Servicing

Eight people involved in a nearly a two-year mortgage fraud scheme that caused losses of over $30 million were charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering.

Fitch Ratings says a sign for a potential commercial real estate rebound is that fewer troubled conduit loans are now in special servicing.

Home equity loan installment balances rose 0.3% in August, representing the first increase since November 2007.

Who knows more about housing and mortgages? Obama or Romney?

HLSS completes another servicing deal with Ocwen Financial Corp.

Cenlar, a thrift, grew its subservicing business by 25% in the second quarter.

Moody's tells Genworth Financial that it should sell its troubled U.S. mortgage insurance division.

Thanks to more GSE G-fee hikes, in time we may see more firms play in the jumbo MBS space. But don't hold your breath.

When the housing crisis began nearly five years ago, one of the main concerns was that the backlog of foreclosed properties were all going to hit the market at the same time, but this has not materialized as suspected.

The private mortgage insurance industry continues to gain strength in new policies written with reporting firms saying they wrote $11.3 billion of coverage in August.