Solid Adjusted Earnings and ROE
Net income $82M GAAP ($1.53/share) with adjusted net income $118M ($2.19/share); annualized GAAP ROE 8% and adjusted ROE 11%.
Mortgage Banking & Production Strength
Mortgage banking operating pretax income $190M (up from $173M prior quarter). Production pretax income $134M, more than double year-ago and up 5% sequentially.
Consumer Direct Momentum and Recapture Gains
Consumer direct originations +15% QoQ and locks +24% QoQ; revenue contribution from consumer direct +30% QoQ. Conventional first-lien refinance recapture rose 5 percentage points QoQ to 22% and ran near 30% in April; government refinance recapture ~50%.
Broker Direct Growth and New Product Traction
Broker direct originations +3% QoQ, locks +26% QoQ, approved brokers +12% YoY. Launched non-QM product with initial blocks $151M in Q1 and $157M in April.
Technology & Efficiency Improvements
Completed deployment of new consumer direct origination system (Vesta) and began AI agent rollouts; direct consumer expenses down 26% vs 2022; compensation as % of adjusted revenue reduced to 3.7% from 6.5% in 2022 (44% decrease). Expect material benefits and ROE upside in H2 2026.
Servicing Economics and Scale
Servicing UPB $720B (down 2% QoQ) with servicing pretax income excluding valuation changes $57M or 3.1 bps (up from 2.5 bps). Operating expenses 4.5 bps of servicing UPB; target to reduce cost-to-serve toward $55/loan annually over 24–36 months.
Capital Deployment and Liquidity
Repurchased 560,000 shares for $50M at $89.28 avg; declared $0.30/share common dividend. Ended quarter with $4.2B total liquidity.
MSR Valuation Increase (Net)
Fair value of MSR increased by $177M in the quarter (driven by $201M from market interest rate changes, partially offset by $24M model/performance declines).