Mortgage M&A Train Continues: Fast-Growing Pingora Being Sold to a REIT, Farmers Bank Sells Call Center
July 1, 2015
Earlier this year, Pingora Asset Management was out in the market trying to raise another $500 million to buy mortgage servicing rights, but wasn’t having much luck, according to industry sources. But in late June it found something a little more enticing: a buyer to acquire the entire company and its affiliate, Pingora Loan Servicing, without its existing book of receivables. As soon as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other vested parties approve the purchase, the new owner will be ...