Commercial banks and savings institutions once again reduced their holdings of mortgage servicing rights during the first quarter of 2018, according to an Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of call-report data. [Includes one data chart.]
Trading in mortgage servicing rights is as good as it’s been for years, but it remains a small market full of pricing and transactional irregularities, according to industry experts speaking on a panel at the secondary market conference sponsored by the Mortgage Bankers Association last month.
Retail loan production gained share in the jumbo and government-insured markets during the first quarter of 2018 but lost a little ground in the conventional-conforming space, according to survey data compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance. [Includes two data charts.]
Ditech CEO Tom Marano: “I am pleased with the improving performance of our servicing business; however, I am disappointed with the performance of the origination business...”
The trade group argues that if lenders organized as pass-through entities do not receive the new deduction, they will be at a competitive disadvantage...
The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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