Secondary Market in Mortgage Servicing Rights Heated Up in Second Quarter
July 28, 2017
A few big-ticket corporate shifts in mortgage strategy led to a surge in bulk transfers of agency mortgage servicing rights during the second quarter of 2017, according to an exclusive Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of agency mortgage-backed securities data. A total of $133.36 billion of servicing attached to single-family MBS issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae changed hands during the most recent quarter. That was up 21.5 percent from ... [Includes two data charts]