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FHA/VA Loan Quality Turns Riskier in 1Q19

May 28, 2019
John Bancroft

In the FHA market, the average credit score for refi loans fell to just 659.5 in the first quarter, compared to 668.8 for purchase loans…


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Short Takes: On the GSE Gas Pipe: Cash-out Refis? / A Mouthwatering Wholesale Market Share for UWM / Non-QM Funders Move Up / ‘Linked-Notes’ from MGIC / Mortgage Apps Up, New Homes Sales Down

May 23, 2019
Paul Muolo

Should Fannie and Freddie be allowed to purchase and securitize cash-out refis?


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National Flood Bill Advances

May 23, 2019
George Brooks

Since the program’s multi-year authorization expired on Sept. 30, 2017, partisan bickering has led Congress to pass 10 short-term extensions...


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Don’t Look Now, but Loan Brokers Have a 14.1% Market Share, the Best Showing Since the Financial Crisis

May 23, 2019
John Bancroft

Without a doubt, United Wholesale Mortgage is the Big Kahuna of table-funding with a massive market share reading of 35.1%, according to Inside Mortgage Finance. In short, it has left all competitors in the dust…


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State Regulators Still Plan to Set Standards for Nonbanks

May 23, 2019
Brandon Ivey

State regulators proposed standards for nonbanks in 2015 but there was no follow-through. However, the issue is alive and well thanks to the incoming chairman of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.


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Short Takes: Profiting from GSE Reform / REO v. OREO / Hey, Did You Know What the Hippocampus Is, Wise Guy? / FHA Recovery Rates Can Vary / Chimera Preps New MBS Deal

May 22, 2019
Paul Muolo

In some reporting circles, OREO stands for "other" real estate-owned...


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Worried About Credit Risk? Stick to Retail

May 22, 2019
John Bancroft

In the first quarter of 2019, the average credit score for retail production was 725.97, 7.3 points higher than the average for correspondent production...


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Trump's Jumbo Lender: Professional Bank. Who?

May 22, 2019
Brandon Ivey
The bank that President Trump received a jumbo mortgage from in 2018 ranked outside of the top 400 originators of jumbo mortgages.
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Mortgage Industry Digests Calabria’s Remarks. No Details (Yet) on Recap & Release

May 21, 2019
Paul Muolo

FHFA Director Mark Calabria: "For instance, we are actively reviewing all recent expansions into new markets and activities to put an end to the era of charter creep."


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To the Rescue of Fannie and Freddie: The Spring Homebuying Season

May 21, 2019
John Bancroft

GSE purchase business totaled $40.5 billion, the strongest reading since November...


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