With rates rising of late, MSR pricing should firm up...

The mortgage chiefs at “marketplace” lender SoFi were at the recent ABS Vegas show talking up their business with other lenders...

The Consumer Mortgage Coalition and the Mortgage Servicers Working Group wrote the CFPB recently to express their concerns with the bureau’s proposal on successors in interest and urged a more simplified approach instead. “While the CFPB stated that the successors in interest proposal was designed to make account information available to confirmed successors in interest, and to make loss mitigation procedures available to them, the proposal would not make these available,” the groups said. To begin with, privacy protections that the CFPB has not proposed to amend would continue to prohibit servicers from providing information absent borrower consent. “When the borrower does consent to disclosures, the disclosures are permitted under current law,” the CMC and the MSWG note. Also under ...

CFPB Now Accepting Complaints About Online ‘Marketplace’ Lenders. The bureau is now taking complaints from the public about online marketplace lenders, including companies that play in the mortgage space. “When consumers shop for a loan online we want them to be informed and to understand what they are signing up for,” said CFPB Director Richard Cordray. “All lenders, from online startups to large banks, must follow consumer financial protection laws. By accepting these consumer complaints, we are giving people a greater voice in these markets and a place to turn to when they encounter problems.” The bureau also released a consumer bulletin that outlines tips for consumers who are considering taking [with exclusive data chart] ...

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When the two GSEs were losing money earlier in the decade, then-Acting FHFA Director Edward DeMarco suspended the contributions before any had ever been made.

DeMarco, by the way, called on Congress to take a “thoughtful” review of the FHA program and Ginnie Mae’s role in housing finance.

The TRID rule has cost lenders plenty in terms of not only compliance attorneys, but software and consulting fees.

Over the past two weeks, the mortgage mergers-and-acquisitions market shifted into high gear with speculation surrounding such top-ranked mortgage firms as PHH Corp. and Flagstar Bancorp. Then again, in the past, both of these top-10 lenders have been the subject of takeover rumors with deals falling to the wayside over price or other concerns. This time it could be different. And then there’s...

Loan performance for mortgages modified more than five years ago has been relatively stable even as the loans face higher scheduled interest rates. Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said payment shock has been limited and servicers appear to be postponing increases for some borrowers. Loans in the Home Affordable Modification Program have a fixed rate as low as 2.00 percent for the first five years, then the interest rate typically increases in steps of 1.00 percent per year until reaching the average market rate that was in effect at the time the mortgage was modified. Many proprietary mortgages, which outnumber HAMP, have similar features. Non-agency mortgages with a total unpaid principal balance of about $33.0 billion experienced...