Short Takes: A New Round of Cost Cutting at Stonegate? / No, the White House is Not About to Settle Those ‘Takings’ Cases / Greed is (Still) Good / Lykken Goes Solo, Sort Of / Comergence Hires Giorello September 1, 2015 Paul Muolo Pershing Square and Perry Capital began loading up on GSE “junior” preferred two years ago, but not because they thought it was a great investment...Read More
Jim Cutillo out as CEO of Stonegate Mortgage; Maybe a Sale is the Solution? August 31, 2015 Paul Muolo In a statement, Stonegate said Cutillo will be “redirecting” his “entrepreneurial energy on a new endeavor going forward.”Read More
Short Takes: Will Trump Touch the Sacred Mortgage Interest Deduction? / Investors Shrug at Cutillo Resignation / Stonegate Too Cheap To Resist? / Atlantic Bay Hits 500-Employee Mark / Good News for MF Lenders, Bad News for Renters August 31, 2015 Paul Muolo The resignation of Stonegate Mortgage CEO Jim Cutillo didn’t do much for the stock price of the company Monday. Read More
What We’re Hearing: Will Banks Ever Return to Wholesale? / $354 Million for Stearns Lending? / Eventually, There Will be a Merger / The Dave Stevens ‘Flip-Flop’ Controversy / MBA’s Top Paid Consultants August 28, 2015 Paul Muolo What do nonbanks think about depositories avoiding the wholesale/broker sector? They love it.Read More
Manhattan Mortgage Founder Melissa Cohn Launches New Company August 27, 2015 Paul Muolo Although Manhattan Mortgage operated mostly as a loan broker, a press statement from MC Home Loans describes the new company as a “banker.”Read More
Short Takes: Fannie Gets the Origination Blues / Hopefully, It Won’t Come True / Marix Gets Freddie Approval / Freddie Grows. Don’t Tell FHFA / MIAC Hires Trading Desk Chief August 27, 2015 Paul Muolo If Fannie Mae's origination forecast comes true, just $615 billion in loans will be written from July 1 to Dec. 31, an ugly outlook indeed…Read More
A ‘New York State of Mind’ on LO Approvals: Like Molasses August 26, 2015 Paul Muolo A spokesman for the NYDFS admitted that, “We’re constantly trying to improve our processing times, but we know that we have a lot of work to do..."Read More
Short Takes: About That Fed Hike in Rates… / Rates Under 4 Percent with No Points / But Apps are Flat – For Now / LA is Too Much for the Borrower / Auction.com Hires eBay Executive August 26, 2015 Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey A quick check of rates this morning found that firms such as Sebonic and Aurora Financial were offering 30-year fixed-rate loans at 3.75 percent with no points.Read More
Short Takes: Credit Suisse Readies Another Jumbo Deal / Angel Oak Nonprime MBS? / Parkside Rolls Out Jumbo With Caveats / FHA, PACE and Lien Priority / Barney Frank Back in the Business? August 25, 2015 Paul Muolo, George Brooks, and Brandon Ivey Remember the nonprime MBS deal that Angel Oak was working on with Nomura? The transaction may be on again...Read More
Short Takes: And Now for the ‘Dark Side’ of Low Rates / Jumbo Trouble Because of Stocks? / SPS Suddenly Likes Performing Loans / Wells, the Correspondent King (Again) / Buck Hawkins Departs iFreedom August 24, 2015 Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey Many wealthy borrowers feel rich because they’re sitting on huge stock market gains achieved over the past few years. But now...Read More