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A Blood-curdling Stat: Refi Index Falls to (Almost) 20-Year Low

November 14, 2018
Paul Muolo
One New Jersey-based loan officer told IMFnews, “It’s very un-nerving right now.” He noted that on a recent workday he had account executives from three different companies come into his office. “One of them, I hadn’t seen in a year.”
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1,400 Stakeholders Contacted as Part of GSE UMBS Conversion

November 14, 2018
Paul Muolo
Fannie and Freddie and their joint venture, Common Securitization Solutions, will implement the SSI and issue the first UMBS on June 3 of next year…
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Short Takes: MMIF Audit Due Thursday / Good News Expected but no FHA Premium Cut / Trades Voice Support for Kraninger at the CFPB / A Promotion at Stewart Title

November 14, 2018
Paul Muolo and Yemeng Yang
The groups expressed their view that Kraninger has the ability to lead and manage the CFPB and protect the financial interest of consumers.
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PrimeLending Recruits LOs, Cuts Poor Performers

November 13, 2018
Brandon Ivey
As of early November, PrimeLending had 1,336 LOs registered on the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System.
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CFPB Exams Continue Apace Despite the 'Mulvaney Effect’

November 13, 2018
Paul Muolo
MBA’s Pete Mills noted that IMBs of all sizes from small to large are examined each year…
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Altisource’s Equator Includes a Blockchain Option in its Servicing Platform

November 13, 2018
Brandon Ivey
Altisource said the tech offering provides the option for individual mortgages to be tracked as individual chains of data via blockchain...
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KBW Raises Earnings Estimates on Fannie and Freddie, Questions CRTs

November 13, 2018
Paul Muolo
As of Sept. 30, Fannie and Freddie had some form of risking sharing on 38 percent to 42 of their guaranteed portfolios, respectively.
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Industry Calls for CFPB Rulemaking to Clarify the Role of Guidance

November 13, 2018
Yemeng Yang
Lenders continue to worry about examiners critiquing them on issues not based in law…
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Short Takes: Assessing the Value of GSE Common / The Prior Decade and GSE Share Prices / Worrying About Home Values in California / Another MBS Settlement for Wells Fargo / Vendor Hires Fannie Mae Official

November 13, 2018
Paul Muolo
Early last decade, Fannie common once traded as high as $85.03, Freddie $68.20.
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GSE Credit Box Opened Slightly Wider in 3Q18

November 12, 2018
John Bancroft
The dollar volume of low-score purchase loans increased by 29.8 percent from the second to the third quarter, while total GSE purchase business went up 23.6 percent.
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