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Due diligence firm American Mortgage Consultants has launched a new subsidiary in response to growing lender and servicer interest in digital transactions.

With spring homebuying in bloom, the second quarter brought profits to independent mortgage bankers after going negative for the second time ever, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Intensifying margin pressure could spur another wave of cost-cutting at nonbank mortgage lenders, unless other strategies, like consolidation or a mortgage servicing book that could increase in value, offset it.

MountainView Financial Solutions is brokering a more than $3 billion package of Fannie Mae and government mortgage servicing rights originated primarily through third-party origination channels.

Most mortgage servicers in the state of Washington are about to be more tightly regulated, in line with a broader trend, but smaller master servicers can get a waiver.

Ditech Holding Corp. posted a net loss of $40.5 million in its first full operating quarter since emerging from bankruptcy protection in February.

AmeriHome GMSR Issuer Trust, consists of $155 million of fixed-rate, five-year notes and $500 million of two-year variable funding notes; it is modeled on deals by PennyMac.

The company is marketing another $550 million of bonds backed by MSRs; proceeds will be used to repay the remaining $500 million of notes issued last year at wider spreads.

Servicers and MSR investors face increased regulation and oversight as nearly all states now require some form of licensing for firms responsible for mortgage collections.

Mortgage banking revenue stemming from a year-to-year increase in rates weighed down noninterest income at U.S. Bancorp, but increased interest income from higher rates helped improve earnings overall.

To keep winning business in an increasingly competitive loan channel, United Wholesale Mortgage is giving brokers more control of the borrower relationships that persist even after loans close.

This year's sluggish spring home buying season led to generally softer mortgage-related second quarter results at Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and PNC Financial Services Group, but First Republic Bank bucked the trend.

The deal is designed to improve capital ratios and reduce risk at the Seattle company.

Incenter Mortgage Advisors is facilitating the sale of more than $10 billion in mortgage servicing rights tied to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans originated by mortgage brokers.

Ginnie Mae is looking to start a pilot program to securitize digital mortgages as early as 2019, but issuers would not be able to commingle loans using traditional paper files in those deals.

Declining mortgage origination volume and record-high costs drove production income for independent mortgage bankers into negative territory, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Atlanta bank had previously failed compliance metrics in five straight quarters before passing them last year, according to the settlement's monitor.

MountainView is brokering a $3.6 billion nonrecourse package of Fannie Mae mortgage servicing rights with a high refinance loan concentration.

Citizens Bank's $511 million acquisition of Franklin American Mortgage will beef up the bank's servicing portfolio and diversify its origination business at a time when higher interest rates have put a damper on refinance volume.

From the latest economic news to the latest developments in digital mortgages, here's a look at six things we learned at the MBA Secondary Conference 2018.