According to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance, MGIC ranks second nationwide in terms of MI policies-in-force. Only Radian ranks higher.

The FHFA shortly will begin to collect additional, more specific and personal information on borrowers and loans as part of the National Mortgage Database project the agency launched with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Walter, through its affiliate Green Tree Loan Servicing, is a top 10 ranked servicer, according to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance.

During a recent webinar on MSR strategies, industry attorney Larry Platt of K&L Gates said he knows of “certain sales that have been held up for quite some time.” He noted: “You really can’t get a handle on what the cause of it is.”

The MBA said applications for purchase-mortgages with high loan balances have increased in recent months while applications for lower-balance mortgages has declined…

But Wells also offers up disappointing news on its mortgage gain-on-sale results. Its GOS fell to 161 basis points in the first quarter compared to 177 bps in 4Q and 256 bps in 1Q13.

FHFA Director Mel Watt may have something to say soon on the topic of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac loan level price adjustments, commonly known as LLPAs. As for the GSE 'Scorecard'...

PHH Mortgage has been on the auction block for at least two months. One called the sale “mission impossible.”

Did the FHFA late last summer/early fall raise concerns regarding a certain nonbank servicer’s capital in regard to a huge portfolio of mortgage servicing rights that it had bought earlier in the year from a megabank?

“A few groups have taken a walk through the offices in Cherry Hill,” said a source close to PHH. “People are starting to notice – and leave.”