The ongoing decline in interest rates is wreaking havoc on the sale of “bulk” mortgage servicing portfolios, causing investors to pull back on pricing, and sending some bidders to the exits, at least for a little while. Servicing advisors who play in the space confirmed to Inside Mortgage Finance that pricing isn’t what it used to be, and is off peaks seen a year ago when bids – in retrospect – were too aggressive and later resulted in write-downs. Mark Garland, president of MountainView Servicing Group, Denver, admitted...

As one M&A advisor noted: "Value is in the eye of the beholder."

Two Harbors issued $2.00 billion of jumbo MBS 2015, adding that pricing improved for its deals throughout the year.

“When is enough, enough? Paying for past sins, sometimes before they were sins. I’m not speaking specifically about Wells Fargo, but in general.” – Marc Savitt, NAIHP president.

As might be expected, the GOP is once again pushing to kill Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...

Stan Kurland on PennyMac's move into wholesale/broker lending: “We are currently developing the necessary systems and infrastructure..."

But there is this caveat: the steady growth of the top 50 servicers is in bold contrast to the industry’s top tier. Wells Fargo, Chase and Bank of America all reported shrinkage in their servicing businesses in 2015.

We also are hearing reports that TRID errors and closing delays definitely will be affecting first quarter 2016 earnings, at least for certain nonbanks…

Will the last megabank left in the mortgage industry please turn out the lights...

The extended deadline also provides mortgage companies an opportunity to pursue loss mitigation before initiating foreclosure against a customer.