Home-Equity Agreements From Unlock Feed New Securitization September 8, 2022 Brandon Ivey Unlock and Saluda said the senior debt offering in the securitization was oversubscribed...Read More
Is it 2023 Already? No, But UWM (Like Someone Else) Hikes Conforming Loan Limits Early September 8, 2022 Paul Muolo A possible trend: hiking GSE loan limits prior to the new year...Read More
A Bright Spot Appears: The HECM Niche September 6, 2022 Refinances accounted for more than half the volume...Read More
Conventional FRMs Headed to 6% and Then Some? September 6, 2022 Paul Muolo BTIG: "Investors appear to be still feeling their way around the accelerated wind-down of the Fed's balance sheet"...Read More
Another Month, Another Reduction in Mortgage Jobs. Home Point Trims Staff… September 2, 2022 Paul Muolo For the cycle, mortgage banking employment peaked in June 2021 at 297,600 positions...Read More
Expanded-Credit Lending Holds Up in Tough 2Q22 September 2, 2022 Brandon Ivey Top-ranked Citibank nearly doubled its expanded-credit production from the first to second quarter...Read More
Measuring Nonbank Health by Stock and Debt September 2, 2022 Paul Muolo Of the six companies new to the public market, two are trading under $2.00 a share, two others are trading under $4.00...Read More
Rocket CEO Farner Keeps Buying Shares September 1, 2022 Paul Muolo Farner directly owns 3.87 million shares of Rocket’s common...Read More
FHFA Sets Comprehensive Review of FHLB System. A Key Issue: Membership September 1, 2022 Sam Manas Bottom line: nonbanks would love to be members of the system...Read More
Signs of Improvement in Non-QM Pricing? Sort Of... August 31, 2022 Paul Muolo Some shops are reporting an improvement of sorts, but no one’s popping champagne.Read More