A telling sign: Bank of America employed 6,603 servicing employees as of the end of 2016, down 78.0 percent compared to the end of 2013.

At times in 2016, Impac had a monthly retention percentage as high as 84.0 percent, which Joseph Tomkinson said was a market-leading retention rate.

“While originations to-date have been nominal, we expect a ramp-up production from here as we continue to increase marketing and consumer awareness of the Ally Home offering,” Christopher Halmy said.

A number of lenders have experienced a sharp decline in refinance volume without a meaningful increase in purchase-mortgage originations, according to Jonathan Corr, president and CEO of Ellie Mae.

More Fixes to the CFPB's TRID are in Order.

Fed Says Refi Ads Can be Made More Effective.

It looks like Flagstar won't be the only bank to issue jumbo mortgage-backed securities.

Wells looks to up its originations by boosting IO jumbos.

Only two lenders have consistently provided more than 5.0 percent of the dollar volume in jumbo MBS Redwood has issued this year: First Republic Bank and Quicken Loans.

By comparison, ARMs accounted for less than 1.0 percent of total prime non-agency MBS issued in the first quarter.