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Freddie purchased $91 billion of home mortgages from its seller/servicers in 2Q16, a handsome 31.8 percent improvement from the prior period.

According to KBR, falling rates trimmed MSR values by roughly 6 percent.

Impac said that while it sells production, it is now retaining more than 80.0 percent of its mortgage servicing rights.

Troubled waters are ahead for mortgage servicers as 12 of the 27 largest rated shops experienced portfolio declines in the first quarter of 2016, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch data showed modest portfolio declines for the five banks and seven nonbanks, ranging from less than 1 percent to a little more than 6 percent. Nonbanks, totaling 17, outnumbered the banks. Statebridge Co. experienced...

Rob Branthover, a managing director at Mortgage Industry Advisory Corp., noted that purchase-mortgage originators are doing well…

Fannie Mae recently updated its loan production estimates. The GSE projects $1.78 trillion in originations this year and $1.55 trillion next year.

Ocwen Financial reported a net loss of $87.20 million for the second quarter of 2016, with most of the loss related to so-called legacy issues. A planned settlement with the Department of Justice of two lawsuits involving the Home Affordable Modification Program and FHA mortgages caused $40.10 million in pre-tax losses for the nonbank lender-servicer. The company also paid $28.10 million during the quarter to cover the cost of monitoring settlements involving federal regulators ...

CIT Group this week revealed that it was shoring up loss reserves tied to a reverse mortgage servicing operation it absorbed as part of its acquisition of OneWest Bank and its parent holding company, IMB HoldCo., last August. The loss of $167 million in discontinued operations relates to Financial Freedom, a reverse mortgage servicing subsidiary of OneWest Bank, which CIT shut down in December last year. In an earlier filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, CIT management identified a material weakness in Financial Freedom related to estimates of the interest-curtailment reserve in its Home Equity Conversion Mortgage portfolio. The flawed estimates apparently have resulted in a material misstatement of CIT’s consolidated financial statements. Due to a change in estimates, and taking into consideration an investigation being conducted by the ...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development will look into certain downpayment-assistance practices that the department’s inspector general alleged are improper or unlawful. In a recent note to FHA lenders, FHA Commissioner Ed Golding said HUD would look into any inappropriate practices, including the extent to which government-sponsored downpayment-assistance programs disclose loan terms to borrowers. In addition, HUD will investigate IG allegations of inappropriate fees or costs being charged to borrowers, as well as reports of steering and coercion of borrowers, said Golding. In the note, Golding reiterated HUD’s support for government-backed DPA programs that enable families to access credit for purchasing homes. The note also carried a statement from HUD Deputy Secretary Nina Coloretti, which reiterated the department’s support for government-backed DPA programs. Coloretti also clarified a memorandum on DPA issued by Golding back in May, which, she said, “may have been misinterpreted by some to endorse otherwise unlawful practices.” She said HUD does not endorse such practices.