Some banks nearly tripled their bulk MSR acquisitions in 2Q16. SunTrust, for example, bought $7.41 billion of GSE servicing during the period, making it the third most active buyer in the market.
The Community Mortgage Lenders of America said the bill strikes a balance of maintaining safe lending while freeing up resources so more consumers can obtain a mortgage.
Wells Fargo handled 20.2 percent of the $841.42 million in agency mortgages outstanding at the end of the second quarter of 2016 that had interest rates between 4.510 percent and 5.000 percent.