Passive owners of mortgage servicing rights that have nothing to do with the monthly processing chores are now required to register with the Financial Institutions Division of the Ohio Department of Commerce, a change that has industry analysts and dealmakers scratching their heads.
The nation’s subservicing vendors ended the fourth quarter with $2.47 trillion worth of contracts on their books, a 9.8% sequential gain and a handsome 23.5% annual increase, according to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance. [Includes one data chart.]
The mortgage servicing market continued to grow in the fourth quarter of 2018, with most of the gains coming in the agency market, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis. [Includes two data charts.]
Nonbanks were the top buyers and sellers of bulk mortgage servicing portfolios last year, according to a tally from affiliate publication Inside Mortgage Trends. [Includes one data chart.]
The complex business of servicing residential mortgages continued to become more concentrated among a diverse group of industry participants in the fourth quarter of 2018. [Includes two data charts.]
Independent mortgage banking firms that weren’t adequately hedged at yearend are facing minor- to moderate-sized writedowns on the value of their servicing portfolios, according to interviews conducted by Inside Mortgage Finance this week.
Four large nonbanks added over $10 billion each in new servicing rights tied to agency mortgage-backed securities during the fourth quarter. PennyMac padded its agency servicing portfolio by $20.95 billion. [Includes two data charts.]
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