Bloomberg News | May 23
Lloyds Banking Group plans to auction about $8.7 billion of U.S. mortgage securities without government backing that were issued before the credit crisis.
Austin Kilgore | May 23
Fidelity National Financial dominates mortgage underwriting. Its former LPS unit is the top mortgage servicer. The question is whether by reuniting two companies that have run out of room to grow separately can prosper together.
Bonnie Sinnock | May 23
JPMorgan has another prime jumbo mortgage-backed securities deal in the pipeline, according to three companies’ presale ratings reports.
Bloomberg News | May 23
Gary Delgado learned last week from a note slipped under his door that the rent for his two-bedroom apartment at Manhattan’s Stuyvesant Town will jump by $920 to $4,220 a month in July.
Brad Finkelstein | May 23
Ellington Management Group is looking to get into the loan production business and towards that end it has hired former GMAC Mortgage executive Steven Abreu as head of mortgage originations.
Amilda Dymi | May 23
Home Loan Servicing Solutions completed an acquisition from Ocwen Financial Corp. of rights to receive servicing fees and other advances on subprime and alt-A residential mortgage loans.
Amilda Dymi | May 23
New Residential Investment Corp. has invested $38 million to acquire certain cash-flow privileges from mortgage servicing rights recently acquired by Nationstar Mortgage.
Brad Finkelstein | May 23
Potential homebuyers are worried about the inventory shortage and rising prices in regards to current market conditions.
Bloomberg News | May 23
Under the settlement, Ally will pay $1.95 billion in cash to the ResCap bankruptcy estate, plus $150 million in insurance proceeds.
Brad Finkelstein | May 23
Pending home sales in California fell 3.7% on a month-to-month basis in April.
Evan Nemeroff | May 23
Despite the national negative equity rate falling through the first quarter of 2013, millions of homeowners with mortgages that are not underwater still lack enough equity even if they wanted to move.
Bonnie Sinnock | May 23
Long-term mortgage rates rose further during the week ending May 23.
Brian Collins | May 23
Freddie Mac is starting to securitize modified single-family loans.
Brian Collins | May 22
Toll Brothers is finding more buyers for jumbo loans, including a major insurance company.
Evan Nemeroff | May 22
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