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JPM, a Mortgage 'Bellwether'? Probably Not

JPMorgan Chase released its mortgage earnings this morning (along with all that banking stuff that our readers probably don't care about) and it sure as heck looked ugly on the revenue side: Just $696 million in residential-related revenue in 1Q compared to $2.78 billion in 4Q. Yes, folks, that's not a misprint. (For all the details about its mortgage-related charges see our story on the National Mortgage News website.) A fair question might this: why did JPM's mortgage revenue fall by 75% when loan production only fell by 30%? Is JPM still a serious player in mortgages? We know the company has been outsourcing some of its MSRs to IBM's mortgage unit. Is Basel III and its treatment of MSRs driving all this? Stay tuned…

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