Compared to March 2017, the combined nonbank servicing business was up 14.7 percent, while banks in the top 50 saw a 2.4 percent decline from a year ago.
Ocwen has tried to mend its ways, noting in the new report: “We have now resolved all of the state cease and desist orders (but not all of the legal actions) taken against us….”
There’s been speculation that when the Trump administration picks Watt’s successor, one of the first things that person might do is impose a loan-size purchase limit on the two government-sponsored enterprises.