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Mortgage Servicing Sales Grind to a Halt (Coronavirus)

March 27, 2020
Paul Muolo

“I haven’t been doing any deals, but I’ve been on the phone with clients a lot,” said one veteran servicing broker. “You might say they’ve been hyperventilating.”


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A-Paper Mortgage M&A: Slow, Slow and Slowing

March 10, 2020
Paul Muolo

Chuck Klein of Mortgage Banking Solutions: “I don’t see much interest in selling. Buyers aren’t willing to pay a premium.”


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DoubleLine Invests in New Non-QM Lender OptionWide Financial

March 3, 2020
Brandon Ivey

DoubleLine Capital is now a “strategic investment partner and minority shareholder” in OptionWide Financial, a lender that focuses on non-QMs.


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Short Takes: The Recovery Has Commenced? / Will the 10-Year Fall Below 1.00%? / PE Fund has $5B, Wants to Buy MBs, Call Joe / Two Deals for Charbonneau / The Fed: We’re OK (Really)

March 2, 2020
Paul Muolo

According to industry consultant Joe Garrett, the typical residential mortgage company sale of the past few years has been an asset sale with a three-year earn-out.


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The (Now Not So) Secret Plot to Sell Freddie Mac to the FHLBs

February 28, 2020
Dennis Hollier

Following President Trump’s inauguration in 2017, the Department of the Treasury played an active role in developing the FHLB plan to buy Freddie Mac...


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Low Rates Torpedo Bulk Servicing Sales. Just How Ugly Is it Going to Get?

February 28, 2020
Paul Muolo

Steve Harris, president of MIAC Capital Markets, New York, was particularly vocal in his summation: “Sell now or have your asset vaporize.”


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A Profit for Ocwen in 4Q19 but a Contract Loss as Well

February 26, 2020
Paul Muolo

Ocwen is losing a big subservicing contract with REIT New Residential but isn't worried about the development because the contract was unprofitable in the fourth quarter...


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SFVegas Conference Kicks Off with Strong Attendance, Heightened Interest in MSRs

February 24, 2020
Brandon Ivey

It was standing room only on Sunday at a panel discussion on the basics of securitizing mortgage servicing rights.


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Between M&A and IPO Talk, Interest in Non-QM Sector Remains High

February 21, 2020
Paul Muolo

The IPO market remains closed to 'A' paper nonbanks, but that's not the case when it comes to non-QM originators...


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Amherst Agrees to Buy Money-Losing SFR Operator Front Yard

February 20, 2020
Paul Muolo

When the deal closes, Amherst will control 36,000 SFR units...


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