Loan applications declined even as interest rates came down further.

Ron Leonhardt founded the acquisition-minded CrossCountry Mortgage in 2003...

Among residential loan processors, Mr. Cooper ranks sixth in terms of MSR ownership with $528 billion...

Better does not seem too sanguine about its future...

If you’re looking for positives in the residential REIT sector, take a peek at how their debt is trading these days — most north of 90 cents on the dollar. Credit belongs to lower interest rates.

CrossCountry Mortgage owner Ron Leonhardt wants his nonbank to be the largest lender in the land. One way to do that is to buy other shops — and it looks as though CCM has another target in its sights.

Finance of America is ready to unload the last remains of its MSR portfolio. But it comes at an interesting time: Rates continue to fall, thus impacting asset prices.

The sector is shrinking thanks, in part, to the origination downturn and meager gains in mortgage debt outstanding.

Comerica's exit is Wintrust's opportunity...

Declining rates are good for the lending side of the mortgage business, but if you own MSRs...