Fitch Hits Finance of America With a Downgrade. What’s Left? October 18, 2022 Paul Muolo FoA's MSR assets are rapidly dwindling...Read More
Prime Non-Agency MBS Issuance Craters in 3Q22 October 18, 2022 Brandon Ivey Lenders are still originating plenty of mortgages that back prime non-agency MBS — it’s just that the loans are residing elsewhere...Read More
FHA Proposes Raising Loan Limits for Title I Manufactured Housing October 18, 2022 Monica Hogan FHA is taking comments on the proposal through Dec. 19...Read More
Short Takes: NDM Hires Former loanDepot Wholesale Manager / Also… / More Stock Sales by LD Insiders / Job Losses at Clear Capital / A Sudden Departure at Ally / Tozer Weighs In October 18, 2022 Paul Muolo and Monica Hogan Insiders at loanDepot keep unloading shares...Read More
Ginnie MBS Issuance Continues to Slope Downward October 17, 2022 The top-three Ginnie issuers through the first nine months of 2022: PennyMac, Rocket Mortgage and Lakeview...Read More
U.S. Bank Bucks the Trend, Increases Home Lending in 3Q. A Large Decline for BofA October 17, 2022 Paul Muolo BofA also reduced its home-equity volume, producing $2.4 billion of loans in 3Q22 compared to $2.5 billion the quarter before...Read More
As Midterms Approach, Optimism Regarding a MIP Cut Grows October 17, 2022 Monica Hogan A MIP cut soon? FHA Commissioner Julia Gordon is speaking next week at the annual MBA convention...Read More
Marlin's MSR Holdings Top $45 Billion With Room to Grow... October 17, 2022 Paul Muolo Marlin's Andrew Weber: “There’s a lot of servicing out there that’s going to come forward into the market."Read More
Non-Agency MBS Market Runs Aground in 3Q22 October 14, 2022 John Bancroft It was the steepest decline since COVID, when production plummeted 45.1% in the second quarter of 2020.Read More
Mortgage Bellwethers Wells and JPM Disclose 3Q Originations. It’s Not Pretty October 14, 2022 The only silver lining: Both saw the asset value of their servicing portfolios rise in the quarter, JPM’s by 7%, Wells 9%.Read More