As interest rates remain high and the long-term market outlook is uncertain, lenders are evaluating strategies to strategically grow their mortgage portfolios. As a result, many organizations are selling off portfolios to aggregators, which has led to a heightened level of mortgage servicing rights (MSR) purchases and transfers. For lenders looking to purposefully grow their mortgage portfolios, the increase in MSR activity presents a unique opportunity.
Tag: First American Financial Corp.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/themes/mba-newslinks/assets/img/logos/logo-mba-newslinks.png)
ServiceMac’s Bob Caruso: Take Advantage of a Heightened MSR Purchase/Transfer Market
As interest rates remain high and the long-term market outlook is uncertain, lenders are evaluating strategies to strategically grow their mortgage portfolios. As a result, many organizations are selling off portfolios to aggregators, which has led to a heightened level of mortgage servicing rights (MSR) purchases and transfers. For lenders looking to purposefully grow their mortgage portfolios, the increase in MSR activity presents a unique opportunity.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/themes/mba-newslinks/assets/img/logos/logo-mba-newslinks.png)
ServiceMac’s Bob Caruso: Take Advantage of a Heightened MSR Purchase/Transfer Market
As interest rates remain high and the long-term market outlook is uncertain, lenders are evaluating strategies to strategically grow their mortgage portfolios. As a result, many organizations are selling off portfolios to aggregators, which has led to a heightened level of mortgage servicing rights (MSR) purchases and transfers. For lenders looking to purposefully grow their mortgage portfolios, the increase in MSR activity presents a unique opportunity.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/themes/mba-newslinks/assets/img/logos/logo-mba-newslinks.png)
ServiceMac’s Bob Caruso: Take Advantage of a Heightened MSR Purchase/Transfer Market
As interest rates remain high and the long-term market outlook is uncertain, lenders are evaluating strategies to strategically grow their mortgage portfolios. As a result, many organizations are selling off portfolios to aggregators, which has led to a heightened level of mortgage servicing rights (MSR) purchases and transfers. For lenders looking to purposefully grow their mortgage portfolios, the increase in MSR activity presents a unique opportunity.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/themes/mba-newslinks/assets/img/logos/logo-mba-newslinks.png)
First American’s Mark Fleming: Why Higher Mortgage Rates Don’t Always Lead to Declining House Prices
House prices have remained resilient, even in the face of fast-rising mortgage rates. That’s because the relationship between rising mortgage rates and home prices may not be as straightforward as many believe.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/themes/mba-newslinks/assets/img/logos/logo-mba-newslinks.png)
Ksenia Potapov from First American: First-Time Home Buyer Affordability Outlook Mixed, but Affordable Markets Remain
The affordability outlook is mixed, but there are markets that remain affordable for the potential first-time home buyer, like Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Detroit, despite the turbulence of today’s housing market.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/House-Construction-Stock-Photo-400.jpg?w=400&h=252&crop=1)
April Housing Starts Up 2.2%
Housing starts posted a modest increase in April, the Census Bureau and HUD reported Wednesday.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/UnemploymentMay2023400.jpg?w=400&h=271&crop=1)
April Employment Beats Expectations
The U.S. economy added 253,000 jobs in April, and the unemployment rate fell again to match a 53-year low, beating analyst expectations, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/HouseForSale15400.jpg?w=400&h=229&crop=1)
Housing Market Roundup Apr. 24, 2023
Here is a summary of housing market reports that have come across the MBA NewsLink desk:
![](https://newslink.mba.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/HousingStartsApr2023400.jpg?w=400&h=248&crop=1)
March Housing Starts Down 1%; Single-Family Starts, Permits, Completions Up
Housing starts fell by 0.8 percent in March, the Census Bureau and HUD reported Tuesday, although single-family starts, permits and completions all rose amid growing home builder sentiment.