Newcastle, Fortress Affiliate Agree to Purchase $4.2B of Loans from HSBC March 6, 2013 Brandon Ivey New Castle and Springleaf are teaming up to buy a huge portfolio of consumer and real estate loans from HSBC.Read More
California Remains the ‘Golden State’ for GSE MBS March 6, 2013 Charles Wisniowski Loans funded in California continue to dominate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchases and MBS, according to a new analysis from Inside The GSEs.Read More
Former Goldman Sachs Managing Director Launches Subprime Company March 6, 2013 Paul Muolo A former loan trader at Goldman Sachs has launched a new subprime mortgage company offering LTVs as high as 75 percent.Read More
Short Takes: A 70-BP G-Fee May Lead to Private Conventional MBS / Impac’s Comeback Continues / Will Cordray Make the Cut This Time? / Ocwen Loses Chief Accounting Officer / MGIC, a Hot Stock March 6, 2013 Brandon Ivey, Paul Muolo, and Thomas Ressler Will a private conventional MBS market ever happen? If GSE g-fees keep rising, yes.Read More
DeMarco Promises to Update the GSE’s Master Plan for Mortgage Insurance, Force-Placed Policies March 5, 2013 Charles Wisniowski FHFA director Ed DeMarco is promising that changes are coming to how the GSEs use mortgage insurance and force-placed insurance.Read More
Coming Soon From Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: a 70BP G-Fee March 5, 2013 Paul Muolo The mortgage industry is bracing for a 70 basis point guaranty fee from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Read More
Short Takes: Does IBM Have the FHFA MBS Platform Contract? / New Penn Expands its Jumbo Products / Another Subprime Capital Raise? / Stonegate Hires Former Homeward Executive March 5, 2013 Paul Muolo Speculation is mounting that International Business Machines may have the contract to build the new single-platform MBS unit for FHFA.Read More
Mortgage Profits at Banks Set New Record, but Peak May’ve Been Reached in 3Q March 4, 2013 John Bancroft The mortgage operations of banks and thrifts posted record earnings in 2012, but the momentum may be behind the sector.Read More
Freddie Will Expand Financing Options to Move REO March 4, 2013 Charles Wisniowski Freddie Mac wants to move more REO properties and plans to expand out its stable of financial options and lenders.Read More
Ocwen Says its Servicing Cost for NPLs is Dirt Cheap, India? March 4, 2013 Paul Muolo Ocwen's huge overseas workforce has allowed it to lower its servicing costs substantially, at least that's how it appears.Read More
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