Secondary

Federal Financial Analytics believes that higher net worth standards are not necessarily a problem for bank servicers, but could pose a “significant obstacle” for small nonbanks, depending on the capital threshold.

Old Republic International Corp. has filed a corrective plan for Republic Mortgage Insurance Co. with the North Carolina Department of Insurance.

Second quarter new insurance written strong, but legacy business remains an overhang.

Mortgage bankers are worried that the GSEs might be ushering in a ‘score card’ rating on all their customers tied to net worth, loan quality and more.

Arlington Asset Investment Corp., a Virginia-based real estate investment trust that buys residential mortgage-backed securities, priced a public offering of 3 million shares of common at $24.80 per share.

Initial demand shifted toward the long bond in the pricing of Fannie Mae’s latest multifamily delegated underwriting and servicing REMIC deal.

Was Berkshire Hathaway faking an interest in Residential Capital Corporation?

An EquityLock Protection contract protects the value of a customer’s home from future local market declines for up to 15 years.

Crucial to bringing investors back to the private secondary mortgage market is convincing them of appraisals’ soundness, and there has been a lot of effort on the part of both government and private market entities to make that happen.

A federal task force formed to probe misconduct in the mortgage and MBS markets may be getting ready to take action.