GSE Market Shifted Toward Megabanks in 4Q18 January 16, 2019 John Bancroft Chase’s secondary market patterns are typically herky-jerky…Read More
JPM Packs GSE-Eligible Collateral into a $978 Million Non-Agency MBS January 16, 2019 Brandon Ivey Roughly 42 originators are providing collateral for the JPM MBS…Read More
Short Takes: Worrying About What Mark Calabria Might Do / Ever Seated? / A Price War Brewing in Non-QM? / Tim Anderson’s Blockchain Job / Freddie Gets a New General Counsel January 15, 2019 Paul Muolo and Dennis Hollier We understand a bit of a price war may be brewing in the non-QM market... Read More
Consumer Complaints Up 3.8 Percent in 2018. Mortgage Gripes Tank January 15, 2019 Yemeng Yang Companies with the most gripes filed against them were the three major credit reporting bureaus: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion...Read More
First Republic Bucks the Trend and Increases Mortgage Originations January 15, 2019 Brandon Ivey Jumbo mortgages account for the vast majority of First Republic’s single-family production.Read More
Residential Production Down by Almost 24 Percent at No. 2-Ranked JPMorgan Chase January 15, 2019 Paul Muolo JPM valued its MSR portfolio at 117 basis points at the end of the fourth quarter, reducing the mark from 122 bps in 3Q18...Read More
Residential Production Falls 17 Percent at Wells Fargo, Mortgage Profits Plunge January 15, 2019 Paul Muolo Management blamed the lower figures on “seasonality.”Read More
Short Takes: Shutdown Having Minimal Impact on Mortgages? / Housing Market Slowing / AMC Acquires Meridian Asset Services / Broker Startup Launches January 14, 2019 Brandon Ivey The IRS resumed providing income verification services a week ago and the agency expected to catch up on volume...Read More
Citigroup Sees Retail Residential Production Drop by Almost 15 Percent January 14, 2019 Paul Muolo Compared to the same period a year earlier, retail loan production fell by 23.3 percent at Citigroup...Read More
Redwood Set to End Lull in Prime Non-Agency MBS January 14, 2019 Brandon Ivey The Redwood transaction is set to close Jan. 17…Read More