In a Declining Mortgage Market, Some Lenders Find Ways to Grow Servicing
November 3, 2011
With home sales slow, house prices still floundering and little lender appetite for cash-out refinancing, the mortgage servicing business may be another year or more away from reversing the historic contraction thats been underway since early 2008. But a new servicing ranking by Inside Mortgage Finance reveals that some companies have managed to grow their business. Servicing remains a top-heavy industry dominated by three companies that collectively held 47.8 percent of the market as of the end of September. But only one of those firms second-ranked Wells Fargo has seen its servicing portfolio...(Includes one data chart)