A Milestone of Sorts: Servicing Balances Crack the $13T Mark December 15, 2022 John Bancroft Securitization, including agency and non-agency MBS, accounted for 69.4% of the home mortgage market.Read More
Ginnie Issuance Off Again in November, Freedom’s Activity Plunges 59% December 14, 2022 Monica Hogan and Paul Muolo Planet Home Lending issued $1.9 billion in Ginnies, ranking fourth overall...Read More
loanDepot’s CIO Keeps Selling Shares in the Company December 14, 2022 Paul Muolo loanDepot's management team predicted that originations could fall to between $4.0 billion and $7.0 billion in 4Q22...Read More
Short Takes: CDFIs in a Sweet Spot? / Weathering the Storm / An Increase in Applications / Partnering on Non-QMs / A Mortgage Promotion at NexBank December 14, 2022 Paul Muolo and Namrata Bhatia The rating agency says CDFIs are “well positioned" to face the coming headwinds...Read More
Expanded-Credit Lending Tries to Regroup in a Topsy-Turvey 3Q22 December 12, 2022 John Bancroft The top three ECM originators through the first nine months of 2022: Citibank, Angel Oak Lending and Guaranteed Rate...Read More
As Business Dips, A Period of Transition for Warehouse Lenders December 12, 2022 Paul Muolo It’s not so much that commitment levels are down, but usage rates are tumbling...Read More
Rising Rates Slam Jumbo Market in 3Q22 December 8, 2022 Paul Muolo The top three agency sellers of high-balance loans: UWM, Rocket Mortgage and PennyMac Financial...Read More
S&P Holds Steady Lead in ABS Ratings, Kroll Hangs On December 7, 2022 John Bancroft Fitch Ratings was the only one of the five major services to see its quarterly ABS ratings volume go up...Read More
Fannie, Freddie Deliveries Continue to Slide in November December 6, 2022 Dennis Hollier In the fourth quarter of 2020, the GSE market share peaked at 64.0%.Read More
Slow Growth for Most Subservicers. A Shakeup Ahead? December 6, 2022 Paul Muolo Three of the nation’s top 15 subservicing vendors are in the process of being sold or merged...Read More
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