Fitch believes commercial banks will continue to unload servicing rights…

According to Fannie’s website, the moratorium on bulk MSR transfers does not affect concurrent transfers.

Other servicing brokers are still assessing market conditions with some rate watchers like Barry Habib cautioning against a “head fake” on where things may wind up.

Rising interest rates – as long as they don’t rise too much – could spark a boom in servicing sales, predicted Tom Piercy of Incenter Mortgage Advisors.

Two Harbors invests in a variety of mortgage assets including MBS, whole loans, MSRs and commercial mortgages.

CEO Messina added: “We are continuing to evaluate possible additional sales of our remaining MSR portfolio and to evaluate the best course of action for our real estate and servicing platforms, which we expect to complete by the end of January 2017.”

The MSRs that Phoenix is trying to sell have a 30-day delinquency rate of 0.2 percent with no foreclosures.

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