Large nonbanks the likes of UWM, Quicken and loanDepot are hiring but overall, the mortgage employment figures for June were not particularly strong...
“The originations segment now acts as a much stronger macro hedge for our servicing operation, and we believe it will play a major role in helping us achieve our profitability and shareholder return targets,” said Jay Bray, Mr. Cooper’s chairman and CEO.
Mark Garland, managing director of Situs AMC, notes the readings can be misleading because many publicly traded companies hedge their positions, which means although an MSR writedown occurs in one column, a gain is recorded elsewhere.
Across the board, lenders are reporting stellar origination growth from the first to second quarters of the year, but the last two application surveys from the Mortgage Bankers Association showed weekly declines of 1.9% and 1.1%, respectively…