Wall Street’s Return to Mortgage Lending: Blackstone Buys a Residential Lender April 22, 2015 Paul Muolo Is Blackstone's purchase of a mortgage lender a "one-off" deal or will other Street firms follow suit?Read More
Short Takes: A HUD Settlement for Green Tree? / After Losing LeBron, Quicken Owner Fears Little / More Regs for AMCs / Lenders You May Not Know: First Cal / Freddie Gets New Chief Risk Officer April 22, 2015 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo It's always possible that Green Tree could turn around and sue HUD before HUD sues them, which is what Quicken Loans did.Read More
Hoping and Praying that the CFPB Goes ‘Soft’ on TRID April 21, 2015 Thomas Ressler A period with protection against liability would allow the CFPB to evaluate any unforeseen issues stemming from TRID.Read More
Are ‘Fast Servicers’ Impacting the TBA market? Nonbanks a Factor? April 21, 2015 Brandon Ivey The Federal Reserve is seen as taking the brunt of nonbank servicer-induced prepayment risk on agency MBS.Read More
Glen Messina, PHH’s $7.4 Million CEO April 21, 2015 Paul Muolo for 2014, Messina's compensation package included a base salary of $930,436, stock awards of $2.3 million and $4.1 million in “non-equity incentive” pay. Read More
Bank Sells $2 Billion Bond to a GSE in Deal Assisted by MIAC April 21, 2015 Paul Muolo The sale actually closed at yearend, although it was revealed in a press statement dated April 21.Read More
Short Takes: MBA Backs Changes at CFPB / A Strong Quarter from MGIC / The Weekend the Lights Went out at FHA / S&P Puts Ocwen on Watch List / Executive Bolts Ocwen for Green River April 21, 2015 Paul Muolo and Thomas Ressler The MBA is backing changes to how the CFPB functions...Read More
The Best Mortgage Credit of Them All: Doctors and Dentists April 20, 2015 Brandon Ivey Tal Frank, president of the company, noted that mortgages made to physicians maintain a near zero delinquency rate, even those without a downpayment.Read More
Industry Cheers as Nation’s Largest FHA Lender Sues HUD and DOJ April 20, 2015 Paul Muolo Quicken is the first major lender in the nation to challenge the government in this regard by filing a lawsuit.Read More
Short Takes: The Quicken Data Dump to DOJ / Dan Gilbert’s Growing Portfolio of Detroit Properties / Ocwen Gets Extension / ASPS Grants Options to Executives / BofA and IBM? April 20, 2015 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo The lender says government investigators have conducted lengthy depositions with numerous Quicken leaders…Read More