New Residential has purchased several servicing portfolios over the past year, acquiring rights from CitiMortgage, Walter/Ditech and United Shore, among others.
Two companies that were created earlier in the decade to buy mortgage servicing rights at rock-bottom prices are headed in different directions these days: Seneca Mortgage Servicing is exiting the business, while Pingora Loan Servicing is slated to change hands for the second time in a year. As Inside Mortgage Finance went to press this week, investment banker Houlihan Lokey was involved in direct negotiations to sell Seneca’s $53.6 billion servicing portfolio, which is considered pristine in nature. Investment banking sources said...
In the SEC filing, Annaly reveals that it owns servicing assets through an “ongoing joint venture with a leading sovereign wealth fund.” The SWF was not identified…