Short Takes: $249 Million in Mortgage Payments at Risk? / Will Trump Order Fannie and Freddie to Stand Down? / Assessing Mark Calabria / Lovell Buys ATTOM / LoanLogics Hires Mortgage Tech Vet January 8, 2019 Namrata Bhatia, Brandon Ivey, and Paul Muolo Overwhelmingly, industry analysts expect Mark Calabria to shake things up at the Federal Housing Finance Agency – that is, once he’s approved by the full Senate. Read More
loanDepot Hires Caliber Executive John Bianchi to Head National Sales January 7, 2019 Paul Muolo loanDepot founder and CEO Anthony Hsieh: “We believe in distributed retail…”Read More
CMG Mortgage Expands in the Northeast, Assumes 14 RPM Branches January 7, 2019 Paul Muolo RPM CEO Rob Hirt was good-natured about the departures: “I wish CMG continued success into 2019…”Read More
Short Takes: IRS Cranks Up the IVES Machine Again / Otting at FHFA, Day 1 / AltLoan Enlists a New Capital Markets Partner / 45 Percent Plan to Enter the Non-QM Space This Year / Academy LO Joins Bay Equity Home Loans January 7, 2019 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo Roughly 45 percent of respondents said they definitely will enter the the Non-QM market this year.Read More
What We’re Hearing: Top Production Exec Ready to Depart? / The Mel Watt Era at the FHFA is About to End / Will IBM do to Promontory What it Did to Seterus? / Ugly Mortgage Job Numbers / Selling Ditech Shares / Dynex Hires Dave Stevens as a Director January 4, 2019 Paul Muolo One former Fannie Mae executive familiar with Seterus opined that IBM likely received “pennies” compared to what it invested in Seterus... Read More
PennyMac Financial Cuts New Employment Deals with Top Officers January 2, 2019 Paul Muolo Kurland was given an annual base salary of $900,000 from Jan. 1 of this year until Dec. 31, plus cash and equity incentives.Read More
Loan Officer OT Pay Case Sent Back to Lower Court, Dealing a Blow to LOs January 2, 2019 Brandon Ivey According to the ruling by the appeals court, Citizens pays its LOs $11.50 an hour along with commissions based on volume…Read More
Short Takes: A Government Shutdown-Related Reminder from Fannie Mae / A Fundraising Record for MBA’s MORPAC / Rising Worries, Falling Rates / Nervous / AI Gets a New (Annual) President January 2, 2019 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo At press time, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury was at 2.67 percent, the lowest reading in almost 12 months…Read More
Short Takes: Worrying About the IRS / NRMLA Talking to Members about the HECM Situation / Most Underwriting Can Continue / Mnuchin’s Future / OCC Hires SBC Attorney December 31, 2018 Paul Muolo Capital Alpha Partners: “Mnuchin’s job is in danger the same as any cabinet member under Trump...." Read More
Employee Satisfaction at the CFPB Plunges December 31, 2018 Yemeng Yang A CFPB spokesperson said that 2018 was, no doubt, “a tumultuous year of great change.”Read More
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