The MBA's National Advocacy Conference in DC wrapped up this week, and any time you have a gaggle of mortgage personnel in one place, talk in the hallways inevitably turned to current market conditions. For example, servicing rights have increased in value, and MSR trading multiples are in the mid 5x range for certain cohorts (markedly higher than the 4×1 value where it was for years), depending on asset mix, recapture assumptions, and servicing execution. Servicing portfolios are being bought and sold… everyone can afford servicing wants the inside track in retaining the borrowers backing that servicing.
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