Credit Suisse, the top jumbo MBS issuer through the first half of 2015, placed $629.6 million of jumbo MBS in 2Q, down 44.7 percent on a sequential basis.

Housing markets in North Dakota and Texas are looking a bit risky these days, according to the Arch MI Risk Index model.

The pending MBS from JPMorgan Chase will include contributions from Chase, First Republic Bank, PennyMac Loan Services and SunTrust Mortgage.

“After the ‘taper tantrum’ you had a whole bunch of institutions that got annihilated when the 10-year Treasury rate moved," said analyst Christophe Whalen of KBRS.

We’re told a sale contract could be signed any day now, but as far as a public announcement is concerned, it may not happen right away…

The most recent regulatory foray has come from the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, which formed the Mortgage Servicing Rights Task Force to develop standards for nonbank servicers...

The GAO analyzed changes to HAMP implemented in October and beyond, including extending performance incentive payments to borrowers...

The jumbo MBS rated by Fitch since 2010 haven’t experienced any losses.

Wells Fargo was the top seller to Freddie Mac in 2Q with $12.6 billion, according to newly compiled figures from Inside Mortgage Finance, but BofA was a somewhat close second...

For most HELOCs, the OCC said the end-of-draw period means that monthly payments change from interest-only to amortizing...