Short Takes: The Tax Bill and Home Sales / Demand from Buyers Declines / Equity Adds Up / NMI to Take a Tax Hit January 8, 2018 Brandon Ivey Enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will impact home sales and financials at National Mortgage Insurance Corp., among many other areas.Read More
Rep. Hensarling Announces that the CFPB has a New Chief of Staff: His Staff Director at the HFSC January 6, 2018 Paul Muolo Rep. Hensarling said Mork will assume her new role in the coming weeks.Read More
Looks Like Mortgage Lenders are Over-Reserving for GSE Buybacks January 5, 2018 Carisa Chappell It appears that many lenders may have what is known in the industry as “redundant reserves”…Read More
Situs Strikes Again in the Residential Space, Agrees to Buy MSR Broker MountainView January 5, 2018 Paul Muolo Back in May, the New York-based Situs bought The Collingwood Group, a Washington, DC-based consulting firm...Read More
What We're Hearing: And Now for a Word About Dow 25,000 / A 2 Percent FRM, Finally? / A Former Fannie Mae CEO and the U.S. Budget / Citadel CEO Perl Bullish on Non-QM / Hensarling Headed to Wall Street? January 5, 2018 Paul Muolo What's next for Jeb Hensarling? FHFA or Wall Street?Read More
About that GSE Bill Being Worked on in the Senate… January 5, 2018 Carisa Chappell Progressives are worried that in 2019 a new Federal Housing Finance Agency director will takeover, undoing much of what they like about the current system… Read More
Not a Done Deal: Changing the Definition of ‘Past Due’ on Mortgages January 5, 2018 Brandon Ivey Regulators are set to announce that the past-due change is being delayed – and reconsidered…Read More
For Sale: $3.5 Billion of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Servicing Rights January 5, 2018 Paul Muolo The first quarter could turn out to be a barn-burner for MSR sales…Read More
Gundlach’s DoubleLine Ready to Take the Nonprime Plunge? January 5, 2018 Brandon Ivey Officials at DoubleLine wouldn’t comment…Read More
A $1.688 Trillion Production Year? January 5, 2018 John Bancroft Mortgage lenders seem somewhat cheerier about the new year than the dismal scientists…Read More
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