In 1Q, the residential MBS sector was down 7.1 percent from 4Q15 with $277.05 billion in new issuance. It was the lowest output since the second quarter of 2014...

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Blackstone’s SFR unit, Invitation Homes, appears to be the market leader with 50,000 rental units nationwide.

The mortgage industry is still demanding “formal” guidance from the CFPB on TRID and will accept nothing less.

Of considerable concern is the shortage of appraisers in specific markets.

There was a modest 1.8 percent increase in refinance business, and refi loans accounted for over half (52.1 percent) of GSE business in the first quarter – the first time refi activity exceeded purchase lending since early last year.

Dallas, who has been a mortgage banker since the 1980s, added that earlier in the year Skyline “battened down the hatches…”

The Five Oaks stock – which trades for roughly $5.65 a share – carries a hefty yield of 12.86 percent.

At yearend, RoundPoint had $14.9 billion in subservicing contracts. It now has almost $22 billion.