...

Despite the drought, a Fannie spokesman issued a statement saying, “Bank of America continues to be an important seller-servicer for Fannie Mae, including servicing a sizable book of loans that we own.”

The Irvine-based Citadel continues to ramp up its staff and hopes to hire another 15 to 20 workers by the end of June.

The replenishment rate is calculated by dividing servicing outstanding by annual production volume.

The disclosure is buried in the details of Freddie’s recent 10-Q filing with Securities and Exchange Commission.

Although Fannie Mae is poised to begin auctioning off some of its nonperforming mortgages, the market continues to be dominated by smaller deals.