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NEW YORK -- As opposed to residential second-lien lending, which saw flat results in the first quarter, second-lien servicing gained substantially over the same period, based on the top residential second-lien servicers' gains at March 31.
According to MSN's data affiliate, the top 25 second-lien servicers serviced $832.3 billion in seconds at March 31, an 87% gain from the $444.4 billion serviced in the year-earlier period. Out of the 25 servicers surveyed, 16 saw increases in volume. Also, of those 16, three saw triple-digit percentage increases.
The company to see the largest gain was Salt Lake City-based subprime specialist Select Portfolio Servicing, which serviced nearly $3.4 billion in seconds at March 31, a whopping 253% up from the $960 million it serviced in the same period the year prior. Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC, West Palm Beach, Fla., serviced $6.5 billion, up 223% from last year. Navy FCU, Merrifield, Va., serviced 130% more in seconds at the end of March compared to the end of March 2006.
Also, O'Fallon, Mo.-based CitiMortgage Inc. saw a 91% increase in servicing volume at March 31, compared to the same period the year prior.
Only four of the top 25 servicers ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Second-Lien Servicing Soars in 1Q07.