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Take a look back at National Mortgage News' top stories of 2014.

Giant servicer expects to break up existing private-label mortgage securities and resecuritize $5 billion of the loans over two years.

Mortgage rates ended 2014 near their annual lows, Freddie Mac reported Wednesday.

Bank servicers have a compliance dilemma: they need to quickly shed mortgage-servicing rights ahead of Basel III at a time when regulators are keeping a close watch on the manner in which transfers are handled.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is an uncomfortable spot in 2015, caught between a Republican majority already critical of its recent actions and an Obama administration bent on increasing access to credit in part by using the agency's powers.

Ocwen Financial's settlement with New York regulators could have a negative impact on the cash flows of mortgage bonds heavily exposed to loans serviced by Ocwen in that state, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Residential mortgage-backed securities servicers do not report losses from principal forbearance loan modifications consistently from servicer to servicer, a new Fitch report says.

The Justice Department is aiming to settle a probe into Morgan Stanley's subprime mortgage business by early 2015.

Activist investment firm Corvex Management reported a 7.1% stake in American Realty Capital Properties, the U.S. real estate investment trust that has plunged since disclosing accounting errors two months ago.

Green Tree Servicing has agreed to a $1.2 billion serviced advance financing facility with Barclays Bank.