Angel Oak Readies Non-Agency MBS August 16, 2018 Paul Muolo Select Portfolio Services will handle the monthly servicing chores for Angel Oak.Read More
Short Takes: The BRAWL Continues / Don’t Worry About the Broker / An Old Complaint / Broker Market Share / Who Caused the Mortgage Crisis? / Brian Brooks, a Candidate for the Fannie CEO Job? (Probably Not) August 16, 2018 Paul Muolo But we will remind readers that wholesalers refinancing clients (via a retail arm) originally brought to them by a broker is a decades-old complaint…Read More
RBS Agrees to Pay DOJ $4.9 Billion to Settle MBS Fraud Charges August 15, 2018 Paul Muolo Among those subprime MBS investors: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.Read More
The Fannie Mae Mystery Executive in the Heavily Redacted FHFA IG Report: CEO Timothy Mayopoulos August 15, 2018 Carisa Chappell On July 23rd, Fannie announced Mayopoulos would depart as CEO before yearend. The heavily redacted FHFA IG report is dated July 26. Read More
Quicken Loses Large Broker Partner, Blames BRAWL, UWM and its CEO August 15, 2018 Paul Muolo CEO Mat Ishbia: “We are not sure why Quicken Loans has decided to bring UWM into this situation."Read More
Short Takes: Who Needs the GSEs? / JPM’s Strategy / Subservicers on the Auction Block? / New Diligence Advisors Gets the Seal of Approval from KBRA / Atlantic Bay Mortgage Won’t be Buying VA Bank After All August 15, 2018 Paul Muolo We know of one large subservicer that’s for sale (Ditech Financial), but a second processor may also be considering offers.Read More
Expanded-Credit Mortgage Securitization Falters Ever So Slightly in 2Q18 August 14, 2018 John Bancroft The biggest increase has been in the new breed of Alt A securities…Read More
RBS Agrees to Pay DOJ $4.9 Billion to Settle MBS Fraud Charges August 14, 2018 Paul Muolo Overall, RBS underwrote $261.1 billion of subprime securities during the go-go years...Read More
Why Mayopoulos’ Senior Lieutenants Will Turn Down the Fannie Mae CEO Job August 13, 2018 Paul Muolo Mayopoulos didn’t even earn a performance bonus in 2017, despite a companywide pre-tax profit of $18.4 billion.Read More
New Players Enter Non-QM Market by Aggregating Loans and Issuing MBS August 13, 2018 Brandon Ivey The new MBS from Neuberger Berman is backed by loans originated by Impac Mortgage Holdings…Read More