Reputational risk "remains high with regard to any and all foreclosures," Schwartz said. The crisis gave regulators the ammunition they needed to create loan servicing-specific legislation and policies, which resulted in the straining of the execution of collection and default services for many servicers, whereas those practices had worked well for them prior to the crisis.
Read More »Nationstar Posts Net Loss in First Quarter
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings reported a net loss of $48 million, or $0.53 per share, for the first quarter of 2015 compared with a net income of $19 million ($0.21 per share) for the previous quarter, according to an announcement from the Lewisville, Texas-based residential mortgage servicer on Tuesday morning.
Read More »Training Tips: How (and Why) to Evaluate a New Vendor’s Internal Training Program
Ensuring a well-trained workforce could mean the difference between sinking or swimming in today’s strictly regulated environment. This select feature originally appeared in the May 2015 issue of DS News.
Read More »Ocwen Reports Preliminary Net Income of $34 Million for Q1
"I am proud of what we have accomplished as far as managing the business through this difficult transition period. We made great progress on our asset sale strategy, have returned to profitability and continue to generate substantial operating cash flow," said Ron Faris, President and CEO of Ocwen. "However, I am not satisfied with only making $34 million in the quarter. We intend to do better."
Read More »Investment Advisor Releases White Paper In Ocwen’s Defense
In response to accusations from institutional investors against Ocwen Financial of "failure to perform," investment advisor LL Funds has come to the defense of the embattled mortgage servicer in the form of an independent 26-page white paper titled "In Defense of Ocwen Servicing" released Friday.
Read More »CFPB, FTC Penalize Green Tree For Alleged Servicing Violations
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) penalized national mortgage servicing company Green Tree Loan Servicing for allegedly mistreating borrowers attempting to avoid foreclosure on their homes, according to a joint announcement from the CFPB and FTC on Tuesday.
Read More »Tumultuous Year Results in Half-Billion Dollar Loss for Ocwen
Announcement of the loss hardly comes as a surprise. The firm announced in early February that it was anticipating a loss in its then-coming earnings report. That announcement was followed by a spate of sales of servicing rights to several firms.
Read More »RoundPoint Expects Substantial MSR Purchase Growth to Continue in 2015
Charlotte, North Carolina-based RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation has announced that the firm's co-issue mortgage servicing rights (MSR) purchases grew year-over-year by 257 percent in 2014. The growth has continued into the first quarter of 2015 and management expects that growth to continue throughout the year.
Read More »Ocwen Refutes RMBS Investors’ Claims in Letter to Trustees
In February, an independent study found many of Ocwen’s servicing business was "effective," according to the letter. The research, conducted by Morgan Stanley’s RMBS strategy team, stated, "Whether a borrower first went delinquent while being serviced by Ocwen, or fell delinquent and was then transferred to Ocwen, we find that these borrowers are more likely to be in their homes today than if the MSRs were held elsewhere."
Read More »CoreLogic Offers Solution to Help Make Mortgage Servicers More SCRA-Compliant
CoreLogic's announcement comes just two weeks after five of the nation's largest mortgage servicers – JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo, GMAC Mortgage, and BAC Home Loans Servicing – were penalized a combined total of $123 million by the U.S. Department of Justice over non-judicial foreclosures that violated the SCRA.
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