Lori Brewer of LBA Ware: “Despite speculation that lenders’ efforts to reduce operational costs would include curbing loan originator commissions in 2019, our analysis shows that base commission for LOs did not significantly change from 2018 to 2019.”

Valentin joins the government agency from Compass Point Research and Trading Group where he served as managing director/equity research analyst.

In December, Mr. Cooper reported that pre-tax profit margins on originations fell to 1.1% in October and November from 1.3% in the third quarter.

To date, Odeon has published 55 comments on the GSEs in the past 12 months…

Something to think about: What if Trump doesn’t get reelected? Will the Dow react differently under a President Warren or Sanders than it would a Biden or Bloomberg? Whatever happens, it won’t be boring…

The HUD IG said it will provide a broader accounting of the issue when it publishes a formal report.

The FHFA has enormous sway over the CSS because of its role as regulator and conservator of Fannie and Freddie. However, once (if) the two are recapped and released, that won’t necessarily be the case…

Stronger GSE earnings will bolster retained capital, which could juice the recap-and-release debate even more…

The panel will be chaired by conservative Todd Zywicki, a longtime critic of the CFPB…