Short Takes: Should the GSEs Use ‘Alt’ Credit Scores? / A Good Chance of Passage? / Ben Carson Heading Home? / An MPF Milestone / A New Hire for SLK Global March 14, 2018 Paul Muolo Will Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson be the next Trump cabinet member to depart?Read More
Impac Gets Slammed by Lower Originations, Trump Tax Bill; Long-Time CEO Joe Tomkinson is Departing March 14, 2018 Paul Muolo The company confirmed that long-time chairman and CEO Joe Tomkinson will be stepping down at the end of July...Read More
Ginnie Mulls Changes to MSR Pacts to Improve Nonbank Liquidity March 13, 2018 George Brooks Nonbanks do not have safety and soundness regulators, which is causing anxiety inside the agency…Read More
LIBOR Won’t Disappear Until 2021, So Don’t Sweat It. Right? March 13, 2018 Brandon Ivey ICE Benchmark Administration plans to release a “roadmap” for LIBOR this year.Read More
New Disclosures Show that Fannie and Freddie Keep Adding Workers March 13, 2018 Paul Muolo Both companies have been solidly profitable since earlier in the decade…Read More
Fannie Ready to Dump Almost $2B of RPLs March 13, 2018 Paul Muolo The auction is being marketed in collaboration with Citigroup... Read More
Short Takes: Impac, the Day Before the ‘Ides of March’ / A Boost for Ditech? / Market Cap? / CFPB Cedes Power to the States / A Promotion at NTC March 13, 2018 Paul Muolo and Yemeng Yang Under Acting Director Mick Mulvaney, the CFPB will rely on state regulators and state attorneys general for more leadership when it comes to enforcement...Read More
Banks Continue to Invest in First Liens; Holdings Up 4.1 Percent March 12, 2018 Brandon Ivey Wells remained the top portfolio holder at the end of 2017, though Chase and BofA grew faster.Read More
M&A Market Heats Up; Skyline Entertaining Takeover Talks? March 12, 2018 Paul Muolo Consultant Dave Lykken: “There are some firms out there that are just flat out of cash. They just didn’t get ahead of this thing.”Read More
Mortgage Brokers Add Jobs, Bankers Don’t; JPM, Quicken, Others are Hiring March 12, 2018 Paul Muolo Quicken Loans continues to hire technology-related workers…Read More
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