The Department of Veterans Affairs is drafting a new policy to address ongoing confusion about its Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan program and ease investor anxiety. The uncertainty among VA lenders stems from the treatment of IRRRLs under the VA’s interim final rule defining what constitutes a “qualified mortgage.” That rule took...
In general, it hasn’t been a pretty picture this year when it comes to the sale of “bulk” mortgage servicing rights, especially Ginnie Mae receivables. According to figures compiled by affiliate publication Inside Mortgage Trends, bulk MSR transfers (one barometer of sales) increased 20.6 percent in the second quarter compared to the first with roughly $42.9 billion of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie product changing hands. The third quarter is expected...
Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group recently started offering its loan originators a unique option in terms of compensation: a share of the servicing fee. More than 90 percent of loan originator compensation plans are based on an LO’s volume, according to surveys conducted by Stratmor Group. Atlantic Bay’s Progressive Earnings Plan allows LOs to earn an annuity stream of income from mortgages when the lender retains the servicing. Rebecca Chaney, a senior executive vice president of legal affairs at Atlantic Bay, likened...
The motivations of buyers and sellers in the mortgage servicing market appear to be at odds, and sellers are hoping for some sort of buyer conversion to light up the market and get more deals. At the Ginnie Mae Summit last week, panelist Michael Ehrlich, senior mortgage specialist at Thomson Reuters, indicated that sellers are itching to see more mortgage servicing rights deals but there are not too many buyers lining up. “The demand from sellers to sell is...
One trade group source had this to say about the arrangement: “There’s no g-fee break? Then it doesn’t sound like front-end coverage that helps lenders.”
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