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Mortgage Lenders Still Playing it Safe on Loans Sold to Fannie and Freddie

August 12, 2015
John Bancroft
In the second quarter of 2015, 66.4 percent of loans sold to the GSEs had credit scores of 740 or higher.
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Ocwen Prevailing in Face of Disgruntled Non-Agency MBS Investors

August 12, 2015
Brandon Ivey
Ocwen faces the potential loss of non-agency MBS servicing on two fronts but so far investors are not pulling the trigger...
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Plenty of Nonperforming Mortgages are Being Securitized, Just Not Publicly

August 12, 2015
Paul Muolo
About three years ago, some investors – private equity firms and hedge funds in particular – started purchasing NPLs as a cheaper alternative to buying foreclosed homes.
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Wells Fargo Trims HELOC Minimum to $10,000 for Most States

August 12, 2015
Paul Muolo
A spokeswoman for Wells noted that loan volumes for closed-end seconds “was a small percentage of our business.”
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Thanks to China, Another Refi Wave May be Upon Us. Or Not. MSR Markdowns?

August 12, 2015
Paul Muolo
If rates continue to head south it could result in large hedging losses and markdowns on mortgage servicing rights.
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Short Takes: Subprime Lender Expands Into NC / Altisource Hopes to Repurchase Stock / Invitation Sells Homes in Bulk to… / New Applications Just About Flat / Wells’ Mortgage Chief Heid to Retire / Legal Costs for VA Foreclosures

August 12, 2015
George Brooks and Paul Muolo
This just in: Wells Fargo mortgage chief Mike Heid to step down...
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First Tennessee Shows Strong Growth in Warehouse Unit

August 11, 2015
Paul Muolo
First Tennessee has 172 warehouse customers, compared to 160 a year ago.
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Settlement Monitor Cites Ocwen for Another Failed Metric, But Offers Praise Too

August 11, 2015
Brandon Ivey
Meanwhile, Ocwen has been shifting as many of its servicing workers overseas as possible...
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Sale of RoundPoint to PIMCO Appears to be Dead – Again

August 11, 2015
Paul Muolo
Both parties, to date, have declined to discuss the situation.
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VA Securitization Gains in 2Q, but FHA Really Takes Off

August 11, 2015
George Brooks
Meanwhile, $69.1 billion in FHA purchase and refi loans were securitized in 2Q, a whopping 93.9 percent sequential gain.
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