Piper’s Mid-Year Take on Mortgages: No Normalcy Yet July 2, 2025 Paul Muolo Piper: "The primary-secondary spread has averaged 1.06% in 2Q25, below the 1Q25 average of 1.12%."Read More
First American Sticks Its Toe in the MSR Brokerage Pool July 1, 2025 Paul Muolo Bob Caruso is in charge of the servicing brokerage platform.Read More
The Mortgage M&A Game: Who’s Next? June 30, 2025 Paul Muolo A half-dozen or so privately held top-40 home lenders are supposedly “all ears” when it comes to takeover offers.Read More
Architecture Firm to Acquire Non-QM Lender June 27, 2025 Brandon Ivey RateDNA is tied to Aspire Homes Realty, a real estate brokerage focused on investment properties.Read More
Short Takes: Senate Swiftly Passes Trigger Lead Bill / Rocket Ramps Up CES Securitization / Disaster Recovery Program in California / From Mortgage Stadium to Bounce House June 13, 2025 Brandon Ivey The Senate joined the House in passing legislation to restrict trigger leads tied to mortgage applications.Read More
Chimera to Acquire Non-QM Lender HomeXpress June 12, 2025 Brandon Ivey The REIT plans to sell the mortgages originated by HomeXpress and retain some mortgage servicing rights.Read More
Fairway to Acquire Assets of Retail Lender Hallmark Home Mortgage June 12, 2025 Brandon Ivey Hallmark's production is focused on the Midwest and Southeast.Read More
Servicing Sales Head North Once Again, Prices Too June 9, 2025 Paul Muolo Roughly $50 billion in product should find its way to new owners in the coming weeks.Read More
Short Takes: ‘Golden Age of Homeownership’ / Rocket Plans $4.0 Billion in Debt Offerings / Smaller Debt Offering From PennyMac REIT / Bonus for Ending Asset Cap June 4, 2025 Brandon Ivey The Trump administration will usher in a "Golden Age of homeownership," according to HUD Secretary Scott Turner.Read More
Ginnie MSR Sales Slip, Lakeview the Top Buyer in 1Q25 June 2, 2025 Emmeline Willey Sales of Fannie/Freddie servicing rights are down as well.Read More
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