MBA Chief Takes Aim at Regulators, Blames Them for Increasing Costs October 25, 2022 Sam Manas Apparently, most policymakers don't realize the dominance of nonbanks in today's origination market...Read More
A Changing of the FICO Guard Is a Good Thing. Right? October 25, 2022 Dennis Hollier Even if the scores provide a similar measure of credit risk at one point in time, that equivalency could deteriorate...Read More
FHFA Will Make Cash-Outs More Expensive While Trimming LLPAs on Low/Mods October 25, 2022 Paul Muolo Specifics were light regarding the changes for cash-out refis...Read More
Finance of America Says Restructuring Could Cost Upwards of $164 Million October 24, 2022 Paul Muolo In the third quarter, FoA funded an estimated $2.6 billion of mortgages, 66.7% of it through retail means.Read More
Coming Soon: Layoffs and Branch Closings at Finance of America October 21, 2022 Paul Muolo FoA recently sent a “branch offboarding information” form to all its branch managers, setting the table for large-scale cutbacks.Read More
A 3Q22 GOS Improvement for Western Alliance October 21, 2022 Brandon Ivey The bank's originations largely come through AmeriHome's activity in the correspondent channel...Read More
Truist Mortgage Chief Moves On October 21, 2022 Paul Muolo Truist ranks 13th overall among originators based on first-half 2022 figures...Read More
This Year, CSBS Expects No LO Renewal Snafus October 21, 2022 Sam Manas The organization also increased the number of servers to 40 from just six last year...Read More
Seven (Banking) Bellwethers Report 3Q Originations. The Verdict? October 20, 2022 Paul Muolo The big question on the minds of many is just how good or bad the nation’s nonbanks performed in 3Q...Read More
Short Takes: Prepping for Branch Closures / Would You Like to Keep the Copier? / A Stronger Profit for Texas Capital / Coming Soon: loanDepot’s 3Q22 Results October 20, 2022 Paul Muolo Finance of America is preparing to close retail branches outright...Read More