** Shares of residential mortgage originating and servicing
co Home Point Capital Inc HMPT.O jump 16% to $2.22 after
market
** Mr Cooper Group Inc COOP.O will acquire HMPT for $324
million in cash
** HMPT had a market cap of $253.33 mln as of Wednesday
close - Refinitiv
** COOP is a non-bank servicer of residential mortgage
loans; shares down 1.14% at 42.51 after the bell
** Transaction expected to close in Q3
** YTD, HMPT up 39%, COOP up 7%
(Reporting by Aditya Samal)
((Aditya.Samal@thomsonreuters.com;))