With the purchase of Opes, Flagstar likely will move up two spots in the origination rankings to number 12, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

Servicing brokers believe that the relatively strong showing in Ginnie transfers in the fourth quarter might have been an aberration…

Depending on its buying spree, Freedom could easily leap-frog into the number four originator spot, bypassing PennyMac Financial, Bank of America, and U.S. Bank.

When it comes to mortgage banking M&A, it’s still a seller’s market…

In 2009, BofA’s stock fell to as low as $3.95 a share. Today, it trades for $22.86, an increase of 478 percent…

When Walter Investment released fourth quarter results last week it declined to hold a live earnings call – somewhat of a rarity…

Although 2017 is expected to be a down year for originations, Freedom Mortgage – already a top-10 ranked lender – is poised for growth via mergers and acquisitions and is pondering deals for both servicing rights and other shops. Company CEO and founder Stanley Middleman told Inside Mortgage Finance bluntly: “We’re shopping.” Although Middleman declined to name any targets, he said...

A small portion of the loans are characterized as non-owner occupied…

Over the past three years, Walter Investment Management has lost a whopping $902 million...

Tricon Capital Group’s recent announcement that it plans to buy single-family rental operator Silver Bay Realty Trust for $1.4 billion in cash is a potential sign that this thriving sector could be in for a round of consolidation. Once the deal is completed, the combined SFR company will have 16,800 homes in its stable of rentals – 9,000 coming from Silver Bay and 7,800 coming from Tricon American Homes, the U.S. residential division of the Toronto-based TCG. Among SFR operators, TAH/SBRT will rank...