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Guild Mortgage Buys Second Lender Within Almost a Month

October 23, 2014
Paul Muolo
Guild intends to buy even more mortgage companies. Is an IPO next?
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High Premiums Come Back to Haunt FHA: Purchase-Market Share Falls to Five-Year Low

October 23, 2014
Brandon Ivey
The chickens come home to roost: from 2008 through 2013, HUD increased the FHA’s annual mortgage insurance premium five times.
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Yes, But Will the Megabanks Loosen Credit?

October 23, 2014
John Bancroft
David Steckel of Bank of America said his institution has focused on capturing more of the customers who fit into the company’s credit box rather than making that box bigger.
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Flagstar Boosts Originations by 21 Percent, but CFPB Settlement Hammers 3Q Results

October 22, 2014
Paul Muolo
However, there was some good news. Flagstar reported residential originations of $7.19 billion, a 21 percent gain from 2Q.
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Short Takes: Who Might Guaranteed Rate Buy? / RPM Eyes Two More Lenders / A Non-QM IPO Already? Really? / Fitch Upgrades Shellpoint on Servicing / New Appraisal Tool From Fannie Mae / More Trouble for Nonbanks and MSRs?

October 22, 2014
Paul Muolo, Brandon Ivey, and Charles Wisniowski
We even heard one report that a non-QM firm is contemplating an initial public offering. It sounds crazy, we know…Meanwhile, it appears the states want a say in MSR transfers...
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An Origination Surprise: 3Q Production Better Than Expected, So Far

October 20, 2014
John Bancroft
It’s not clear whether the rest of the industry will push the third-quarter origination results higher.
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A New Player in Mortgage M&A: Mid-sized Commercial Banks

October 20, 2014
Paul Muolo
Charbonneau, Klein and other advisors report that mortgage M&A activity is the strongest it has been in years.
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Small Mortgage Lenders Renew Call for Lower FHA Premiums; A Healthier MMIF?

October 17, 2014
George Brooks
The fiscal 2014 audit report on the health of the FHA MMIF is expected to be released in mid-November.
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GSE’s Common Securitization Solutions Still Has No CEO

October 17, 2014
After a year of searching for a chief executive to lead Common Securitization Solutions, the Federal Housing Finance Agency is still looking, but it continues to hire staff. “The search continues,” said a government official close to the matter. “We even have a search firm.”Although the FHFA is keeping a tight lid on information regarding CSS, it’s now common knowledge that the search firm in question is the Washington-based Spencer Stuart, which bills itself as “one of the world’s leading global executive search and leadership consulting firms.”
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FHFA Proposed Rule Would Define FHLBank ‘Former Member’

October 17, 2014
A proposed Federal Housing Finance Agency rule would define a Federal Home Loan Bank “former member” as an institution whose membership has been terminated but which must still maintain FHLBank stock. Published in the Oct. 8 Federal Register, the proposal’s definition would apply to institutions whose membership has ended but which continue to hold stock in the FHLBank as required by the Bank’s capital plan. …
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