Good news for mortgage bankers: gain-on-sale profit margins are on the rise.

Matthew Tomiak, a managing director at Redwood Trust, said investors occasionally request that Redwood issue publicly-registered jumbo MBS.

Neil Ahuja, CEO of Premium Point, said the firm is keeping its options open.

Zais said a strategic review of the REIT will continue, including exploration of a possible sale or even a liquidation of the company’s assets.

Sources close to D’Urso said his termination by Radian was a “total surprise” to him as well.

The Treasury Department helped facilitate discussions among the working group...

Fitch didn’t adjust its loss expectations due to TRID compliance issues, noting that the risk for investors was “immaterial...”

Ellington is also investing in lenders that originate the loans.

The GSEs will publicly release their non-performing loan sales data for the first time, conclude their assessment of various credit scoring models and the FHFA will issue a request for input on front-end credit risk transfer transactions.

Fannie Mae found that lenders’ profit margin outlook fell steadily throughout 2015 after peaking in the first quarter, even with a strong job market and low interest rates.