Short Takes: What If: The 5% FRM / Looking Sideways at the Fed / A Rate Comparison / About That Vacation Home / The Thompson Nomination Advances March 18, 2022 Dennis Hollier and Paul Muolo In case you haven't noticed: Jumbo rates continue to be cheaper than Fannie/Freddie rates...Read More
The Decline in Home Equity Lending Continues Unabated March 17, 2022 Dennis Hollier There's been scattered talk that some nonbanks might soon launch second-lien products...Read More
Attorneys: DOJ Self-Referring Redlining Investigations March 17, 2022 Sam Manas A DOJ spokesperson declined to comment on the matter.Read More
As Better Pines for Public Ownership, Lender Hires ‘Chief People’ Person March 17, 2022 Paul Muolo Before Better, Benson-Armer served as a senior partner at McKinsey...Read More
Wholesale Giant UWM Branches Out Into Bank Statement Loans March 16, 2022 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo UWM first dipped a toe into the non-QM market in December 2021, launching an interest-only offering...Read More
Lower Profits for Angel Oak's REIT. Reason: Higher Rates March 16, 2022 Brandon Ivey For the full year, the REIT's profit totaled $21.1 million. Its assets increased to $2.57 billion at Dec. 31, compared to just $509.6 million at yearend 2020.Read More
CSBS Hopes to Avoid Another LO License Renewal Mess March 16, 2022 Sam Manas The high latency rate was due to the sheer volume of LO license renewals...Read More
Moody’s Gives a Bearish Outlook on Mortgages, Nonbanks Beware March 15, 2022 Paul Muolo How to survive the coming storm? Have above-average capital...Read More
Secondary Market Demand In Flux for Non-QMs March 15, 2022 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo What caused the recent glut in non-QM paper? Supply and demand...Read More
Academic Study Finds TRID Prompted Lower Approval Rates March 15, 2022 Sam Manas The researchers analyzed nearly 8 million residential loan applications, both approved and denied...Read More
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