Mortgage Rates since September have been relatively stable and range bound leading to Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSR) valuations that have also stayed in a fairly tight range of +/- 10 basis points over the past quarter. Most of our clients with lower coupon product have stayed within a +/- 5 basis point range. The 30-Year… Read more »
One of the primary goals for any secondary marketing manager is to develop systems and controls for measuring and managing mortgage pipeline risks in order to make better decisions regarding secondary marketing execution. The end-game is to enable the company to realize the profit margin that is baked into the pricing on “day one” of… Read more »
The US Housing Market Roy Park, Senior Vice President, Capital Markets Group The U.S. residential real-estate market seems to have finally turned the corner, as home price changes have been positive over the last several months on a year-over-year basis even without any direct government subsidies. The price movements have coincided with improvements in the… Read more »