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The mortgage market is changing, and that could pose challenges for companies that service home loans.
The nonprime mortgage industry has evolved and changed dramatically in recent years, with one leading executive predicting at a recent SourceMedia Subprime Lending Symposium that the subprime sector is poised for another shakeout. Brad Bradley, chief executive at Senderra Funding, said that stiff price competition is weeding out some competitors. To succeed in the business now, lenders need to keep a close eye on costs.
And data from SourceMedia's mortgage database group suggest lenders are also coping with the competitive environment by expanding their product line up, originating more "exotic" loans than ever before. Alt-A lending was up 81% late last year from the year before. Interest-only loans accounted for 25% of the market in the fourth quarter of last year.
The MBA, which tracks quarterly delinquencies, so far has not seen any alarming increase in overdue rates. But with subprime lenders accounting for an increasing share of the total mortgage market, MBA chief economist Doug Duncan has advised ...