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It's not easy being a servicing giant these days. Receivable "run off" is rampant and valuations are in the dumps.
But with interest rates continuing to rise well above their early summer lows, good news could be on the horizon.
According to figures compiled by Mortgage Servicing News and its affiliate, the Quarterly Data Report, the top 10 servicers as a group increased their market share to 52.09% in the third quarter, a 0.93% share gain compared to the second quarter.
However, some top servicers actually lost market share and saw their volume of home receivables decline, at least by a little bit.
Washington Mutual, Seattle, for example, the nation's largest servicer, saw its base of receivables decline slightly to $722.05 billion from $726.92 billion in the second quarter. Its market share slipped to 10.57% from 10.85%.
But the second-, third- and fourth-ranked servicers - Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Countrywide Financial and Chase Home Finance, respectively - managed to increase both their portfolios and market shares.
As this ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Top Ten See Small Gain.(financial services)(Brief Article)