Servicing

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings swung to a significant loss as the servicing segment's income fell due to higher prepayments amidst the decline in interest rates and lower benefits.

Home prices, including distressed sales, rose year-over-year by 5.9% in March, according to CoreLogic.

The share of owner-occupant single-family home and condo buyers fell to a new low, according to RealtyTrac.

Although mortgage servicers technically work for the investors that pay them, the state of the business today requires that they make consumers front-and-center in their operations.

March featured the largest monthly decline in the mortgage delinquency rate in nine years, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Wes Edens, a co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, has shot his share of air balls at his private-equity firm Fortress Investment Group. With mortgage assets, Edens has found his mark.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has rescinded a policy designed to help certain widowed spouses of reverse mortgage borrowers avoid foreclosure.

Ocwen Financial's shares jumped 19% to more than $10 a share as of late morning Friday, the day after it reported a first-quarter profit and highlighted an expansion into mortgage lending.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending May 1.

The troubled Atlanta mortgage servicer's independent auditor has again delayed its 2014 financial results and has raised questions about the firm's viability, CEO Ron Faris said after Ocwen reported a steep earnings drop.