Top 5 Takeaways for Bulk MSR Market: Q4 2021

Top 5 Takeaways for Bulk MSR Market: Q4 2021

The economy continues to heal from the pandemic and MSR pricing has seen improvement as a result. Many servicers are still sitting on large portfolios as a result of MSR multiples/prices going to zero in early 2020, but the market is becoming ripe for MSR bulk sales and there is ample capital/liquidity from buyers ready to purchase. Continue reading below for our Top 5 Takeaways for the Bulk MSR Market.

MCT Deepens MSR Expertise with Hire of Azad Rafat

MCT Deepens MSR Expertise with Hire of Azad Rafat

SAN DIEGO, CA, 10-08-2021 – MCT announced today that Azad Rafat has joined the company as the new Senior Director of MSR Services. Mr. Rafat will leverage his hands-on experience designing, building and managing mortgage servicing products to help MCT clients achieve their mortgage servicing goals.

HousingWire & MCT Webinar – Unlocking Profitability: How To Navigate Secondary Marketing Challenges

HousingWire & MCT Webinar – Unlocking Profitability: How To Navigate Secondary Marketing Challenges

The loan sale process has contributed to recent challenges in the secondary market. An open loan exchange mitigates risk and unlocks profitability. In this webinar, MCT’s Phil Rasori and Justin Grant, as well as OnQ Financial’s Angela Wooldridge and Alpha Mortgage’s Genesis Collins reviewed bidding regardless of approval status, mitigating risk, and increasing profitability.

MCT Webinar: Strategies for Credit Unions to Add Value to Members

MCT Webinar: Strategies for Credit Unions to Add Value to Members

In collaboration with CUREN and MGIC, MCT will examine credit union’s process flow to identify potential improvements in areas such as secondary marketing, technology, automation, and business processes. The strategies explored in this webinar amount to over 50 basis points of potential improvement to margins based on the experiences of Credit Unions who have put them to use….

HousingWire & MCT Webinar – MSR Strategies in 2021

HousingWire & MCT Webinar – MSR Strategies in 2021

As MSR pricing and volatility begin to normalize in 2021, many portfolio managers are revisiting their short-term and long-term servicing strategy. In this webinar, MCT’s Phil Laren, David Burruss and several mortgage lenders reviewed current MSR market trends and strategies to optimize your portfolio.

Intro to Hedging a MSR Portfolio

Intro to Hedging a MSR Portfolio

Explore why hedging MSRs is practiced and what significant risks and costs can be accrued by not hedging MSRs. By busting the common myths and bringing this complex topic down to earth, we hope to equip the reader with the confidence needed to take the first step for their own business. Use the Hedging Barometer tool to know if you should hedge MSRs and when is the best time to begin.

Yield & Arbitrage Theory – Risk Management Part 2

Yield & Arbitrage Theory – Risk Management Part 2

Servicing Insights Vol. 5 will explore how to tackle the uncertainty of interest rates which lead to uncertainty about the future values of your asset. Utilizing examples of both horse race and Superbowl betting strategies to review the concept of how to use averages to compute a price for your uncertain assets.

Prepayments in Servicing Valuation

Prepayments in Servicing Valuation

Predicting prepayments is arguably the most difficult aspect of modeling the value of servicing, but there are a few tactics and best practices we recommend. Just like the channel 5 weatherman or the careful calculations of a rocket scientist, you can have a wealth of...