The mortgage-servicing rights (MSR) market remains robust as we turn the corner into 2024, and though it is expected to slightly underperform 2023, the market is still projected to notch healthy trading volumes in 2024 — hovering near the $1 trillion mark for the fourth year in a row, market observers forecast.
Even in this bull MSR market, there are headwinds to keep an eye on going forward: bank MSR portfolios are shrinking, IMBs are on a treadmill and there are growing concerns about future trading volumes.
A couple small deals with some unusual regional concentration also are in the market and one broker says many billions of dollars more are in the pipeline.
MSR trading volume this year is on pace to meet or exceed last year’s robust mark, when some $1 trillion in MSRs exchanged hands then fueled by the spike in interest rates. The trading volume of MSRs so far this year is on pace to meet or exceed last year’s robust mark, when some $1 trillion in MSRs exchanged hands then fueled by the spike in interest rates.