Overall, mortgage delinquencies at the end of 2021 had returned to levels seen before the pandemic. Serious delinquency rates are elevated compared with the days before the coronavirus. (Includes data chart.)

Wells Fargo still ranks as the top mortgage servicer, but its industry-leading portfolio fell below the $1 trillion mark. (Includes three data charts.)

If rates keep rising, owners of MSRs can mark up the value of this esoteric asset when reporting first-quarter results. As for the fourth quarter of 2021, conservatism was the watchword.

Mortgage servicing rights may not seem like a particularly tempting investment. But in these turbulent times they’re attracting new interest from the private equity world.

Early reporters of fourth-quarter results are giving the mortgage industry a glimpse of what’s to come for everyone else: weak or negative origination growth. Message: The party can’t last forever.

Hunting for new sources of revenue, several regional banks are planning to offer credit lines to nonbank mortgage shops. The collateral: MSRs.

Fannie Mae failed to implement new NPL reporting requirements in 2018, as required by its regulator.

Many of the top nonbank servicers recorded strong increases in their agency servicing rights, through both organic production and bulk MSR purchases in the secondary market. (Includes two data charts.)

Eager to tap a red-hot servicing market, nonbank mortgage shops are sidling up to the sales trough. How long might the bonanza last? Maybe all year.

Servicers aren’t rushing to complete foreclosures as borrowers reach the end of their forbearance plans. The CFPB has a close eye on mortgage shops, prompting caution among industry participants.