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What We’re Hearing: Sharpen Your Pencils: Here Come the Servicing ‘Marks’ / The Layton ‘Era’ Ends at Freddie / To Be Heard From Again (Bet on It) / Ben Carson’s New (Side) Job / Quicken’s ‘Pinnacle’ Club

June 28, 2019
Paul Muolo

As we’ve noted before, Calabria is building a dream team of industry vets and policy experts, whose chief task likely will entail working with the Treasury Department on administrative reform…


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FHA’s Achilles’ Heel: Technology and Risk Management

June 28, 2019
George Brooks

FHA's Keith Becker: “The industry and most of our lender partners are leveraging this technology now, and we have to find a way to do that as well so we can stay current with the industry’s direction..."


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Fitch Tops in Rating Non-Agency MBS. A Decline in Unrated Deals As Well…

June 28, 2019
John Bancroft

Meanwhile, DBRS boosted its share of the rated market to 62.6%, Inside MBS & ABS found…

 


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HUD Throws Down the Gauntlet on DACA Loans: Not Eligible for FHA Insurance

June 28, 2019
George Brooks

According to HUD’s policy handbook, a non-permanent resident alien is eligible for FHA financing if the property will be the borrower’s principal residence…


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Short Takes: Michael Lau, Trailblazer / 9% Isn’t Bad in Today’s Market / Interest Rates Falling Off a Cliff? / Hire an Attorney / Mr. Cooper’s Net Worth Ratio / If Democrats Win in 2020, Financial Services Firms May Suffer

June 27, 2019
Paul Muolo

In a new investor update filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, megaservicer Mr. Cooper (Nationstar Mortgage) says it has a tangible net worth ratio of 13.2%, as measured in accordance with standards set by the Federal Housing Finance Agency...


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Look Who’s Number One in ARM Lending: Bank of America

June 27, 2019
Brandon Ivey

ARMs accounted for 38.3% of BofA’s total volume in the first quarter. The loans made up 11.5% of Wells’ originations and 20.7% of Chase’s…


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IMA and Phoenix Offering Small Bulk MSR Packages

June 27, 2019
Paul Muolo

The package from IMA has 30 months of seasoning and FICOs of 735. Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Lake Zurich, IL, is the subservicer. The portfolio has a Northeast geographic concentration.


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CFPB Forum: What’s ‘Abusive’? (A Rule or Guidance?)

June 27, 2019
Yemeng Yang

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in the fall of 2018, announced plans for rule-making to define the meaning of “abusive” under its authority to ban unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices.


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The Origination Picture: Nonbanks Keep Gaining as Depositories Fade

June 27, 2019
John Bancroft

Two of the top nonbanks had remarkable starts to the year. Second-ranked Quicken Loans posted a 13.6% increase in production from the fourth quarter and third-ranked United Wholesale Mortgage upped its volume by a stunning 63.1%.


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Short Takes: Housing Finance Reform an Issue? (Hardly) / Fannie Employment Rising? / Future Staffing Levels at FHFA / DocMagic’s Integration / A New Hire for Guaranteed Rate

June 26, 2019
Paul Muolo

It stands to reason that as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue to shrink, they’ll need fewer employees, right? But what about their regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency? If Fannie and Freddie are smaller, shouldn’t the FHFA be smaller?...   


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