Ditech Says 10-K Filing Will Be Late. Oh, and It Wants $2.5M for ‘Key’ Employees April 2, 2019 Paul Muolo Ditech said its advisors and debtors have created a “key employee incentive program” (KEIP) valued at $2.5 million to pay “base” employees “who are largely responsible” for operations...Read More
Short Takes: Tennessee Bank Exiting Third-Party Production / Plaza Home Expands Non-QM Offerings / 23 Groups Want Expedited Vote on FHFA Nominee / Calabria Knows the Risks / The Signors Are… April 2, 2019 Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey The letter does not specify what these new policies might be. Some type of administrative reforms, perhaps?Read More
The (State-Licensed) Nonbank Origination Share for 2018: 54.8% April 2, 2019 John Bancroft Depositories accounted for 24.6% of last year’s production, down from 25.4% in 2017.Read More
MorVest Hires M&A Veteran Larry Charbonneau April 2, 2019 Paul Muolo Over the years, Charbonneau has advised on at least 90 M&A transactions, involving both depositories and nonbanks.Read More
Look Who’s Jumping Into the Non-QM Pool: JPMorgan Chase April 2, 2019 Brandon Ivey Up until now, JPMorgan has focused on securitizing QMs…Read More
Short Takes: No April Fools Day Joke: Policy Whiplash / A Drop in Policy Risk? / Trying to Figure Out Democrats and Republicans / Drowning in Student Loan Debt? / If Loan Officers Don’t Move Up, Move Them Out / A New Branch for Castle & Cooke April 1, 2019 Paul Muolo One consultant advises loan officers to move up or get moved out...Read More
A Large Debt Offering from Freedom Mortgage April 1, 2019 Paul Muolo The $250 million in debt is in the form of senior unsecured notes due in 2024. Read More
For Sale: $700M of ARMs. The Seller: A Credit Union April 1, 2019 Paul Muolo All of the loans are being sold servicing-retained...Read More
Loan Brokers Making Inroads in FHA/VA Lending April 1, 2019 John Bancroft The broker share of the market increased to 13.2% for all of last year…Read More
Commercial Bank Reliant Jumps into the Non-QM Pond March 29, 2019 Paul Muolo At first, Reliant Bank will be an aggregator… Read More