One bit of positive news: the company marked up the asset value of its MSRs by a stunning $1.44 billion to $4.31 billion, a 50.3% sequential improvement.
A diverse group of 21 commercial banks and savings institutions reported $3.75 billion of mortgage-banking income for 1Q21, a 1.7% improvement from the fourth quarter.
Of the total in COVID deferral status at the end of March, 91.56% of loans were current. Another 3.76% were one or two payments past due, and 4.69% were three or four payments late.
While the Treasury and FHFA said the 7% cap was “aligned with the current levels” of acquisitions by the GSEs, some analysts believe the loans have accounted for somewhat more than 7% of purchases by Fannie and Freddie each year since 2013.