Megaservicer Mr. Cooper anticipates a large MSR mark for the first quarter, thanks to lower rates and COVID-19. The big question: How bad will it be for the rest of the industry?

The support mortgage servicers receive during the coronavirus crisis may be used as a cudgel to enforce key changes.

Milbank has received a one-year, $3 million contract to provide legal services related to ending the conservatorships of the GSEs.

The nonbank mortgage sector appeared to be whistling by the graveyard earlier this week because of liquidity concerns sparked by the pandemic. For now, crisis has been averted but the situation is fluid.

The FHFA director expects that close to one million GSE borrowers will inquire about forbearance during April, and two million by June.

The bill asks servicers of agency loans to offer forbearance to borrowers experiencing “hardship” but doesn’t say how to assess the impact.

As the economic crisis precipitated by the coronavirus heats up, residential lenders have tightened their underwriting guidelines.

The mortgage market remained unsettled as the coronavirus damaged the U.S. economy and lenders weighed their options. The Fed came to the rescue with liquidity measures but fears regarding nonbanks persist.

The servicing acquisition market often gets whipsawed by falling interest rates. But it now has a bigger enemy: financial uncertainty.

To reduce contact between appraisers and homeowners, the government-sponsored enterprises will accept an exterior-only inspection or a desktop appraisal. Income verification requirements have also been eased.