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No Mortgage/GSE Reform This Year, Maybe No Bill Either

June 13, 2017
Paul Muolo
Last month, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt said he’s prepared to allow Fannie and Freddie to build some type of capital buffer to avoid a Treasury draw…
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Want to Fund Non-QM Loans? Try Contacting Real Estate Agents

June 13, 2017
Brandon Ivey
Homebuilders can also help source non-QM borrowers.
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Short Takes: Why Treasury Dislikes the CFPB (More) / CID Abuses Alleged / Democrats Strike Back / Fannie Mae About to Lose its General Counsel / A New Hire for Opes

June 13, 2017
Paul Muolo
Looks like Fannie Mae's general counsel is headed to the U.S. Treasury...
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Avoid Economic Disruptions When Pondering FHA Changes, Says MBA

June 11, 2017
George Brooks
HUD secretary Ben Carson could implement changes through mortgagee letters to shrink FHA’s role…
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Short Takes: Quicken Still Hiring, Especially in Tech / A Large NPL Sale for Fannie Mae / CALCAP’s Milestone / Colony Buys More SFR Units / Correction

June 11, 2017
Paul Muolo
The broker price opinions on the Fannie Mae NPL pools ranged from 81.03 percent to 88.02 percent…
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Mortgage Bankers and Brokers Careful About Hiring These Days, Except…

June 9, 2017
Paul Muolo
PRMG Mortgage of California is looking to grow its wholesale and correspondent channels and is presently searching for new account executives and support staff…
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VA Explains Surviving Spouse Eligibility for VA Home Loan

June 9, 2017
The eligibility of surviving spouses of deceased veterans is something that surfaces every once a while in discussions about VA lending. According to Maxine Henry, program analyst with the VA Home Loan Guaranty Service in Washington, DC, the term “veteran” includes the surviving spouse of any veteran who died in active military service or from a service-connected disability. However, in July 2012, Congress passed H.R. 1627, Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act, expanding the category of spouses who would be eligible for VA home loan benefits. President Obama signed the bill into law in August of that year. Prior to the bill’s enactment, only surviving spouses of veterans who died in service or of service-connected causes were considered for a VA mortgage. The statute extended VA home loan benefits to others, including widows who have not remarried and ...
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House Fires Shot Across CFPB’s Bow, Passes Financial CHOICE Act. Of Course…

June 9, 2017
Thomas Ressler
The CHOICE Act has an uncertain future in the Senate, to say the least.
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Who Says Realty Firms Shouldn’t Own MBs? Howard Hanna Buys Loan Brokerage Firms

June 9, 2017
Paul Muolo
Over the past five years, realty firms and lenders have been careful about joint ventures and other ownership ties…
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What We’re Hearing: Keep an Eye on Rates, Really / The Black Swan Event Will Be… / GSE Investors Unite? / Hoping Mnuchin Will Deal? / Top Lenders Don’t Even Use Overlays / PNC Exec Bolts for LoanCare

June 9, 2017
Paul Muolo
At the very least, these investors want a legal settlement with the Treasury Department over their “takings” claims. But will Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin deal?
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