I recently completed a global market assessment of mortgage and loan operations services. I found that the mortgage and loan industry is restructuring at a faster pace than at any time since the Savings and Loan Crisis of the early 1990s, as mergers and divestitures have increased in s[...]

  Global loan originations have declined since COVID and the trough of interest rates in April 2020. For example, in the U.S., loan originations fell from $4.51 trillion in 2021 to $1.50 trillion in 2023. Currently, interest rates in the U.S. are declining, and mortgage originations in t[...]

  The lending business is highly cyclical due to its sensitivity to interest rates, economic cycles, and capital availability to fund loans. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, these factors are currently driving down mortgage originations, which have fallen 60% y/y in the U.S[...]

  In NelsonHall’s recently published market assessment, Transforming Mortgage and Loan Services, we found that lenders are changing their approach to mortgage and loan operations from a focus on BPS and integration services to a focus on cloud migration and data management services[...]

  NelsonHall recently completed a market assessment and forecast report on Transforming Mortgage and Loan Services. We found that the lending industry is undergoing profound operational change as it adapts to slowing loan growth and emerging customer populations that are younger and more[...]