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Volume 2012 - Number 4

February 17, 2012

PennyMac Increases Jumbo Correspondent Activity

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is gradually ramping up its non-agency jumbo correspondent activity, with plans to expand even further in the coming years. “As the markets develop, one area that will become an increasing focus for PennyMac is non-agency jumbo loans,” said Stanford Kurland, chairman and CEO of the real estate investment trust. PennyMac had $15.0 million in jumbo correspondent originations in the fourth quarter of 2011, up slightly from $13.0 million the previous quarter and $7.0 million in the second quarter of 2011 ...

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