Analysts at PiperJaffray said the agreement “removes the near-term risk of Altisource being liquidated.”

EverBank sold jumbos with an unpaid principal balance of $981.3 million, up 60.4 percent from the previous quarter.

Perhaps, the time is drawing near to once again raise the thorny issue of whether the Department of Housing and Urban Development should cut FHA premiums...

The market did not react kindly to Five Oaks' earnings news. At one point in trading, its share price was down 13 percent on the day.

Even with the assessment of Clayton, the functions that a deal agent complete remain nebulous.

New applications are booming at PRMG...

Impac Mortgage, one of the better known non-QM lenders, funded $75.0 million in such loans during the first quarter of 2016, up from $50.8 million in the previous quarter.

Ron D’Vari, CEO of New Oak Capital, said borrower demand for non-QMs is strong, but there are a number of hurdles to issuing MBS with the loans.

The Association of Mortgage Professionals, which represents mortgage brokers, said it believes the measure will dilute states’ rights to protect consumers.

Two Harbors was the first – and thus far only – firm to issue a jumbo MBS with loans subject to the TRID mortgage disclosure rule.