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GREEN BAY, WI -- Associated Banc-Corp here sold mortgage servicing rights on $2.8 billion of home loans in March, the company said in its quarterly earnings report.
That portfolio accounted for 28% of the banking company's MSR portfolio.
The sale resulted in a gain of $7.8 million, which was reduced by $1.2 million due to a valuation reserve expense. Thus the sale added $6.6 million to Associated Banc-Corp's $9.6 million in first-quarter net mortgage banking income.
At the end of the first quarter, Associated valued its remaining MSR portfolio at $48.3 million.
In the first quarter of last year, Associated reported $4.4 million of mortgage banking income, which included $1.4 million of valuation reserve recovery from the MSR portfolio.
Associated said it periodically considers sales of portions of its mortgage servicing portfolio to effectively manage earnings ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Wisconsin Bank Sells Servicing Rights on $2.8B Portfolio.