Paul Muolo

Almost $700 billion of mortgage servicing rights are in some stage of auction or sale.

Wingspan Portfolio Advisors, a once-fast-growing specialty servicer that does business with the GSEs and other clients, is laying off almost 460 workers, according to a notice it filed with the Texas Workforce Commission.

Just when housing begins to show true signs of a recovery, the fiscal cliff strikes.

EverBank Mortgage is one of the fastest growing residential lenders among the top 30.

Allonhill laid off roughly 10 full-time appraisers because of a cutback by one of its mortgage clients.

Will more nonbanks enter the mortgage servicing arena in 2013?

Amy Brandt—best known, perhaps, for her days as CEO of WMC Mortgage, a California nonprime lender—will lead Prospect as it expands into correspondent lending and servicing.

Among this exclusive group, U.S. Bank was the stand out in terms of growth, increasing fundings by 142% over the past 12 months.

In this post-election era bankers and mortgage bankers alike are planning to move to regulatory-free Canada.

Walter Investment Management posted strong servicing results in the third quarter while revealing that it will take control of $50.4 billion of Fannie Mae mortgage servicing rights when the Residential Capital Corp. deal closes.

The decision to delay the implementation date on Basel III capital rules could be a game changer for the residential mortgage servicing business–or maybe not.

Is the Basel III delay a game changer for investors in mortgage servicing rights?

It appears that the privately held New Penn is positioning itself to be a major player in the jumbo market

One Fannie Mae vendor that works on buyback cases had its workload reduced to 1,500 files per month from 9,000 at one point.

PennyMac is beginning to make a name for itself as a top ranked buyer of mortgages, including jumbos.

PrimeLending is one of the fastest growing lenders among the top 20.

Is it time to reconsider the death sentence for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?

In its third quarter release PHH said it believes that retail production consistently delivers “high quality” loans.

Is it too early for mortgage bankers to get excited about President Chris Christie?

Several months back mortgage bankers from coast to coast were fretting about the inevitable: that when interest rates finally rise the refinancing gravy train that’s been sustaining mortgage bankers for the past 12 months will finally grind to a halt.