Mortgage bankers not affiliated with depository institutions owned mortgage-servicing rights for $1.363 trillion of loans backing Ginnie MBS, or a stunning 67.8% of the market.

Overall, mortgage citations accounted for only 8% of total gripes...

Ginnie MBS data show an increase of 72,224 loans recorded as 30 days past due from February to March. Some 56,266 of those newly delinquent loans were FHA-insured.

For certain residential mortgages, including refis, banks can delay obtaining an appraisal for up to 120 days after a loan closes.

In the home equity department, BofA actually increased lending to $3.02 billion in the first quarter from $2.99 billion in 4Q19.

Federal and state laws prohibit intentional discrimination against protected groups...

On the servicing front the news was grim. Wells revealed that its massive residential servicing portfolio declined in value by 29.4% from the prior period: $8.13 billion at March 31 compared to $11.52 billion at yearend.

Ocwen said it received written notification on the violation from the NYSE on April 8.

The Ginnie Mae portion is $130 billion: Forbearance requests on 5.89% of $2.2 trillion worth of FHA/VA loans that back GNMA MBS.

In an industry update, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods predicts it may still take some time before the establishment of an emergency funding facility for residential servicers with MBS payments coming due.