John Anzalone of Invesco Mortgage: “In particular, there are a few very aggressive large buyers out there that get a lot of attention and have caused quite a bit of spread compression…”
Commercial banks and savings institutions generated $4.26 billion in mortgage-banking income during the second quarter of 2018, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of call reports. Second-quarter net income from mortgage production, loan sales and servicing was down 1.0 percent from the first three months of the year. But through the first six months of 2018, the industry’s mortgage banking income was up 18.8 percent from ... [Includes one data chart]
Loans originated in the retail channel and delivered into agency mortgage-backed securities continued to show a lower risk profile than mortgages acquired from correspondent originators or funded through mortgage brokers, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of MBS data. The average credit score for retail originations was 727.27 in second-quarter agency MBS, 6.47 points higher than the average for correspondent loans and ... [Includes two data charts]
Privately held mortgage firms looking to raise capital by selling stock to the public face a grim reality these days, but alternatives still exist, namely private placement deals. Case in point is RoundPoint Mortgage, Charlotte, NC, the nation’s 15th largest subservicing vendor. Earlier this week, RoundPoint completed a $94 million capital raise accomplished through the sale of convertible preferred stock. The investor in the private placement was not identified. The company ...
After losing an average of $118 per loan originated in the first quarter of 2018, nonbanks made some adjustments and turned profits in the second quarter, according to a survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Some 343 nonbanks reported a net gain of $580 on each loan they originated in 2Q18. After an exceptionally weak start to the year, production profitability improved in the second quarter as volume picked up from the spring home buying season,” said Marina Walsh ...
As residential lending goes, so goes the fortunes of the Mortgage Bankers Association, the residential finance industry’s largest trade organization. MBA saw its revenues decline by 8.2 percent to $62.0 million in fiscal 2017 as its investment income plunged to $719,773 from $7.9 million the year prior, according to the trade group’s form 990 tax return. MBA’s “profit” (revenue less expenses) declined by 33.5 percent in FY 2017 to $12.7 million, a drop of $6.5 million ...