Continued Stock Market Swoon Could Spell More Refis September 1, 2015 Paul Muolo Moreover, one warehouse executive told IMFnews that he is beginning to get requests for increased capacity. Read More
M&T Settles Allegations That It Used ‘Neighborhood Racial Criteria’ for Mortgage Product September 1, 2015 Brandon Ivey M&T sought a dismissal of the lawsuit in April, claiming that its loan officers were acting based on legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons. Read More
Stearns Official Clarifies What Blackstone Will Do With Mortgage Units September 1, 2015 When the Stearns announcement was made some of its competitors began speculating on what might happen to the acquisitions down the road.Read More
Short Takes: A New Round of Cost Cutting at Stonegate? / No, the White House is Not About to Settle Those ‘Takings’ Cases / Greed is (Still) Good / Lykken Goes Solo, Sort Of / Comergence Hires Giorello September 1, 2015 Paul Muolo Pershing Square and Perry Capital began loading up on GSE “junior” preferred two years ago, but not because they thought it was a great investment...Read More
HUD Extends Comment Period on Key Issue of ‘Certifications’ September 1, 2015 George Brooks Some in the industry, including the MBA, feel the certification language lacks clarity... Read More
CFPB’s ATR Rule Seen as Helping Increase Certainty for Lenders, But… August 31, 2015 Brandon Ivey The rating service predicted that in the coming months, more lenders will be willing to offer non-QMs that allow for debt-to-income ratios above 50 percent and credit scores as low as 620.Read More
Jim Cutillo out as CEO of Stonegate Mortgage; Maybe a Sale is the Solution? August 31, 2015 Paul Muolo In a statement, Stonegate said Cutillo will be “redirecting” his “entrepreneurial energy on a new endeavor going forward.”Read More
Jumbo MBS Servicing Concentrated, Prepayments Can Vary August 31, 2015 Brandon Ivey The top five jumbo MBS servicers handle 83.3 percent of the loans, with Cenlar alone claiming a 38.4 percent share.Read More
Mortgage Gain-on-Sale Margins Coming Under Pressure: Compass Point August 31, 2015 Paul Muolo According to a new report from Compass Point Research & Trading, a gain-on-sale index the firm created has been contracting the past month...Read More
Short Takes: Will Trump Touch the Sacred Mortgage Interest Deduction? / Investors Shrug at Cutillo Resignation / Stonegate Too Cheap To Resist? / Atlantic Bay Hits 500-Employee Mark / Good News for MF Lenders, Bad News for Renters August 31, 2015 Paul Muolo The resignation of Stonegate Mortgage CEO Jim Cutillo didn’t do much for the stock price of the company Monday. Read More