Originations declined, margins improved, but a loss was still in the cards for the first quarter.

Guild is gaining market share and counting on an earnings turnaround in the coming months.

Survey says: An increased number of respondents think mortgage rates will go down over the next year...

There have been scattered reports of improving applications and profit margins...

Computershare said, “Low origination and refinancing volumes, along with the timing of MSR capital recycling trades, affected results."

In 2022, loanDepot was the fifth largest seller of bulk mortgage servicing rights as measured by agency servicing transfers...

What might the thirst be for a roughly $37 billion package of mortgage servicing rights tied to non-agency loans? Deal broker MIAC Analytics is about to find out. A handful of MBS-investing REITs have been identified as possible bidders.

Merger and acquisition activity is heating up, but most of it centers on mortgage servicing rights, huge blocks of it. Not only is SPS in play, but so too is SLS.

Last year was a trying year for most lenders. Among publicly traded shops, Rocket’s Jay Farner was one of the highest paid CEOs in the land, topping Mat Ishbia at United Wholesale Mortgage.

The sellers of the MSRs were not identified, but in the past Two Harbors has bought product from banks and nonbanks alike...