Plenty of Nonperforming Mortgages are Being Securitized, Just Not Publicly August 12, 2015 Paul Muolo About three years ago, some investors – private equity firms and hedge funds in particular – started purchasing NPLs as a cheaper alternative to buying foreclosed homes.Read More
Wells Fargo Trims HELOC Minimum to $10,000 for Most States August 12, 2015 Paul Muolo A spokeswoman for Wells noted that loan volumes for closed-end seconds “was a small percentage of our business.” Read More
Mortgage Lenders Still Playing it Safe on Loans Sold to Fannie and Freddie August 12, 2015 John Bancroft In the second quarter of 2015, 66.4 percent of loans sold to the GSEs had credit scores of 740 or higher.Read More
Settlement Monitor Cites Ocwen for Another Failed Metric, But Offers Praise Too August 11, 2015 Brandon Ivey Meanwhile, Ocwen has been shifting as many of its servicing workers overseas as possible... Read More
Sale of RoundPoint to PIMCO Appears to be Dead – Again August 11, 2015 Paul Muolo Both parties, to date, have declined to discuss the situation.Read More
VA Securitization Gains in 2Q, but FHA Really Takes Off August 11, 2015 George Brooks Meanwhile, $69.1 billion in FHA purchase and refi loans were securitized in 2Q, a whopping 93.9 percent sequential gain.Read More
Five Oaks Takes Loss, Hopes to Issue Another Jumbo MBS in September August 11, 2015 Brandon Ivey Five Oaks issued its first jumbo MBS in April and plans for another deal by the end of September.Read More
Short Takes: Blackstone Finally Admits, Yes We’ve Been Buying Some Mortgage Companies / Who is Brian Libman? / Cherry Hill Joins an FHLB / Sistar Mortgage is Hiring / MCT Lands CMG Official August 11, 2015 Paul Muolo The Blackstone Group has finally lifted the 'cone of silence' on its acquisition of mortgage lenders. But will it disclose origination figures?Read More
First Tennessee Shows Strong Growth in Warehouse Unit August 11, 2015 Paul Muolo First Tennessee has 172 warehouse customers, compared to 160 a year ago.Read More
M&T in Talks With Feds Over GSE and FHA Underwriting Practices August 10, 2015 George Brooks The bank said it is cooperating with the two investigations, which could result in treble damages under The False Claims Act.Read More