The Final Ginnie Mae Issue Tally for 2018: $388 Billion January 8, 2019 George Brooks Feeding the decline was an 18.8 percent sequential drop in VA purchase loans…Read More
Short Takes: IRS Cranks Up the IVES Machine Again / Otting at FHFA, Day 1 / AltLoan Enlists a New Capital Markets Partner / 45 Percent Plan to Enter the Non-QM Space This Year / Academy LO Joins Bay Equity Home Loans January 7, 2019 Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey Roughly 45 percent of respondents said they definitely will enter the the Non-QM market this year.Read More
Democrats on the HFSC Seek FHA Loans for DACA Recipients January 7, 2019 George Brooks Although HUD has voiced its opinion on the eligibility of DACA recipients informally, no official, definitive pronouncement has been issued – to the consternation of lenders.Read More
CMG Mortgage Expands in the Northeast, Assumes 14 RPM Branches January 7, 2019 Paul Muolo RPM CEO Rob Hirt was good-natured about the departures: “I wish CMG continued success into 2019…”Read More
loanDepot Hires Caliber Executive John Bianchi to Head National Sales January 7, 2019 Paul Muolo loanDepot founder and CEO Anthony Hsieh: “We believe in distributed retail…”Read More
Non-Agency MBS Issuance Nearly Doubled in 2018 January 7, 2019 Brandon Ivey JPMorgan Chase and Redwood Trust are the dominant issuers of non-agency MBS…Read More
What We’re Hearing: Top Production Exec Ready to Depart? / The Mel Watt Era at the FHFA is About to End / Will IBM do to Promontory What it Did to Seterus? / Ugly Mortgage Job Numbers / Selling Ditech Shares / Dynex Hires Dave Stevens as a Director January 4, 2019 Paul Muolo One former Fannie Mae executive familiar with Seterus opined that IBM likely received “pennies” compared to what it invested in Seterus... Read More
Government Shutdown has Little Effect on FHA/VA Loan Programs (So Far) January 4, 2019 George Brooks No disasters have been reported yet, but some lenders are beginning to worry...Read More
Mr. Cooper to Take Control of IBM’s Seterus. Fannie a Big Client January 4, 2019 Paul Muolo Market sources said Seterus struggled to find new servicing clients to replace its dwindling contracts with Fannie Mae.Read More
MBS/ABS Market Ends Year with Lackluster Production. Weakest Reading in Five Years January 4, 2019 John Bancroft The biggest reason for the slump: the decline in single-family MBS production by Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie…Read More
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