Short Takes: Impac, Better Late Than Never / Wall Street Roots / An Early Start to Spring Home Buying? / Sprague Departs Phoenix Capital for STRATMOR Consultancy March 11, 2019 Paul Muolo An early start to the spring home buying season?Read More
Short Takes: Ben Carson to Leave HUD After 2020 Election? / CFPB Hearing / Home Price Appreciation Slows / Mortgage Applications Down / Pinto’s Housing Finance Reform Plan March 6, 2019 Yemeng Yang Housing and Urban Department Secretary Ben Carson said he is planning on leaving his post at the end of President Trump’s first term ...Read More
Short Takes: Freddie Mac Invests $61M in Affordable Housing / AMC Acquires a Title Search Firm / Stevens Joins Tech Company / CFPB Kicks Off PACE Financing Rulemaking March 5, 2019 Yemeng Yang Freddie Mac on Monday initiated three investments in affordable housing managed by National Equity Fund ...Read More
Short Takes: Pondering the Letter Sent to Joseph Otting / Among the Signors… / More MSR Auctions in the Works / MetLife Has a Nice War Chest of Whole Loans / A New Hire at Gateway Mortgage March 4, 2019 Paul Muolo, Brandon Ivey, and George Brooks More servicing-related auctions are in the pipeline, including a $2.97 billion Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac portfolio from Phoenix Capital...Read More
What We’re Hearing: Throwing Down the Gauntlet on Fannie-Freddie Changes / 27 Trades Sign On / Not One Voice of Concern? / Freddie’s MSR Pilot? / Fixing the Broken Companies / Eli Global and Greg Lindberg Back in the News / Busy Being Named a Director March 1, 2019 Paul Muolo Is the Senate Banking Committee ever going to hold a hearing on GSE pilot programs? Read More
How Soon Can the Calabria Vote Reach the Senate Floor? May? March 1, 2019 Dennis Hollier One GOP staffer told Inside Mortgage Finance the combination of strong industry support for Calabria, plus the nominee’s “bravura performance” at his confirmation hearing, probably sealed the deal on a quick trip.Read More
Short Takes: HomeBridge Eyes HomeStreet’s Mortgage Network / As for the Mortgage Servicing Portfolio… / Figuring Out the Calabria Vote / A Rally for Ocwen / A Red Hot MSR Market / A Glum Assessment on Mortgages from Joe Garrett & Co. February 27, 2019 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo Ocwen's share price took off like a rocket Wednesday morning...Read More
Short Takes: How Fast for Calabria? Very Fast / It Pays to Have a Godfather / What About a ‘Hold’? / Record Attendance at SFIG Vegas / Mixed Opinions on Expanded-Credit February 26, 2019 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo Now for the big question: Will any Democratic senators put a hold on the Calabria nomination?Read More
Former FHA Chief Galante Quits Ocwen’s Board, Ex-GE Exec Britell Joins February 25, 2019 Paul Muolo Ocwen is scheduled to report fourth quarter results on Wednesday…Read More
Short Takes: Kushner Getting Cushy with Fannie and Freddie? / Working with Lenders, Not Property Owners / Prepayments Fall to 18-Year Low / More Funding for Better.com February 25, 2019 Paul Muolo A Freddie spokesman confirmed to us what we’ve always assumed: “We are not a primary lender.” Read More
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