It’s Official: Union Home Buys AmeriFirst. MSRs Headed to a Third Party December 22, 2022 Paul Muolo AmeriFirst's servicing rights will go to a third party...Read More
Grapevine: Go Figure, SPAC Hits Turbulence; New Employment Contracts for PFSI Chiefs December 22, 2022 Paul Muolo It looks like Figure’s mortgage-warehouse-bank-related SPAC has hit the wall; PennyMac’s brain trust has new employment contracts.Read More
Angel Oak Announces Changes to Repo Line Language December 21, 2022 Paul Muolo The 8-K suggests the deal buys Angel Oak more time as it copes with a turbulent market.Read More
The GOP, Not Surprisingly, Takes Aim at Chopra December 21, 2022 Sam Manas Chopra noted the market share of ARMs has almost doubled...Read More
Banks Immune from the Mortgage Slowdown? Hardly... December 21, 2022 Namrata Bhatia Depositories are not required to report their portfolio-lending activity in their call-report disclosures.Read More
CFPB Slams Wells for Being a ‘Repeat’ Abuser of its Customers, Orders $3.7 Billion in Redress December 20, 2022 Sam Manas Wells is the nation's largest servicer of residential mortgages...Read More
An M&A Deal Brewing Between Union Home and AmeriFirst? December 20, 2022 Paul Muolo Union Home ranks 63rd among single-family originators...Read More
Brokerage UMortgage is Busy Kicking Some M&A Tires December 19, 2022 Paul Muolo After the NXT deal is completed, UMortgage will have 239 loan originators in 47 states...Read More
Consumers Still Tend to Shy Away From Mortgage Shopping December 19, 2022 Namrata Bhatia Education levels led to some differences in consumer behaviors...Read More
Short Takes: Carpe Diem Time for Depositories and Mortgages? / Advantages / Scalable? / A Sudden Departure at Rithm / Fighting Homelessness December 19, 2022 Paul Muolo and Monica Hogan But will banks cash in on their supposed advantage?Read More
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