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The Mortgage Bankers Association has partnered with Altisource subsidiary Lenders One Cooperative, providing the organization's members with expanded benefits.

Rising interest rates have slowed a recent run of unexpectedly high prepayments of government-insured mortgages, making servicing rights for loans held in Ginnie Mae securities more attractive to investors.

Caliber will also buy about $36 million of mortgage servicing rights in a deal that is expected to close at the end of March.

Angel Oak, a regular issuer of nonprime residential mortgage bonds, is marketing its first transaction with a credit rating.

Late payments on securitized commercial mortgages resumed climbing in February, after an unexpected pause the previous month, according to Trepp.

New Residential Investment Corp. is readying an offering of bonds backed by both reperforming and nonperforming mortgages.

Deutsche Bank wants to finance hedge fund purchases of subprime loans in order to meet the terms of its $7.2 billion settlement with the U.S. government.

CoreLogic has released a new platform that provides information on lien and equity positions for whole loan traders and servicers.

Profits at Mill Valley, Calif.-based Redwood Trust shrank during the fourth quarter, reflecting lower interest income and net losses on the fair value of investments.

Teresa Bryce Bazemore, the president of Radian Guaranty, will retire from the private mortgage insurer at the end of April.