Galton Increases IO Mortgage Share in Latest Expanded-Credit MBS February 12, 2019 Brandon Ivey Loans from 51 lenders are represented in the new transaction, led by JMAC Lending…Read More
A Tiny 4Q18 Profit for New Residential February 12, 2019 Paul Muolo New Rez continues to gobble up MSRs like there's no tomorrow...Read More
Short Takes: GSE Junior Preferred Shareholders Could Get Paid / Wedbush Tells Investors to Take the Cash / New Rez Sees a Buying Opportunity in MSRs / CFPB to America: Save Some of That Tax Return! February 12, 2019 Paul Muolo Bove sees some type of compensation going to the preferred shareholders of Fannie and Freddie...Read More
Short Takes: Exiting a GSE Investment / The Fed Likely Will Greenlight the BB&T-SunTrust Merger / No. 9 / Please, Just Don’t Pick a Name Like Mr. Cooper / How Much Lower Can Ditech Go? / CoesterVMS? February 11, 2019 Paul Muolo The big unknown about the merger: Once completed, what name will the new bank and mortgage company take? Read More
What We’re Hearing: Salivating at the Prospect of a Fannie-Freddie Stock Offering? / Mulvaney Again / Waiting in the Wings for Treasury’s GSE Assignment? / What Could Stand in the Way? / MI Roundup / Wells Fargo, the MBS King / A New Legislative Hire for February 8, 2019 Paul Muolo But one thing is certain: the Trump White House is not monkeying around with GSE reform...Read More
Agency MBS Production Fell Modestly in January February 8, 2019 John Bancroft It was the lowest combined output for the three agencies since February 2016, when just $80.49 billion of new MBS were issued.Read More
MBA Issues Primer for Smooth LIBOR Transition February 8, 2019 George Brooks MBA wants lenders to act early on issues identified in the primer to ensure transition to a new benchmark rate is as seamless as possible.Read More
Mnuchin: Treasury Prepared to Go It Alone on GSE Reform February 6, 2019 Dennis Hollier and Paul Muolo Treasury’s GSE plan is being shaped by Senior Treasury Counselor Craig Phillips, who cut his teeth on Wall Street as an MBS trader…Read More
Civil Rights Groups Up in Arms Over Crapo’s GSE Reform Plan February 6, 2019 Paul Muolo CRL and other groups noted: “To date, Congress has exercised extreme caution in repairing the housing finance system…”Read More
Quick Turn Time for Prolific Lone Star on New MBS February 6, 2019 Brandon Ivey Mortgages in the MBS have an average credit score of 720…Read More
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