The industry-wide servicing-for-others total was down $99.41 billion from June, a 3.0% quarterly decline. With a handful of exceptions, the banking sector has reported quarterly declines in SFO since the end of 2009.
The big question for the industry: Once production finally slows next year, will lenders trim retail and opt to use brokers since the latter only get paid if the loan closes?
Late this week there was talk in the market of two fairly large packages up for grabs: a $13 billion portfolio of conventional mortgage servicing rights and a $25 billion offering...
While early-payment default rates showed bigger declines, the rate for loans in the most serious delinquency categories remained relatively high. Across all three agencies, 2.92% of loans were four months or more past due, down slightly from the previous month.