Plenty of executives we’ve spoken to the past few months believe the industry is in for a considerable spate of M&A in the year ahead. Then again, we’ve heard that prediction before...
The secondary market in transfers of agency mortgage servicing rights continued to gain momentum during the third quarter of 2017 as long-time players in the mortgage industry executed plans to shift strategy. A new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of agency mortgage-backed securities disclosures shows an estimated $150.80 billion of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae servicing changed hands during the third quarter. Much of the activity reflected ... [Includes three data charts]
Shopping timelines for purchase mortgages are continuing to shrink, according to a new study by LendingTree, an online loan marketplace based in Charlotte, NC, confirming a broader downward trend identified as well by Ellie Mae, a cloud-based platform provider in Pleasanton, CA. Much of the progress was attributed to the digitalization of the mortgage process. LendingTree analyzed data from a sampling of more than 5,000 closed loans from March 2016 through May 2017 ...
A higher share of Baby Boomers are carrying mortgage debt in retirement than previous generations, prompting concerns about potential foreclosures and other financial issues, according to an analysis by Fannie Mae. “Even with the post-recession acceleration in free-and-clear homeownership, Boomers appear unlikely to attain mortgage-free retirements at the same rate as the predecessor generation,” Patrick Simmons, a director of strategic planning in Fannie’s economic ...
Wells Fargo is working on an online mortgage application process that’s even more advanced than Quicken Loans’ Rocket Mortgage, according to officials at the bank. “I would describe what we’re doing as kind of the next generation, because it’s not just about giving a fast answer,” Timothy Sloan, president and CEO of Wells Fargo, said last week during the bank’s earnings call. He was asked to compare the application Wells is developing with Rocket Mortgage, which allows for a ...
Quicken Loans is a step closer to completing a process that would take it away from aging legacy systems into the world of digital mortgages. The Detroit-based lender has announced a partnership with eOriginal, Inc. that would enable it to complete the final steps towards digitally creating an electronic mortgage note. The process would also allow Quicken to store the e-note securely as an “authoritative copy” and transmit it to a custodian and the secondary market almost instantaneously ...
Private mortgage insurers are winning purchase-mortgage business away from the FHA, and VA lending is also gaining ground, according to an analysis of agency mortgage-backed securities data by Inside Mortgage Trends. Lenders delivered $50.25 billion of purchase loans with private MI coverage into agency MBS during the third quarter of 2017. That represented 40.2 percent of total insured purchase loans securitized by the agencies, up from 39.3 percent ... [Includes one data chart]
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