Fannie Ready to Dump Almost $2B of RPLs March 13, 2018 Paul Muolo The auction is being marketed in collaboration with Citigroup... 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
Short Takes: Amazon Wants to Enter the Mortgage Industry (Good Luck with That) / Who is Nick Clemente? / Risk and the GSEs / Essent’s Risk-Sharing Deal / A New Hire for Recovco March 12, 2018 Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey From what we understand, the Amazon executive spearheading the effort is Nick Clemente...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
Citadel Loosens Underwriting Standards on Nonprime Products, Citing Strong Loan Performance March 12, 2018 Brandon Ivey Citadel introduced a 5/1 hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage and a 5/25 interest-only term loan…Read More
KBW Issues Caution on New Freddie MI Pilot; Looks Like USMI Implored FHFA to Kill the Product? March 12, 2018 Paul Muolo The USMI fears the pilot “marks an unprecedented encroachment of Freddie Mac’s footprint into primary mortgage markets…”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
RSS