The OCC believes that HAMP loans perform better than proprietary mods because the program places an emphasis on reduced monthly payments, debt-to-income ratios and income verification. Servicers also receive incentive payments.

How much capital should nonbank mortgage servicers be required to have? The question is getting louder and louder.

Credit unions that originate no downpayment mortgages almost always keep the loans in portfolio.

Some rating agencies fear that many of the jumbo entrants not only lack historical loan performance data, but have not yet established track records for remedying representation and warranty breaches.

Jumbos for borrowers with strong credit profiles present banks with limited risks – particularly adjustable-rate mortgages – and the loans offer lucrative opportunities to cross-sell other products.

On Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages with private mortgage insurance, average closing times declined to 42.5 days from 46.0 days.

Although the FHLB-Chicago will facilitate jumbo purchases with Redwood, any FHLB member across the nation can upstream product to the REIT.

The loans in the deal were largely originated by First Republic Bank and Chase, banks that certainly have the capacity to hold jumbos in portfolio.

The CFPB's Steve Antonakes revealed that the agency did not start training many of its examiners about the new rules until the first half of this year.

He may know how to run a decent race, but does economics professor David Brat – the man who beat Rep. Eric Cantor in the GOP primary in Virginia – know the history of the mortgage meltdown?