Retail Market Share Hits a Two-Year High August 25, 2016 John Bancroft The wholesale-broker market held its ground, maintaining a 10.0 percent share of new originations, Inside Mortgage Finance found.Read More
TRID Impact on Purchase-Mortgage Process Receives Widely Differing Assessments from Real Estate Agents August 25, 2016 Brandon Ivey One real estate agent did not mince words: "TRID is a nuisance and should be done away with immediately if not sooner. Shut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.”Read More
PHH to Lose Part of HSBC Contract. A New Tally on Damages: A 47% Decline in Subservicing Contracts August 25, 2016 Paul Muolo PHH says loss of the HSBC subservicing contract on the 139,000 loans will reduce pre-tax earnings by $10 million.Read More
A Small Revival for Subprime? Two New MBS Deals Hit the Market. Nomura Had a Role in Both August 24, 2016 Paul Muolo In total, there are 573 loans backing the Deephaven MBS…Read More
Delinquencies at Large Servicers Rise Ever So Slightly August 24, 2016 Brandon Ivey The nation’s three largest residential servicers – Wells Fargo, Chase and Bank of America – all showed sequential increases in late payments...Read More
Trade Groups with Nonbank Members Ask the CFPB: How About Us? August 24, 2016 Carisa Chappell Not only are CHLA and CMLA unhappy with the lack of representation, they want the CFPB to form a “Community Mortgage Banking Advisory Council...” Read More
Short Takes: Not Everyone Loves the New Fannie, Freddie Application / Okay, Who Bought the Subprime Deals? / PennyMac Gets Repo Line from JPM / MountainView Selling MSRs / Apps Fall August 24, 2016 Paul Muolo One source said that in the Angel Oak transaction, bidding started with eight investors… Read More
CFPB Considering Registration System for Nonbanks, Mortgage Firms Included August 24, 2016 Thomas Ressler A CFPB nonbank registration system might be used to collect financial and operational data and information on a lender’s organizational structure…Read More
Redwood Shoots Down Report on Suspension of its Jumbo MBS Program August 24, 2016 Brandon Ivey In recent years, Redwood has favored whole loan sales to jumbo MBS due to pricing considerations, but the company has continued to issue jumbo MBS.Read More
Short Takes: A 25 Percent Chance Uncle Sam Will Lose the GSE Lawsuits / Risk-Sharing Depletes Shareholder Value / Former Fannie CEO Mudd Settles with SEC / Mudd’s Second Act Didn’t Last Long / A New Hire for Closing Corp. August 23, 2016 Paul Muolo KBW believes all the GSE risk-sharing deals will “put further pressure” on the long-term value of the stocks of Fannie and Freddie…Read More