Lenders Seeking to Avoid Delays in Mortgage Processing after Being Blindsided by Changes to IRS Verification Service January 4, 2018 Lenders raised concerns in December after updates to the Internal Revenue Service tax verifica-tion service extended processing times for mortgage originations. Industry groups said the IRS didn’t provide enough advance notice about the changes.Read More
Prime Non-Agency MBS Could Boom This Year January 3, 2018 Brandon Ivey Although a final tally has yet to be issued, volume for the year could total nearly $9.3 billion…Read More
FHA Nominee Montgomery Has to Resubmit Financials. A March Seating? January 3, 2018 Paul Muolo Like scores of other Trump appointees, a final vote on Montgomery’s nomination as assistant secretary for Housing was not acted upon by yearend…Read More
Notwithstanding Efforts to Resolve FCA Issue, Lenders Remain at Risk January 3, 2018 George Brooks Aggressive FCA enforcement and steep settlement amounts have caused some banks to exit from the FHA market.Read More
Short Takes: Morgan Stanley and PHH? / Share Price? / Subservicing Rules the Roost / Embrace Hires Legal Affairs Chief / A Name Change for Mortgage Lending Services January 3, 2018 Paul Muolo At Sept. 30, 2017, PHH had a total servicing portfolio (including subservicing contracts) of $162.7 billion...Read More
New Wholesale Non-QM Lender Altloan Promises to be a ‘Disruptor’ January 2, 2018 Brandon Ivey Looks like Angel Oak, Caliber and Citadel Servicing Corp. are about to get some competition in the non-QM sector…Read More
First California Mortgage Still Operating? January 2, 2018 Paul Muolo FCM is headed by Chris Hart, who is also a member of Fannie Mae’s western region advisory board.Read More
Short Takes: Pickup Picks Up the Pace on Impac Buys / Buy Low, if You Can Get It / Stolen GSE Money? / No Longer ‘Distressed’ / New AI Chief Starts his Term January 2, 2018 Paul Muolo Richard Pickup, a real estate investor by trade, owns more than 10 percent of Impac… Read More
The Story (So Far) on Non-QM MBS: Few Losses, Some Delinquencies; Investors Pleased… December 29, 2017 Brandon Ivey A $150.4 million deal from Angel Oak Capital Advisors issued in December 2015 had a cumulative net loss of just 0.02 percent…Read More
A Gain for Correspondents in Jumbo Market Share December 29, 2017 Brandon Ivey Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase are the two dominant lenders in the jumbo market but their channel preferences have diverged over the past year…Read More