Mr. Cooper Group to Acquire Home Point Capital
In a deal for $324 million in cash, the acquisition of Home Point’s $84 billion servicing portfolio is expected to contribute to Mr. Cooper’s return on equity, with estimated 10% [...]
Legal League Assembles With Servicers for Spring Summit
The two-day summit featured a servicer certification class, followed by a day of panels from experts and highly placed people on a variety of bankruptcy- and default-related topics related to [...]
Millennial Homeowners Tapping Into Home Equity
Nearly 50% of millennials say they are likely to take out a home equity loan, as the new 2023 ServiceLink State of Homebuying Report reveals a growing share of younger [...]
FHFA Rescinds GSE Upfront Fees Based on DTI Ratios
By revoking the upfront fees based on borrowers’ DTI ratios for loans acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the FHFA continues its engagement to improve clarity and transparency regarding [...]
Sagent Opens Operations in India
Mortgage servicing fintech provider adds 120-plus members to its workforce by launching its non-U.S. headquarters in Chennai, India, following agreement with Mr. Cooper. Source: DS News
Building Servicer Relationships on a Foundation of Trust
JT Grubbs, EVP of Loan Servicing at Selene, sat down with MortgagePoint to share how the company puts their customer first and how to gain customers for the life of [...]
Measuring the Reach of NY’s Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act
Attorney Rich Haber of McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce discusses the impact of New York’s Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act on the industry. Source: DS News
Cities with Double Digit Home Price Gains Falls to Single Digits
About 7% of the 221 metropolitan areas tracked by the National Association of Realtors reported double-digit price gains in Q1, falling from 18% from Q4 2022. Source: DS News
Cenlar Names Michael Biddle Chief Data Scientist
With 20-plus years of experience under his belt, Cenlar adds veteran to procure and gathering data, and instituting AI solutions for the company’s newly-launched Mortgage Information Factory. Source: DS News