Sales of mortgage servicing rights by big banks will continue to be driven by the desire to reduce the handling of delinquent mortgages – not by Basel III capital requirements, according to analysts at Moody’s Investors Service. Nonbank servicers that have grown in recent years often cite Basel capital requirements as a significant factor in bank sales of MSRs. Warren Kornfeld, a senior vice president at Moody’s, noted that Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase were active sellers of MSRs in recent years. “We believe the sales were primarily motivated by their desire to reduce credit-impaired servicing volume,” he said. Under Basel III, banks face...

“The industry seems to be cut out of some of the development of the securitization platform,” said Rep. Scott Garrett, R-NJ...

It’s unclear what exactly will be addressed in these new standards, though capital requirements for nonbank servicers is said to be a key part of it.

According to the IMA offering circular, the seller is a “Southwest, independent mortgage banking entity with strong financials and a highly experienced senior management team.”

The FHFA is still evaluating input regarding g-fees and but Watt has no idea if they will be reduced, increased or kept at their current levels.

"Contrary to the fable told by the left, the root cause of the financial crisis was not deregulation but dumb regulation," said House Financial Services Committee chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-TX.

Declining interest rates don't appear to have affected the servicing auction market much.

Ocwen denied that there is any basis for a default under the trust agreements...

Sterne Agee estimates that such settlements could cost the nation’s fourth largest servicer $496 million.

Thanks to its settlement with California regulators, Ocwen's share price is on the rise. But for how long?