The Stratmor Group: “The historical relationship is clear. When profitability increases, owners hold onto their companies. When it falls, more look to sell.”

Founder and CEO Vishal Garg earned $25.3 million in 2020...

LoanCare CEO Dave Worrall told Inside Mortgage Finance, “It will be interesting to see how the delinquency numbers change as the [foreclosure] moratoriums end.”

Among originators, loanDepot ranks sixth, among servicers 22nd...

One caveat: Only the most well-heeled companies came to market, leaving originators with weaker prospects to tap their bank lines or enter into new or amended master repurchase agreements...

In the old days (pre-subprime crash), it was common for a depository to buy a nonbank lender/servicer via a “franchise” deal...

In quarters past, predictions of a boom in mortgage company sales have been premature. But what about now? And can sellers close by yearend?

The debt issuance window is still open for certain well-heeled nonbank lender/servicers. As for everyone else...

Hundreds of lenders took PPP money, but given their strong profits, should they ask for federal forgiveness?

Veteran loan broker Michael Foote called it, “Good marketing more than anything, but they’ll just stack the loans and then sell them as soon as the new loans can be delivered…