State regulators plan to issue capital requirements for nonbank lenders and servicers. There hasn’t been much movement on 2015 proposals.

The banks are testing an incentive payment mortgage servicing compensation structure for certain non-agency deals. The move aims to align expenses and revenues for servicers faced with delinquent loans.

Plenty of investors are looking to acquire servicing rights, including a handful of banks, according to industry participants. The outlook for the sector is rosy, though early-stage delinquencies are on the rise.

Pennsylvania regulators hit nonbanks with fines for servicing mortgages in the state without a license.

PennyMac wants out of its servicing platform marriage with vendor Black Knight. As might be expected, lawsuits and nasty allegations are the order of the day. The two have been working together for 10-plus years.

PennyMac Financial is doing so well these days that it decided to declare a dividend to its common shareholders. When’s the last time a nonbank accomplished such a feat? Hard to say.

HPS Investment Partners, a firm chock full of Wall Street veterans, has agreed to buy non-QM lender Citadel Servicing Corp. After the sale closes, CSC founder and CEO Dan Perl will part ways with the firm.

The top five servicers managed a meager 0.5% increase during the third quarter despite big gains at NewRez and PennyMac. Nonbanks overall posted a 4.4% gain, although a handful of them reported declines. (Includes two data charts.)

As the primary market goes, so go the profits of Fannie and Freddie. Both turned in strong results in 3Q19 while announcing improvements in net worth.

Lenders worry that including the language preference question on the URLA might expose them to litigation from non-English-speaking borrowers and slow down the homebuying process.