Mr. Cooper Lays Off Originators Even As Mortgage Servicing Booms
Citing impact of rising rates on mortgage originations, Mr. Cooper laid off 250 workers during the first quarter, with more reductions in store.
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Citing impact of rising rates on mortgage originations, Mr. Cooper laid off 250 workers during the first quarter, with more reductions in store.
COOP earnings call for the period ending March 31, 2022.
Mr. Cooper Group reported net income of $658 million in the first quarter of 2022, largely due to MSR gains and a deal with fintech company Sagent.
No one in the mortgage industry, it seems, is immune to layoffs these days — not even the nation’s fourth-largest mortgage servicer, Mr. Cooper Group, coming off a spectacular quarter. The Dallas-based nonbank mortgage lender and servicer reported first-quarter 2022 net income of $658 million, or $8.59 per diluted share, a 325% increase from net income of $155 million, or $2.01 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Add Mr. Cooper to the list of lenders and servicers reducing staff: pink slips arrived for 250 employees in the first quarter, as the company faced declines in the earnings from loan originations. And it's going to get very rough in Q2.