With loan production suffering a noticeable decline in the first two months of the year, several small and medium-sized firms are struggling with profitability, causing intense speculation that the industry could be in for a wicked round of consolidation.
A few years back, Pinto and AEI unveiled a new mortgage product called the Wealth Building Home Loan, which was intended to provide an affordable mortgage option for low- and middle-income borrowers.
Ocwen Financial midweek agreed to buy PHH Corp. for roughly $360 million in cash, a deal that caught the market by surprise and has analysts and advisors wondering whether two money-losing lender/servicers can make a go of it in a tough origination market.
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