Short Takes: China, Trade and Falling Rates / Rethinking the Downpayment Idea / Understanding Reverse Mortgages / It’s Official: Hill Vet Clinton Jones Joins the FHFA May 13, 2019 Paul Muolo and Dennis Hollier The way FHFA Director Mark Calabria keeps adding staff, the agency might need more office space...Read More
Flagstar Faces Financial Exposure on Failure of Reverse Lender May 13, 2019 Dennis Hollier Reverse lender Live Well Financial of Virginia closed its doors last week, laying off roughly 100 full-timers... Read More
Large Non-QM Deals on the Way from WAMCO and Verus May 13, 2019 Brandon Ivey Western Asset Management's new non-QM deal is sized at nearly $1.0 billion...Read More
Signs of Life: A 24% Jump in Ginnie Mae Issuance May 13, 2019 John Bancroft The volume of both purchase and refinance loans was up sharply from March... Read More
On the Radar Screen of the CFPB: Non-QM Lenders May 13, 2019 Brandon Ivey Non-QM lending – the “new nonprime,” to some degree – totaled roughly $45.2 billion last year, a 20.2% improvement over 2017. Read More
What We’re Hearing: The Return of Impac’s Co-Founder / Surviving Somehow / Vista Point Mortgage Arrives / Mangiaracina Hopeful / Armageddon Times? (Avoided) / Warehouse Rising May 10, 2019 Paul Muolo Bill Ashmore's new venture is based in Irvine, CA, home to many entrepreneurial mortgage shops...Read More
Losses Continue as Impac Shifts Focus to Non-QMs May 10, 2019 Brandon Ivey Impac's increased emphasis on non-qualified mortgages has yet to translate into profits. The nonbank's GOS was hammered compared to 1Q18...Read More
Short Takes: Waiting on Jones (at the FHFA)? / A Deep Resume on All Things Housing / Calabria’s Upcoming Speech / More on GSE R&R? / Carrington Preps Nonagency MBS / Freddie Offers a Swap May 9, 2019 Paul Muolo Mark Calabria's deep bench is about to get deeper...Read More
The Ginnie ‘Liquidity Letter’ Meetings are Over. Now What? May 9, 2019 Paul Muolo The 14 Ginnie Mae nonbank issuers were never identified by the agency but everyone in the industry knows who they are...Read More
‘Mega’ Nonbanks Saw Their Mortgage Profits Suffer Last Year May 9, 2019 Brandon Ivey The Moody's report mentions Stearns' "deteriorating financial performance" as well...Read More
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