The rate reprieve isn’t enough to eliminate the staff reductions that are now going on at most shops.

Three of the five largest services saw their portfolios shrink in the second quarter.

Income from MSR markups declined and origination units took losses in the second quarter.

Two Harbors Investment is buying RoundPoint Servicing from Freedom Mortgage, paying the tangible net book value of RoundPoint plus a premium of $10.5 million.

A recent paper published by the Federal Reserve in June found including purchases of low- to moderate-income loans in a bank’s Community Reinvestment Act lending test benefited banks’ rating but didn’t increase the flow of mortgage credit to low- to moderate-income communities.

Sprout Mortgage, a non-QM lender, had a $10 million tax liability with the Internal Revenue Service when it closed its doors in July, according to interviews by Inside Mortgage Finance and supporting documents.

Declining originations and margin cut into mortgage-related earnings at 24 key lenders.

The bulk of PennyMac's income in the second quarter of 2022 was tied to servicing.

These new placeholder certificates are expected to become the primary way to purchase the A-M and A-2 classes of Freddie K-deals.

Depositories had 43.0% of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac servicing in the second quarter of 2022.