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Booming Refi Volumes in 1Q21 Swell Freddie’s Book of Business

April 29, 2021
Dennis Hollier
Freddie Mac’s first-quarter earnings report indicates the heady days of 2020 have continued into the new year.
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Picking Up a Head of Steam: Warehouse Securitizations

April 29, 2021
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey
Should traditional warehouse financiers be worried? It seems more nonbanks are jumping on the securitization bandwagon.
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Ginnie Unveils Plans for Blockchain Technology

April 29, 2021
Maria Volkova
The agency’s Innovation Lab will conduct a preliminary analysis of how blockchain could be used to reduce cost and risk and improve liquidity.
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Short Takes: Enter, Goldman. Meaning? / Marking It Up with Mr. Cooper / A Profit for Ocwen / Some M&A from Finance of America

April 29, 2021
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey

Has Ocwen CEO Glen Messina finally righted the ship at the nation's 17th largest residential servicer? We'll know in the quarters ahead.


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Some Wiggle Room on FHA Premiums?

April 29, 2021
Maria Volkova

The upfront MIP is 175 bps of the base loan amount on a 30-year fixed-rate FHA single-family loan. Most FHA borrowers pay an annual MIP of 85 bps for the full life of the loan.


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Another Large Profit for Freddie, Net Worth Nears $19 Billion

April 29, 2021
Paul Muolo

On the plus side: revenues at Freddie increased 4.9% from the fourth quarter of last year...


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All Hail the Return of MSR ‘Markups,’ At Least for Now

April 29, 2021
Paul Muolo
It’s a given: When rates rise, servicing values increase. Problem is, there hasn’t been much rate-rising going on. That is, until recently.
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Nation’s Largest Wholesaler Accused of Restraint of Trade

April 29, 2021
Maria Volkova and Paul Muolo
Certain loan brokers aren’t happy with wholesale giant UWM over its “us or them” edict. A lawsuit has been filed. More could be on the way.
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Defying the Odds: Yet Another New Quarterly Origination Record

April 29, 2021
John Bancroft

The top three home lenders in the first quarter: Quicken Loans, PennyMac Financial Services and Wells Fargo. UWM and Freedom Mortgage were a close fourth and fifth, respectively.


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Another Large Profit for Freddie, Net Worth Nears $19B

April 29, 2021
Paul Muolo
Freddie Mac turned in slightly lower earnings on a sequential basis as higher credit expenses dinged its bottom line. Next up: Fannie Mae.
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