How well the nonbanks have done with regulators – and dealing with volatile interest rate swings – is best looked at through the prism of their share prices. And in that regard, Ocwen Financial has suffered the most, easily.
Early last year PIMCO still had designs on RoundPoint Mortgage, Charlotte, which ranks 23rd among residential servicers, according to a tally from Inside Mortgage Finance.
The 11 surviving Federal Home Loan Banks posted a significant increase in net income during the fourth quarter of 2015, along with a surprising jump in advances. The Office of Finance reported that the FHLBanks generated $673 million in net income during the fourth quarter, a 39.0 percent increase from the prior period. That brought year-to-date income to $2.850 billion, a 26.6 percent gain from 2014. Non-interest income was up sharply last year in large part because of settlements related to FHLBank investments in soured non-agency mortgage-backed securities, which brought in $688 million in 2015, mostly in the first half of the year. Legal settlements accounted for...
Publicly-traded nonbank mortgage lenders posted erratic results from their mortgage-banking operations during the fourth quarter of 2015. As a group, the nine companies reported a combined $54.08 million in mortgage-banking income for the fourth quarter, a significant improvement from the $26.26 million loss they posted in the previous quarter. But three of the nonbanks – Impac, Ocwen and PHH Corp. – recorded losses on their mortgage origination ... [Includes one data chart]
Despite the desire of mortgage lenders to preserve or expand their origination business this year, many are anxious about increasing compliance risk and more competition, according to a recent survey by Fannie Mae. Of those lenders responding, 88 percent said they are looking to grow their mortgage origination business, continuing a trend from the prior year, versus just 12 percent indicating they want to maintain current levels. No lenders expressed an intention to downsize or ...
Mortgage industry groups continue to rail against the disruptions they insist are being caused by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s integrated disclosure rule known as TRID. Respondents to a February survey by the American Bankers Association indicated that TRID compliance is still a relevant problem, continues to impose a heavy compliance burden, and causes customer dissatisfaction through delayed closings and increased fees and costs, the trade group ...