It’s been a busy spring for sales of mortgage servicing rights, with investment advisors pushing out several new auction notices a week. And there’s even more good news: for the first time in several years, prices appear to be balanced, with neither buyers nor sellers having the upper hand. “This is the most balanced market I’ve seen since 2013 or 2014,” said one East Coast-based investment banker, who spoke under the condition he and his firm remain anonymous. “Right now, I think both buyers and sellers can get good deals.” Another positive for the market: “In terms of bidders, there seems to be plenty.” Mark Garland, president of MountainView Servicing Group, Denver, sees...

“Will we see the loanDepots of the world jump in?” he asked rhetorically. “There’s a lot of top lenders out there looking for innovative products to offer,” Pollock noted and left it at that.

Houlihan Lokey was PCM’s advisor on the sale.

PwC estimates that by the early 2030s, up to 38 percent of existing U.S. jobs will be susceptible to automation from robotics and artificial intelligence.

The deal was six-times oversubscribed, a positive for this young market...

PennyMac sourced 92.7 percent of its government-insured loans from correspondents…

The real story is whether more modest alternative measures will be forthcoming.

ABA stands to be an “influencer” in the debate not just because of the size of its bank membership base, but because depositories rank a close second to the Federal Reserve among the largest investors in agency securities.

Production profits suffered, but servicing and secondary market income increased…

We also caught wind of a large servicing auction that took place last week. The broker on the transaction had not returned a media inquiry on the deal...