Mortgage Servicing Reg Relief, Too Little and Too Late? June 7, 2019 Brandon Ivey The rule increases the amount of mortgage servicing assets a bank can count toward Tier 1 capital... Read More
New Deadline Set for Auction of Ditech Servicing Business June 5, 2019 Paul Muolo Ditech’s M&A advisor is the investment banking firm of Houlihan Lokey...Read More
Throwing a Monkey Wrench Into an Anticipated M&A Boom: Declining Rates June 5, 2019 Paul Muolo Thanks to today’s high loan balances, a 50-basis-point drop in rates can do wonders for the refi market, but is bad news for companies that have large servicing portfolios to unload...Read More
With its Stock Price Fading, Mr. Cooper Says: We’re Okay but Thanks for Asking June 3, 2019 Paul Muolo Declining interest rates can be good news for lenders, but bad news for servicers... Read More
Fitch Gives Freedom Mortgage a Thumbs Up May 31, 2019 Paul Muolo Fitch: Freedom will buy RoundPoint with cash on hand and "available" capacity on existing lines of credit...Read More
The CFPB’s First Mortgage-Related Action Under Kraninger: Specialty Servicer BSI May 30, 2019 Yemeng Yang BSI is a speciality servicer that focuses on non-agency loans, but also processes Fannie/Freddie/FHA/VA paper... Read More
State Authorities Haven’t Given Up on Regulating Nonbanks May 30, 2019 Brandon Ivey State regulators have not forgotten about nonbank lenders and servicers, not in the least...Read More
Short Takes: Mr. Cooper’s Sliding Share Price / A GAAP Loss Coming / Time to Unload a Position in Invitation Homes / New Applications Decline / Wells Fargo Snatches Top Mortgage Tech Official from JPM May 29, 2019 Paul Muolo Blackstone-related investors plan to unload 40 million shares of Invitation Homes stock...Read More
It’s Official: Freedom Set to Buy RoundPoint, Creating a Top-10 Ranked Servicer May 24, 2019 Paul Muolo Earlier this month, Inside Mortgage Finance broke the news that the two firms were in talks...Read More
Ocwen’s Chief Accounting Officer Resigns, No Reason Given May 23, 2019 Paul Muolo Ocwen agreed to pay CAO Dondzila $568,780, plus a six-month consulting deal that offers $36,092 per month.Read More
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