Mortgage lenders, private mortgage insurers and the government-sponsored enterprises remained at loggerheads on the nagging problem of loan buybacks and MI cancellations as 2011 came to a close. Despite several “global” settlements by the GSEs and halting progress on legal wrangling over representation and warranty claims related to non-agency mortgage-backed securities, a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis reveals there were more unresolved buyback demands at the end of 2011 than there were at the beginning of the year. A clear sign of the persistent seriousness of...(Includes two data charts)