The supply of single-family home loan debt in early 2016 grew for the fourth consecutive quarter to hit $10.008 trillion, its highest level in three and a half years, according to Federal Reserve data released late last week. The first-quarter gain was a modest 0.2 percent from the end of last year, and a 1.5 percent increase from March 2015. But the servicing market is a slow-changing glacier, and steady increases over the past year are another indicator that the mortgage market has largely recovered from the housing recession. Most of the gain came...[Includes two data tables]
The ABS allows the following mortgage firms to service the assets: Nationstar, New Residential, Select Portfolio Servicing, Specialized Loan Servicing and Walter Investment Management.
The CFPB will take all of the content and commentary it has provided informally during webinars and at industry events, reconstituting it into some type of formal, definitive, and authoritative guidance.
One trend that appears to be gaining momentum is the increased use of call centers and loan officers working at such shops who are compensated at lower commission rates…