It’s Official: New Lower MIPs on FHA Multifamily Mortgages April 12, 2016 George Brooks Additionally, the annual MIP for affordable mixed-income properties has been lowered to 35 bps...Read More
Short Takes: Share Price of Fannie and Freddie Spikes. Here’s Why… / Does Bernie Sanders Know About This? / Salaries Revealed at Stonegate Mortgage / Silver Hill Rolls Out New Multifamily Loan / Foreclosure Fall – Again April 12, 2016 Paul Muolo Fannie's CFO McFarland made her disclosure around the same time the U.S. Treasury changed the terms of the GSE bailout...Read More
Monday Morning Shocker: Merrill Lynch Tells PHH to Take a Hike on Private Label Originations – and Servicing April 11, 2016 Paul Muolo Big trouble for PHH? Its stock is getting clocked.Read More
Wells Fargo Settles FHA Claims for $1.2 Billion; Who’s Next? April 11, 2016 Paul Muolo As recently as this past summer, there was talk in the industry that Wells Fargo might counter-sue the government... Read More
Ginnie Mae Market Slumped in 1Q16, But... April 11, 2016 John Bancroft Early 2016 was the slowest market in a year for Ginnie MBS production...Read More
Lending Home Claims to be the Largest ‘Marketplace’ Lender in Mortgages April 11, 2016 Brandon Ivey Marketplace lenders connect borrowers with institutional and individual investors while eschewing traditional warehouse lines of credit...Read More
Fifth Third’s HELOC Deal: a 1.99 Percent Start Rate; High FICOs Though April 11, 2016 Brandon Ivey The bank offers HELOC line amounts up to $500,000 and a maximum loan-to-value ratio of 70.0 percent.Read More
Merrill Lynch Tells PHH to Take a Hike on Private-Label Contracts; Stock Clobbered April 11, 2016 Paul Muolo PHH isn't saying much on the touchy subject of Merrill Lynch at this time...Read More
Short Takes: The ‘Banksters’ Aren’t Going to Jail But They Are Paying Through the Nose (Goldman Sachs) / CFPB Chief Cordray Tries to Clear the Air on TRID ‘Cures’ / Nation’s Largest Mortgage REIT to Buy Another / Two New Directors for Fannie Mae April 11, 2016 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo Associate Attorney General Stuart Delery: “This resolution holds Goldman Sachs accountable for its serious misconduct..."Read More
Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay U.S. Record $1.2 Billion to Settle Allegations of FHA Fraud April 9, 2016 Paul Muolo As recently as this past summer, there was talk in the industry that Wells Fargo might counter-sue the government...Read More