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Short Takes: Former FHLB Prez Gets Research Post at Treasury / Rising Once Again: Loan Applications / Lower Returns on MSRs (Ocwen) / Freddie SVP Ownership Filing / A Promotion at Guaranty Home Mortgage

November 13, 2019
Paul Muolo

KBW on Ocwen: “While the company is setting up MSR [mortgage servicing rights] financing facilities, management noted returns on available MSR trended down, though the company did lower its targeted ROE [return on equity] on agency MSR to 8.5% from 9.5%."


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Refi Surge Threw a Monkey Wrench into M&A Activity

November 13, 2019
Brandon Ivey

“In the first quarter everybody was hating life,” said Michael Lau, CEO of Pingora Asset Management. “Now everybody is loving life. They have fat margins and origination pipelines are robust.”


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Low Rates Usher In a New Record for VA Originations

November 13, 2019
George Brooks

Veterans United Home Loans, Quicken, and United Wholesale Mortgage ranked first, second and third, respectively among VA originators…


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Incenter Readies $7 Billion Auction of Ginnie MSRs

November 13, 2019
Paul Muolo

SitusAMC is working on several potential MSR transactions as well...


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Short Takes: A Buyer for Luxury Mortgage / Founded by David Adamo / Keeping an Eye on the 10-Year / PennyMac’s $100M Expense / SFA Has a New Research Chief

November 12, 2019
Paul Muolo

Luxury Mortgage was founded in 1996 and is currently headed by CEO David Adamo. Years ago, there was a company with a similar name headed by Michael Covino…


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Starwood REIT Inks Deal to Buy Non-Agency Lender

November 12, 2019
Paul Muolo
Starwood is coming off a strong quarter in which the REIT earned $140.4 million. -
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REIT Sees Opportunity in Non-Agency Multifamily MBS

November 12, 2019
Brandon Ivey

REIT CEO Ivan Kaufman said Arbor developed the program in response to concerns that the Federal Housing Finance Agency was going to reduce the cap on how much multifamily volume the GSEs are allowed to acquire…


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Kinder, Gentler FHA FCA Enforcement? Don’t Buy the Sizzle, Attorneys Warn

November 12, 2019
George Brooks

Currently, depository institutions account for only 14% of direct FHA lending compared with 45% in 2010.


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Jumbo Production Improves but Not as Much as the Overall Market

November 12, 2019
Brandon Ivey

Wells Fargo, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase ranked first, second and third, respectively, among jumbo producers in the third quarter…


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Short Takes: GSE Stock Offering: Plotting Strategy / The Keys to the Kingdom / Don’t Defy ‘The Base’ / Impac Shares Suffered / Realogy Too / A Huge PR Hire for Wells

November 11, 2019
Paul Muolo

The U.S. Treasury Department – the owner of Fannie/Freddie senior preferred – is the entity that owns the keys to the ownership kingdom…


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