The warning comes in the wake of a Government Accountability Office report identifying weaknesses in FHA’s oversight of HECMs, particularly in monitoring, performance assessment and reporting.

Common sense dictates that the larger the MSR portfolio, the steeper the pain will be...

There's a strong demand out there for mortgage processors, but overall, residential-related hiring has been tepid...

Altisource’s share price is trading near a 52-week low. The vendor’s largest client is Ocwen Financial, a mega nonbank that’s struggled with profitability…

However, it was a different picture in terms of complaints regarding credit reports…

Shouldn’t the managements of Fannie and Freddie start preparing for the day when they’re “free” from the shackles of regulatory bondage? Shouldn’t CEOs Hugh Frater (Fannie) and David Brickman (Freddie) be holding high level meetings with their lieutenants regarding strategies for the future?

Of course, mortgage historians know that Berkshire took a bite at the GSE apple a few decades back. In 2000, Berkshire was one of the largest shareholders in Freddie...

In recent years, mortgages funded by Quicken have been included in prime non-agency MBS issued by others, but this is the first deal backed solely by loans originated by Quicken and serviced by the firm.

New Residential will assume some of Ditech’s office space and roughly 1,100 workers will be offered employment at the REIT.