Short Takes: KBW Shifts Coverage of mREITs / Oil Rout Could Lead to Mortgage Delinquencies? / A Rumor of Layoffs at One Shop / AmeriHome Hiring January 19, 2016 Paul Muolo Should mortgage servicers begin to worry about residential delinquencies in such oil producing states as North Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas?Read More
RoundPoint President Dave Worrall Departs; Servicer Still Open to Offers? January 12, 2016 Paul Muolo At one point, PIMCO had been eyeing RoundPoint, sources told IMFnews...Read More
Mortgage Bankers and Brokers Shed Jobs at Yearend; Loan Officers Still in Demand January 11, 2016 Paul Muolo Although residential lending could fall by 20 percent in 2016, the demand for retail LOs with strong ties to Realtors and home builders should remain strong. Read More
Short Takes: TRID is Costing Consumers Too. Here’s How… / Midcap Banks Stressed Out? / loanDepot Flies the ‘Marketplace Lender’ Flag / More MSR Deals from IMA / ORM Chief Resigns January 11, 2016 Paul Muolo In a new press release touting its 2015 results, the privately held loanDepot LLC refers to itself on a few occasions as a “marketplace” lender...Read More
What We’re Hearing: TRID, a Major Crisis? / Will Public Mortgage Firms Answer the TRID Question? / Commercial Bank Rejects Most TRID Loans / Genworth, PennyMac Hit 52-Week Lows / CMLA Lists Its Priorities January 8, 2016 Paul Muolo Then again, we also hear reports that the worst of the TRID mess will be over by the end of February…Read More
After Reorganization, Impac Sees Increase in Correspondent Volume; Nonbank is in a Hiring Mode January 7, 2016 Brandon Ivey Impac Mortgage is currently recruiting sales and operational personnel...Read More
Walter/Ditech Bolts the Retail Sector; ‘Fewer’ Than 200 Employees Affected January 7, 2016 Paul Muolo During the first nine months of 2015, retail accounted for just $400 million of Ditech’s $19.6 billion of residential production...Read More
More Office Consolidation for Fannie Mae, This Time in Texas January 7, 2016 Carisa Chappell As for potential layoffs, the government-controlled mortgage giant declined to comment.Read More
Short Takes: S&P Maintains Ratings on Quicken / How About $500 Million? / Seterus a Buyer of MSRs from Ocwen / Five Oaks Ends Repo Deal with BofA / JPM Names Muriungi New Servicing Chief January 7, 2016 Paul Muolo The IBM-owned Seterus has been buying mortgage servicing rights from Ocwen Financial...Read More
Short Takes: Freddie Mac Gives Price Breaks Through LOMC / What Happened to G-Fee Parity? / New CEO for Lenders One? / loanDepot Cranks Out the Second Liens / New Hires for National General January 6, 2016 Paul Muolo Introduced in Sept. 2015, fundings of loanDepot home equity loan products have nearly doubled every month since launch...Read More
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