Nonbanks have indisputably bought a bigger share of the mortgage servicing market in recent years, but that doesn’t mean some banks haven’t been buyers during the migration. The servicing asset was a pariah not long ago, said Mark Garland, president of MountainView Capital Holdings, during a panel session at the recent secondary market conference sponsored by the Mortgage Bankers Association. “It was stepping into a buyback obligation. Suddenly, two years ago, it became the greatest asset ever,” he said. And although Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Citibank have pruned...
Although only 13 banks reported net losses on mortgage banking during 1Q – compared to 756 institutions with net profits – several of the top players earned less than they did in the fourth quarter.