Impac Renews Shelf to Sell $200M of Securities December 30, 2019 Paul Muolo A company official explained that the new S-3 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission is a successor document to one expiring at yearend.Read More
ARM Lending Up in 3Q19 but Market Share Declines December 30, 2019 Brandon Ivey In 3Q19, the top ARM lenders were Wells Fargo with $8.28 billion, Bank of America ($7.67 billion), and JPMorgan Chase ($5.43 billion).Read More
Dems Concerned About CFPB’s Advisory Opinion Plan December 30, 2019 In September, the CFPB issued a compliance assistance policy, signaling its intent to propose an interpretive letter program “as soon as practicable,” given significant interest from stakeholders…Read More
Short Takes: Rising Rates, But for How Long? / Understanding Profit Margins / Freddie Gets a New CFO (Interim) / The Cost of the ‘Golden Handshake’? December 30, 2019 Paul Muolo How much might the Freddie Mac 'golden handshake' program cost?Read More
2020, A Bright Year for Citadel Servicing Corp.? December 27, 2019 Paul Muolo Based in Irvine, the privately held lender/servicer services roughly $3.6 billion in loans.Read More
A Unique HECM MBS from Blackstone Affiliate December 27, 2019 George Brooks This is FAR’s fourth HECM reverse mortgage deal and the first backed by active HECMs.Read More
No More Stress Tests for the FHLBs? December 27, 2019 Dennis Hollier The stress tests address potential financial performance under three economic scenarios: baseline, adverse, severely adverse.Read More
Banks Increase First-Lien Holdings in Third Quarter December 26, 2019 Brandon Ivey JPMorgan Chase stood out among the big three banks as its holdings declined by 6.1% during the third quarter.Read More
MBA Political Fundraising $1.1M So Far in 2019 December 26, 2019 Namrata Bhatia MORPAC has raised more than $1.1 million so far in 2019 compared with $2.1 million in the 2017-2018 election cycle. Read More
Genworth's Merger Agreement Extended for 13th Time, Re-Approvals Necessary December 26, 2019 Brandon Ivey Among other issues, a number of U.S. regulators and entities that had approved the transaction now need to re-approve the deal.Read More