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GSE Credit Box Continues to Loosen, but Not by Much

February 20, 2018
John Bancroft
Borrowers with credit scores below 700 accounted for 22.03 percent of GSE purchase loans last year…
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The Mel Watt Factor Looms Large as GSE Reform Sags

February 20, 2018
Paul Muolo
One trade group official said a new FHFA director might be hell-bent on reducing the federal footprint in mortgages…
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Houlihan Lokey’s Top Dealmaker Jeff Levine Sees a Coming Boom in Origination M&A

February 20, 2018
Brandon Ivey
Levine said there’s demand for retail operations…
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Movement Mortgage Cuts 75 Jobs Due to ‘Operations Improvement’

February 20, 2018
Paul Muolo
Movement locked rates on $1.1 billion of mortgages in January, an 11 percent increase from the same month a year ago. It called the improvement an "indicator of future growth in February and March.”
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HFSC Chairman Hensarling Demands Explanation from Watt on Housing Trust Fund Payments

February 20, 2018
Carisa Chappell
After a long hiatus, in 2017 Fannie and Freddie reinstated their first contribution to the National Housing Trust Fund, which amounted to roughly $186 million. Fannie plans to contribute $239 million to the trust funds this quarter, Freddie $114 million.
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Short Takes: Why GSE Reform is Truly Dead / A Tale of Two GSEs / Common Not Doing So Well / Stearns’ Future in Servicing? / SoFi Cuts Mortgage Workers / About Those Strategic Plans…

February 20, 2018
Paul Muolo
Social Finance is cutting positions in its mortgage division...
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Banks Increased MBS Holdings in Late 2017, but Individual Trends Differed

February 16, 2018
John Bancroft
JPMorgan Chase and U.S. Bancorp each took different routes in shrinking their MBS portfolios…
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Revised MI Data Show Lower Government Share in 2017

February 16, 2018
John Bancroft
With $269.01 billion in flow MI business for the year, private MIs recorded a modest 0.6 percent increase from 2016.
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The WMIH-Nationstar Merger, a Feat of Financial Engineering

February 16, 2018
Paul Muolo
Once consummated, the merger will allow Nationstar to shelter its earnings for years to come…
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As Appraiser Shortage Worsens, Standards are Reduced

February 16, 2018
Brandon Ivey
Under the new AQB standards, only an associate’s degree in a field related to the appraisal industry will be required…
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