Flagstar, a thrift that is also the largest remaining depository in the table funding sector, earned $25.5 million in the second quarter compared to a $78.9 million loss in 1Q.
One critic of the report on nonbank risk had this to say: “It’s just ridiculous what they [the IG] get away with. There’s risk in every business. Don’t they get it?”
Criticisms about servicing seem to be stubbornly resistant to much improvement, however, hovering in the 3,000 to 4,000 range for the last six quarters.
The audit is being conducted by HUD’s Office of Inspector General to assess the bank’s compliance with FHA requirements related to the origination of loans insured by the agency.
“The entire subject of ‘mini-corr’ and the CFPB’s interpretation is the result of a witch hunt perpetrated by one of the lawyers that moved from the Federal Reserve Board,” said one disgruntled broker.
“Prospect has a target list and they have an audience,” said one advisor. “But so far, in the mortgage M&A market there has been a lot of talk – with not too many deals getting done.”
Union Mortgage has been losing some of its top executives over the past year. A few months back, its president and CEO Robert Eastep departed for Stonegate Mortgage…
Even if home prices fall by 10 percent, most borrowers in jumbo MBS issued in recent years will have more equity than they had at the time of origination, said Grant Bailey of Fitch Ratings.