Bayview’s Planned Acquisition of Guild Fast Tracked by FTC September 11, 2025 Brandon Ivey The Federal Trade Commission ended the waiting period early for Bayview Asset Management's planned acquisition of Guild Mortgage.Read More
Short Takes: FHFA’s Market Share Cap Unclear / Home Purchase Sentiment Ticks Down / Fairway Partners With OpenAI September 9, 2025 Brandon Ivey If subservicing is included in FHFA's market share cap, Rocket plans to shift some of the servicing mix at the combined Rocket/Mr. Cooper.Read More
Rithm to Acquire Insurance-Focused Asset Manager September 4, 2025 Brandon Ivey Crestline Management is based in Forth Worth, TX, and has $17.0 billion of assets under management.Read More
Rocket/Mr. Cooper Merger Gets Nod From FHFA August 27, 2025 Dennis Hollier The regulator, though, says no market participant can account for more than 20% of the GSEs' servicing market.Read More
Up for Grabs: A Small GNMA MF Servicing Portfolio August 27, 2025 Paul Muolo Earlier this month, MIAC came to market with a $987.0 million package of mortgage servicing rights backed by healthcare facilities.Read More
Short Takes: New Details on The Great American Mortgage Corp. / Mortgage Applications for New Homes Up / Annaly’s Expanded-Credit MBS Issuance Humming August 19, 2025 Brandon Ivey The Trump administration is describing The Great American Mortgage Corp. as "the all new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: bigger and better than ever."Read More
More Lender M&A Expected. Details? August 18, 2025 Paul Muolo CEO/owners, north of age 65, in particular, are contemplating getting out.Read More
Pulte Suggests GSE IPO Will Be Small, If It Happens August 14, 2025 Dennis Hollier The FHFA director said the Trump administration's planned sale of GSE stock would be small, if it happened at all.Read More
Non-QM M&A Could Heat Up With GSE Reform August 13, 2025 James Dohnert The potential privatization of the GSEs has led more lenders to consider the acquisition of non-QM brokers, but the challenges in the market may cap deals.Read More
GSE Merger Rumors? GAMC (Not GMAC) August 11, 2025 Dennis Hollier Although President Trump didn’t specifically mention a merger, that appears to be the implication of the post.Read More