The top contributor to the new Credit Suisse jumbo deal is New Penn, which is controlled by MBS co-inventor Lew Ranieri.

Some 97 lenders contributed to the pending security from Redwood, led by PrimeLending with a 9.0 percent share.

It's always possible that Green Tree could turn around and sue HUD before HUD sues them, which is what Quicken Loans did.

The Federal Reserve is seen as taking the brunt of nonbank servicer-induced prepayment risk on agency MBS.

Earlier this year Cherry Hill agreed to buy Aurora Financial Group and its $700 million servicing portfolio for $4 million. Included in the purchase was Aurora’s agency approvals.

LendingHome is testing residential originations of non-qualified mortgages, among other products.

Tal Frank, president of the company, noted that mortgages made to physicians maintain a near zero delinquency rate, even those without a downpayment.

The lender says government investigators have conducted lengthy depositions with numerous Quicken leaders…

Laurie Goodman, director of the Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center, is among those who support Treasury’s push to include a deal agent in the benchmark non-agency MBS.

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