After a Trying 1Q19, Industry Hopes for Better Days Ahead March 19, 2019 Paul Muolo After trying times in January and February, March was somewhat better and the much ballyhooed spring home buying season should bring some degree of relief.Read More
Chimera Readies Another Non-Agency MBS Backed by GSE-Eligible Investment Loans March 19, 2019 Brandon Ivey Some lenders and MBS issuers are seeing better execution for GSE-eligible loans in the non-agency market…Read More
Short Takes: Why the GSE Net Worth Sweep Won’t be Reversed / Recap and Release? / A Much-Watched Profit Reading / Starwood and Impac, a Symbiotic Relationship / Bank Failures, Anyone? / Reverse Lender Hires Sales Chief March 19, 2019 Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey Each quarter, GSE profits reduce the federal budget deficit. If that cash is forfeited...Read More
GNMA MBS Production Down Sharply in February March 18, 2019 John Bancroft Much of the reduced refi business resulted from a 14.8% drop in cash-out transactions...Read More
Worried About Risk, FHA Seeks to Mitigate Decreasing Credit Scores, More… March 18, 2019 George Brooks Changes to the agency’s TOTAL Mortgage Scorecard, go into effect March 18...Read More
Non-QM Lender Angel Oak Quickly Returns to the MBS Market with its Largest Deal Yet March 18, 2019 Brandon Ivey The underlying mortgages have an average credit score of 703...Read More
Genworth Sale Continues to Drag On, Ninth Waiver Granted March 18, 2019 Paul Muolo The sale of Genworth was first announced in October, 2016…Read More
Short Takes: A New Wave of Optimism? / Value Your CFO / Feds Plan Community Hearings on BB&T-SunTrust Deal / MFA Buying Plenty of Whole Loans. Can An MBS Be Next? / Former HUD Official Pam Patenaude Lands March 18, 2019 Paul Muolo Mortgage REIT MFA Financial, New York, bought roughly $1 billion worth of loans during the fourth quarter...Read More
What We’re Hearing: The Changing of the Guard at the FHFA / A Deep Resume / Retained Capital for Fannie and Freddie, a Matter of When? / The Holy Grail / Impac Mortgage, Act III / FHA Moves to Sure Up its Book March 15, 2019 Paul Muolo An increase in retained earnings is a pre-cursor to GSE “recap and release,” or as Fannie/Freddie investors call it, the Holy Grail…Read More
A Challenging 4Q18 for Impac; Lender Sells $10.5B of MSRs March 15, 2019 Paul Muolo In the fourth quarter, Impac’s gain-on-sale margin increased 85 basis points to 203 bps, a reflection of its growing originations of non-QM loans.Read More
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