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Washington -- Mortgage rates have been firming up the past few months and that means the market for "bulk" servicing rights is finally taking off.
As Mortgage Servicing News went to press, at least one large transaction had been announced and several others were being worked on.
Commercial Federal Corp., Omaha, agreed to sell $10 billion in servicing rights (and its correspondent lending division) to Wells Fargo Bank for an undisclosed sum.
Meanwhile, MIAC, New York, was on the verge of coming to market with a $1 billion package of multifamily servicing rights. The package represents Fannie Mae DUS servicing.
Also, Interactive Mortgage Advisors, Denver, Countrywide Servicing Exchange of California, and other brokerage firms were working on deals.
The Commercial Federal sale (the rights belonged to its affiliate, Commercial Federal Mortgage) was brokered by Lehman Brothers.
A spokesman for the bank told MSN that despite the sale of receivables, the bank is keeping its servicing platform.
Source: HighBeam Research, Bulk Market Is Heating Up.