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Fannie’s ‘Servicing Marketplace’ Off to a Strong Start

April 6, 2018
Carisa Chappell
Fannie has roughly 50 lenders using the servicing marketplace…
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Blackstone’s Finance of America Buys Skyline Lending; It’s Unclear Whether It Will Remain Standalone Unit

April 5, 2018
Wall Street powerhouse The Blackstone Group acquired Skyline Lending late last month, setting the stage for a potential shakeup at its mortgage operations, which include Finance of America and Stearns Lending.
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M&A Market Heats Up: Finance of America Buys Skyline’s ‘Assets’

April 4, 2018
Paul Muolo
Finance of America ranked 22nd among all originators in 2017...
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Short Takes: Bill Ashmore Working on a Non-QM Startup? / The Mood in New Jersey / The White House Role in Relaxing Standards? / How to Aid in the Construction of Housing / Wells Promotes Hilzendeger to New Mortgage Post

April 4, 2018
Paul Muolo
If President Trump – a builder by trade – truly wants to help the housing market by adding inventory he could order the federal government to sell some of its massive holdings of land to builders at dirt cheap prices...
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KBW: Servicing Values Up 7 to 15 percent YTD

April 2, 2018
Paul Muolo
A Ginnie Mae crackdown on “loan churning” is helping MSR values in that sector as well…
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Short Takes: 1Q18 was a Mixed Bag / Selected Reports of Strong Growth / MIAC was Busy with MSR Auctions / Here Come the Proxies / Waiting on the BLS

April 2, 2018
Paul Muolo
Meanwhile, the servicing sector appears to be picking up a head of steam...
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Short Takes: Banks with Strong Mortgage Ops Set to Merge / RoundPoint Gets Aggressive on Hiring / Not for Sale Anymore? / Home Point Hires Chief Production Officer / DocMagic Signs up Deutsche Bank / Former Nomura Trader Joins Angel Oak

March 29, 2018
Paul Muolo
Look for a lot more mergers this year. Then again, if rates dive, all bets might be off...
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Short Takes: loanDepot will Issue Non-Agency MBS / Okay, So It’s Not $6 Million / The Changing of the Guard / Tiptree Nears Sale of Jumbo Lender / Stock Repurchase Plans / MountainView Selling Whole Loans

March 27, 2018
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
The two men steered Impac through the rocky waters of the financial crisis...
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Up for Grabs: A $1.9 Billion Fannie Mae MSR Portfolio

March 26, 2018
Paul Muolo
California receivables account for 22.5 percent of the collateral based on number of loans…
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Fitch: Consolidation Expected Among Nonbank Servicers. Rising Costs a Major Concern

March 14, 2018
Brandon Ivey
Fitch said independent nonbank servicers remain vulnerable to rising costs…
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