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WASHINGTON -- The grinding wheel of servicing consolidation continued unabated in the second quarter with nation's top five residential firms increasing their market share to 48.7%. According to exclusive survey figures compiled by Mortgage Servicing News and the Quarterly Data Report, the top five have a combined servicing portfolio of $4.19 trillion, compared to a home receivables market of $8.604 trillion.
The nation's two top-ranked servicers - Countrywide Home Loans, Calabasas, Calif., and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, San Francisco - together control almost 27% of the market.
A year ago the top five had a combined servicing market share of 44.67%. All of the top five are depositories and only one, Washington Mutual of Seattle, is a thrift.
At the end of June, Countrywide serviced $1.196 trillion in loans with WFHM close behind at $1.116 trillion. (The figures include subservicing contracts.)
WaMu ranked third with $756.6 ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Top 5 Servicers Near 50%.(Countrywide Home Loans)(Wells Fargo Home...