Short Takes: The Supremes Rule on Foreclosures and the FDCPA / It’s Good to be King, Unless You’re the CEO of Freddie Mac / Angel Oak Bolsters Office Space Big Time / Tennessee Bank Looking for Non-QM Loans / Two New Directors for Fannie / Correction: Fre March 21, 2019 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo Based on Freddie’s annual profits, CEO Don Layton is probably one of the two most underpaid bosses in the world of finance. Soon that distinction will belong to David Brickman...Read More
JPM Pondering Non-QM Finance Opportunities? March 20, 2019 Paul Muolo “They’ve approached a few lenders,” he said, “and have some others to see.”Read More
Short Takes: Getting the Industry’s Pulse on GSE Reform / Who Gets to Lead? / Why Phillips Didn’t Get the FHFA Job / The Battle for Risk / Selling Shares in Invitation Homes / Radian Names Dave Stevens to Its Board March 20, 2019 Paul Muolo and George Brooks Who knows more about GSE reform: the White House or Treasury? We get a sense the two parties don't see eye to eye on everything...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
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
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
REITs Add to Agency MBS Holdings, Non-Agency Down March 15, 2019 John Bancroft Agency securities accounted for $26.4 billion of the growth in REIT MBS holdings over the course of the year…Read More
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