Fannie, Freddie Common Testing New 52-Week Lows March 29, 2018 Paul Muolo The U.S. Treasury controls the senior preferred shares of the GSEs, but has no positions in the common.Read More
Short Takes: Banks with Strong Mortgage Ops Set to Merge / RoundPoint Gets Aggressive on Hiring / Not for Sale Anymore? / Home Point Hires Chief Production Officer / DocMagic Signs up Deutsche Bank / Former Nomura Trader Joins Angel Oak March 29, 2018 Paul Muolo Look for a lot more mergers this year. Then again, if rates dive, all bets might be off...Read More
Servicing-Released Premiums the Best They’ve Been in Years? March 28, 2018 Paul Muolo Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase are among the megabanks driving SRP pricing…Read More
FHFA Gets Specific on the ‘Common Security’: June 3, 2019 March 28, 2018 Carisa Chappell and Paul Muolo FHFA Director Mel Watt is urging the mortgage industry “to get ready now to ensure smooth, successful implementation.”Read More
Short Takes: What’s Up (Down) with GSE Common? / No News, No Bill, No Hope / Citadel Loosens Underwriting / Angel Oak Opens Dallas Ops Center, Seeks New Hires / W&D Expands March 28, 2018 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo It’s not as though some Congressman or Senator is about to introduce consensus GSE legislation...Read More
loanDepot to Issue its Own Non-Agency MBS, Packaging Jumbos and GSE-Eligible Loans March 27, 2018 Brandon Ivey Nearly all of the loans are 30-year fixed-rate mortgages and have seasoned for an average of 2.1 months.Read More
Up for Grabs: A $1.9 Billion Fannie Mae MSR Portfolio March 26, 2018 Paul Muolo California receivables account for 22.5 percent of the collateral based on number of loans…Read More
Short Takes: Coming Up on 10 Years / Remember the ‘Southwest Plan’? / What if a ‘Moderate’ Replaces Watt at the FHFA? / Checking in on GSE Reform and Seeing Nothing / loanDepot Gets a New COO March 26, 2018 Paul Muolo It’s almost April and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-TX, has yet to introduce his GSE reform bill... Read More
GSEs See Rapid Growth of High-DTI Loans Following Automated Underwriting Tweak in 2017; MIs Balk March 23, 2018 Fannie Mae adjusted its automated underwriting services last summer to make more loans with higher debt-to-income ratios eligible for approval without lenders needing to provide compensating factors.Read More
New Fannie/Freddie Lawsuits Filed in Federal Claims Court Argue Against Treasury Sweep March 23, 2018 More Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders have initiated lawsuits against the government for the Treasury sweep of the mortgage giants’ profits.Read More
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