The mortgage hiring game in a nutshell: Loan officers are in demand, processors and underwriters, not so much.

SoftBank places a $500 million bet on the digitization of residential finance by taking a stake in Better.com. Also, mortgage earnings season has begun.

There’s more than one way to turn your mortgage company into cash. One is an IPO. The other is an outright sale. Will Caliber go the latter?

States hope to finalize standards for nonbank servicers despite strong opposition from industry participants. Details are still being ironed out, and implementation remains a concern.

Conditions are ripe to unload servicing assets, either on a flow or bulk basis. One factor: a fear of higher tax rates.

The supply of single-family mortgage debt outstanding grew just 4.3% last year, but Freddie and Fannie saw a hefty 13.3% gain from the end of 2019. (Includes two data charts.)

It stands to reason that rising rates would fuel servicing valuations. Some brokers expect a strong second quarter in sales, with the third quarter even better.

At a Senate committee hearing this week, consumer advocates called for stronger enforcement, industry representatives picked on the CFPB and Republicans and Democrats pushed different priorities.

Plush with record earnings, loanDepot is building an inhouse servicing system, which means its current vendor, eventually, will lose business. Meanwhile, is GSE reform a possibility once again?

When in doubt, keep MSRs if you can. That seems to be the driving force behind continued growth in the subservicing arena. (Includes data chart.)