Mortgage Firms Put on Alert for Russian-Related Cyber Attacks March 14, 2022 Monica Hogan The Federal Reserve is in constant communications with financial institutions regarding cyberattacks...Read More
As Refinances Ebb, Originators Turn to New and Little-Used Products March 14, 2022 Brandon Ivey Mountain America recently launched a one-time-close loan, which can be used for home construction or renovations.Read More
PE Firm Hungry to Consolidate Fix-and-Flip Lenders March 11, 2022 Paul Muolo Mark Filler: “We’d like to buy at least a half-dozen mid-sized lenders and consolidate them.”Read More
A Strong 4Q for Non-Agency Lender Velocity Financial March 11, 2022 Brandon Ivey Velocity sources its production through mortgage brokers.Read More
Mortgage-Related REITs Scale Back Agency MBS, Lean to Non-Agency March 11, 2022 John Bancroft Most of the decline was in portfolio holdings of mainstream agency MBS...Read More
Impac Posts 4Q21 Profit but CEO Strikes Cautious Tone March 11, 2022 Paul Muolo Impac's CEO said the first quarter of 2022 introduced "increased volatility and heightened market awareness of non-transitory inflation, and credit and liquidity risk brought on by geopolitical events."Read More
Short Takes: A Lower Profit and GOS for Guild / Market Share Gains? / In the Hunt for Production Shops / A Busy MorVest / A New Directorship for Former GSE Exec March 11, 2022 Paul Muolo One MorVest client is looking to buy lenders producing $1 billion to $3 billion per year...Read More
Non-Agency Offsets Stumble in Fannie/Freddie Jumbo Market March 10, 2022 John Bancroft The conforming-jumbo business saw a modest setback in 2021...Read More
Fifth Circuit Remands Collins GSE Case to District Court March 10, 2022 Dennis Hollier The five dissenting judges were even more skeptical, arguing that a remand was unnecessary...Read More
COVID-Era Non-QM Delinquencies? Never Mind... March 10, 2022 Brandon Ivey dv01 looked at loan-level performance data for 1,610 non-QMs with an unpaid principal balance of nearly $800 million...Read More