TIAA is headed by Roger Ferguson, former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.

According to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance, Caliber had a sequential production growth rate of 51.9 percent in the second quarter...

The stress test calculation is mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act and applies to Fannie and Freddie because each have $10 billion or more in assets.

Higher net worth requirements coming on GSE loans?

California accounts for the largest share of the collateral at 12.8 percent, based on dollar volume. Florida is second at 8.6 percent.

One of the largest players in the "new" nonprime mortgage industry is Citadel Loan Servicing, Irvine, CA, which now has a portfolio totaling $600 million.

Overall, Fannie Mae’s bottom line was bolstered by a strong quarter for originations: $510 billion in the second quarter compared to $380 billion in the first, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

Looks like JPMorgan Chase is getting ready to issue yet another jumbo MBS...

Under the agency’s current rules, residential servicers must tell a mortgagor about their foreclosure prevention options just once over the life of a loan.

The company has been diversifying heavily into subservicing contracts and over the past year has struck outsourcing deals with USAA and Seneca Mortgage Servicing.