LIBOR Won’t Disappear Until 2021, So Don’t Sweat It. Right? March 13, 2018 Brandon Ivey ICE Benchmark Administration plans to release a “roadmap” for LIBOR this year.Read More
New Disclosures Show that Fannie and Freddie Keep Adding Workers March 13, 2018 Paul Muolo Both companies have been solidly profitable since earlier in the decade…Read More
Fannie Ready to Dump Almost $2B of RPLs March 13, 2018 Paul Muolo The auction is being marketed in collaboration with Citigroup... Read More
Short Takes: Impac, the Day Before the ‘Ides of March’ / A Boost for Ditech? / Market Cap? / CFPB Cedes Power to the States / A Promotion at NTC March 13, 2018 Paul Muolo and Yemeng Yang Under Acting Director Mick Mulvaney, the CFPB will rely on state regulators and state attorneys general for more leadership when it comes to enforcement...Read More
Banks Continue to Invest in First Liens; Holdings Up 4.1 Percent March 12, 2018 Brandon Ivey Wells remained the top portfolio holder at the end of 2017, though Chase and BofA grew faster.Read More
M&A Market Heats Up; Skyline Entertaining Takeover Talks? March 12, 2018 Paul Muolo Consultant Dave Lykken: “There are some firms out there that are just flat out of cash. They just didn’t get ahead of this thing.”Read More
Mortgage Brokers Add Jobs, Bankers Don’t; JPM, Quicken, Others are Hiring March 12, 2018 Paul Muolo Quicken Loans continues to hire technology-related workers…Read More
Citadel Loosens Underwriting Standards on Nonprime Products, Citing Strong Loan Performance March 12, 2018 Brandon Ivey Citadel introduced a 5/1 hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage and a 5/25 interest-only term loan…Read More
KBW Issues Caution on New Freddie MI Pilot; Looks Like USMI Implored FHFA to Kill the Product? March 12, 2018 Paul Muolo The USMI fears the pilot “marks an unprecedented encroachment of Freddie Mac’s footprint into primary mortgage markets…”Read More
Short Takes: Amazon Wants to Enter the Mortgage Industry (Good Luck with That) / Who is Nick Clemente? / Risk and the GSEs / Essent’s Risk-Sharing Deal / A New Hire for Recovco March 12, 2018 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo From what we understand, the Amazon executive spearheading the effort is Nick Clemente...Read More
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