With more than 8% of mortgages now in forbearance, industry experts are exploring ways to give an added impetus to digitizing the loan-modification process.
Having hit a rocky patch during the pandemic, Impac Mortgage will be late in reporting first-quarter results and it’s selling most of its MSRs. What’s next?
Lenders that made significant investments in technology in recent years reported better metrics than other players in several areas, such as origination costs and productivity.
Rep and warrant insurance, which covers corporate functions and not loan-level issues, has increasingly been used in mergers and acquisitions outside of the mortgage industry.
Nonbanks with large servicing portfolios are generating high margins from originations. The production is focused on agency mortgages, as nonbanks have largely stopped originating non-agency loans.
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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