At June 30, the REIT owned $441 billion of MSRs, a 9.7% increase from March 31. The figure exclude excess servicing rights.

New mortgage applications increased 5.3% for the week ending August 2, according new figures released by the Mortgage Bankers Association. The refi share inched up to 53.9% of new business from 50.5% the week prior.

In a new 10-Q filing with the SEC, Ocwen disclosed roughly 40 “risk factors,” including “uncertainty” tied to litigation, cease and desist orders, investigations brought by government agencies and more…

The $569.11 million MBS will be the third deal of the year from Verus with a dollar volume greater than $500 million.

The Lenders One co-op is controlled by industry vendor Altisource Portfolio Solutions, which is pondering a sale. Altisource is publicly traded and started out in life as part of Ocwen…

Discussing Ocwen's $89.7 million loss in 2Q19, CEO Glen Messina said, “I continue to be pleased with the results of our integration, cost re-engineering, MSR sourcing, and lending growth efforts. Despite a more challenging market and business environment to achieve MSR portfolio growth, we remain committed to strengthening the company and returning to profitability..."

In the second quarter, Wells Fargo suffered a 2.0% sequential decline in its MSR portfolio while JPM's receivables dropped 1.4%...

IMA says the seller wants to establish a working relationship with the buyer to subservice the mortgages.

Fannie/Freddie "noncore" loans include conforming jumbos, mortgages with debt-to-income ratios greater than 43%, investor loans/second properties and cash-out refinances...

Large nonbanks the likes of UWM, Quicken and loanDepot are hiring but overall, the mortgage employment figures for June were not particularly strong...