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Freddie Mac Ready to Issue Buyback Waiver Tied to Appraisals

April 6, 2017
Carisa Chappell
GSE originators have long complained that the rep-and-warrant policies need to be more transparent.
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Fannie/Freddie Securitizations Tumbled 27 Percent in 1Q17, but March Showed Promise

April 6, 2017
John Bancroft
How much slack can the purchase market pick up? We’re about to find out…
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CFPB Looking to Enhance Protection of Consumer Data in HMDA Rule

April 6, 2017
Thomas Ressler
Rep. Sherman of California noted: “Studies have shown that in some geographic areas, it is possible to determine the identity of nearly 100 percent of the borrowers using the data that lenders are required to collect and report by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.”
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Angel Oak Tops Contributors to New Nonprime MBS from Deephaven

April 6, 2017
Brandon Ivey
Deephaven is headed by former Goldman Sachs managing director Matt Nichols, who earlier this year predicted strong growth for the correspondent buyer of non-QM loans…
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Is a Sale an Option for the Struggling Walter/Ditech?

April 6, 2017
Paul Muolo
“Our ability to maintain or grow our servicing business may depend, in part, on our ability to acquire servicing rights from, and/or enter into subservicing contracts with, third parties,” the company said in an SEC filing.
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For Some, a Treacherous Start to 2017. A Careful Eye on Expenses. Time to Reenter the FHA Market?

April 6, 2017
Residential loan production picked up steam in March after a tepid January and February, while originators – both banks and nonbanks alike – kept a close eye on expenses in an effort to maintain positive cash flow. Bill Dallas, CEO and president of Skyline Home Loans, Calabasas, CA, said his company funded $650 million in the first quarter, a modest 5.8 percent decline from the same period a year ago. Roughly 75 percent of Skyline’s production was purchase loans, the exact opposite of what the company did in the year-ago quarter. “Over the past five months, since the election, the landscape has been...
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‘Digital’ Lender Better Mortgage Aims for IPO And Tries to Triple Loan Production This Year

April 6, 2017
Most lenders are usually shy when asked whether they would like to go public. But not Better Mortgage, a barely one-year-old “digital” mortgage lender that could triple loan production this year to $1.5 billion. “Yes, we’d like to go public,” company founder and CEO Vishal Garg told Inside MortgageFinance. “This company should be owned by the public.” As for when, that’s a different matter. The last time a nonbank mortgage lender sold...
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Short Takes: How High are the Regulations, Jamie? Six-Feet High and Rising / Do This and Loan Production Will Increase by $300 Billion / Not Liking Loan Brokers / Hensarling Not Showing the Love / Castle & Cooke Goes Consumer-Direct

April 6, 2017
Paul Muolo
As might be expected, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-TX, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, did his best to pummel the CFPB and its Director Richard Cordray during a hearing Wednesday.
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Godot Finally Arrives: The Federal Reserve Plans to Shrink Its Huge Portfolio Once…

April 6, 2017
Thomas Ressler
The Fed owns roughly $1.7 trillion worth of agency MBS. But don’t expect any wholesale dumping to take place…
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Three Walter Board Members Give Notice, Annual Shareholders Meeting Looms

April 5, 2017
Paul Muolo
Employee turnover is becoming a trend at Walter. Two weeks ago, the company's chief legal officer Jonathan Pedersen resigned.
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