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New Residential Investment Corp. may seek to accelerate the process of transferring more than $100 billion in mortgage servicing rights it agreed to buy from Ocwen for $400 million.

Credit Suisse's plan for consumer relief in a multibillion-dollar Department of Justice settlement related to residential mortgage-backed securities could reduce the costs involved, according to the settlement monitor's first report.

The deal, known as Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVb Trust 2017-RT6, pools 2,745 current loans, of which nearly 58% have been clean for at least two years, and 55.2% have been modified.

Jeff Tennyson is out as president of Radian Group's Clayton Holdings real estate services business as the holding company provided further details about its restructuring plan.

Many of the prime jumbo loans backing the transaction, JP Morgan 2017-4, were contributed by originators with limited history in that product, according to DBRS.

Bank of America set aside $100 million in its reserves for representation and warranty claims ahead of a pending settlement to resolve legacy mortgage issues.

Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities issuers can aggregate their portfolio's exposure to areas hit by the three recent hurricanes to qualify for its disaster relief program.

Select Portfolio Servicing grew its mortgage servicing rights portfolio by over 14% in the second quarter by targeting opportunities in the nonagency loan market.

Ocwen Financial Corp. received more breathing room on the legal front as the Securities and Exchange Commission is not pursuing an enforcement action against the company regarding its debt collection practices.

Wall Street firm Morgan Stanley is almost done completing tasks mandated under the terms of a mortgage settlement in New York.

Nearly half of the properties are in New York (30.3%), New Jersey (10.4%) or Florida (8.7%), states that require a court to sign off on a foreclosure, a lengthy process that could affect the timing of payments.

Vandy Fartaj, the firm’s chief capital markets officer, says a novel deal structure allows the real estate investment trust to issue additional term notes its portfolio of mortgage servicing rights grows.

Investor demand for mortgage bonds is strong; the only limiting factors are consumer awareness of the product and loan officers' willingness to offer them.

Hurricane Irma could potentially affect more private-label mortgage securities collateral than any other recent storm.

The $426.2 million COLT 2017-2 is backed entirely by loans originated by Caliber, an affiliate of private equity firm Lone Star Funds. There are no loans originated by Sterling Bank & Trust, which accounted for 22% of the collateral for the prior deal.

The 4,443 single-family rental homes securing Starwood Waypoint Homes 2017-1 have an average age of 30 years, older than any previous transaction by the sponsor, but are bringing in more than $1,700 apiece in monthly rent.

The average home value backing the loans is $117,000, well below the average $150,000 of other recent RPL securitizations, according to Fitch Ratings.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will adjust their risk-sharing deals so that they can accommodate high loan-to-value loans refinanced under the programs replacing the Home Affordable Refinance Program.

MFA Financial Inc. co-CEO William Gorin died Aug. 10 after a long illness. He was 59.

Redwood Trust is raising $225 million in a debt offering with the proceeds to be used to repay borrowings that come due next year.