In 1Q22, Nonbanks Once Again Tightened Their Grip on the MSR Market May 5, 2022 John Bancroft The nonbank share of the top 50 servicing owners edged up from 53.0% in the fourth quarter to 53.4% in early 2022.Read More
A Pay Package of Almost $31 Million for loanDepot Chief Hsieh May 5, 2022 Paul Muolo The compensation package could raise eyebrows given that loanDepot’s share price fell to $2.83 Thursday morning.Read More
Jumbo Denial Rates Fell to 11% Last Year May 4, 2022 Brandon Ivey Wells Fargo received the highest number of applications for jumbos and had an overall jumbo denial rate of 14.3%.Read More
An Earnings Decline at Fannie, Interim CEO Benson Tempers Expectations May 3, 2022 Paul Muolo and Dennis Hollier Fannie's interim CEO David Benson predicts a recession is coming next year...Read More
Ginnie Delinquencies Decline in 1Q22 May 3, 2022 Monica Hogan Late payments on FHA loans narrowed by 78 basis points from the fourth quarter of 2021...Read More
Expanded-Credit MBS Issuance Hits Record in 1Q22 May 2, 2022 Brandon Ivey The increase in expanded-credit MBS issuance in 1Q22 was driven by non-QMs...Read More
A Particularly Brutal Production Quarter for Fintech Better.com May 2, 2022 Paul Muolo Given steeply higher rates and much narrower lending profits the past six months, Better’s journey to the NYSE has been anything but smooth.Read More
Blow-out Earnings for Mr. Cooper. Reason: Huge MSR Gains April 29, 2022 Paul Muolo And let us now praise MSRs...Read More
Buyouts from Ginnie MBS Revert Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels April 29, 2022 Brandon Ivey Another factor: the drop in repurchases appears to be driven by improvements in delinquency rates.Read More
Mortgage Originations Take a Beating in Early 2022 April 28, 2022 John Bancroft Among the top 10 funders, the declines were mostly brutal, ranging from a low of -21.1% to a high of -37.2%.Read More
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