Rates were lower at yearend than Sept. 30, which means MSRs owners can relax and take profits on the asset. Next week, when the megabanks begin reporting 4Q results, we’ll know just how good the numbers are.
2019 seemed like a slow year for mortgage-related acquisitions, but if you look beneath the surface, deals were getting done, particularly in the non-QM sector.
Investment bankers that buy and sell mortgage servicing rights are starting to feel like the Maytag repairman. But deal activity is set to improve in the first quarter of 2020, or so they hope.
The non-QM market has been so hot this year that M&A activity is beginning to pick up a head of steam. Luxury Mortgage is the latest lender to pull the sale ripcord. There could be more.
HPS Investment Partners, a firm chock full of Wall Street veterans, has agreed to buy non-QM lender Citadel Servicing Corp. After the sale closes, CSC founder and CEO Dan Perl will part ways with the firm.
Origination pipelines remain full and lenders, for the most part, are feeling optimistic about profits. Can it last? Probably, as long as rates remain low.
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