Mortgage servicing rights are still a hot commodity and new investors continue to surface, but prices aren't what they used to be. One bright spot: Credit quality looks promising, at least on conventional rights.
Distressed borrowers with subprime mortgages in states with a judicial foreclosure process achieve non-foreclosure outcomes at a higher rate than similar borrowers in states that don’t have a such a process, according to findings from a new paper.
Wells Fargo isn’t trying to be the largest player in the mortgage market. Instead, the bank plans to focus on wealthy borrowers and customers that already have a relationship with the bank.
Impairments, which reflect delinquencies and modifications, increased on securitized non-QMs for a second consecutive month. In July, the performance of severely distressed borrowers also worsened.
Among the top 15 servicers of nonprime mortgages, portfolios increased slightly in the second quarter. Delinquencies, meanwhile, improved. (Includes data chart.)
Among the top 30 jumbo servicers, portfolios increased during the second quarter. Servicing declined at top-ranked Wells and increased at nearly all others in the top 10. (Includes data chart.)
The total delinquency rate stood at 3.44% as of the end of June, among the lowest levels seen since the launch of Inside Mortgage Finance’s Large Servicer Delinquency Index in 2003. (Includes data chart.)