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In Wake of Warehouse Fraud, Santander Sells Business to Flagstar. Deal Will Create Nation’s Fourth Largest Warehouse Provider

February 21, 2018
Paul Muolo
Flagstar also will hire Santander’s “existing" warehouse relationship managers...
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High (Interest Rate) Anxiety Starts to Seep Into the Mortgage Industry

February 21, 2018
Paul Muolo
“The new year has all of us in the MSR market off to a running start as we see increases in mortgage rates and lower originations leading to greater demand, allowing for improved pricing of the MSR asset,” said Tom Piercy, managing director of Incenter Mortgage Advisors, Denver.
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A Great Time to Sell Servicing Rights: IMA, MIAC and Prestwick Launch Auctions

February 21, 2018
Paul Muolo
The MSR auction calendar is starting to look crowded…
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Houlihan Lokey’s Top Dealmaker Jeff Levine Sees a Coming Boom in Origination M&A

February 20, 2018
Brandon Ivey
Levine said there’s demand for retail operations…
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The WMIH-Nationstar Merger, a Feat of Financial Engineering

February 16, 2018
Paul Muolo
Once consummated, the merger will allow Nationstar to shelter its earnings for years to come…
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What We’re Hearing: Death, Taxes and the GSEs / Sweet Tax Cows / Not a Peep Out of Pershing Square and Fairholme / The Wrath of Jeb / MSR Market Heats Up / A Huge Profit for Annaly / Citizens Bank Gets a New Mortgage Chief

February 16, 2018
Paul Muolo
Suffice to say, Fannie and Freddie are two cash cows that only a crazy person would eliminate, unless that crazy person doesn’t like money…
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Shell Company Stuffed with NOLs Agrees to Buy Nation’s Third Largest Servicer in a Feat of Financial Engineering

February 15, 2018
WMIH Corp., a shell company whose chief asset is tax losses, this week agreed to purchase Nationstar Mortgage for roughly $1.68 billion in cash and stock.
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Short Takes: Arch has Some ‘Fairly Well Developed’ Plans / Auditing the FHA MMIF / New Residential May Become a Player in Ginnie MSRs / Consumer Advocates Not Happy / Top VA Official Departs Agency for PenFed

February 14, 2018
Paul Muolo, Thomas Ressler, and Brandon Ivey
Look for New Residential to become a buyer of Ginnie Mae servicing packages...
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Nation’s Third Largest Servicer Nationstar Agrees to Merge with KKR-Backed WMIH

February 13, 2018
Paul Muolo
Nationstar’s stock is publicly traded, but is majority owned by Fortress Investment Group, which late last year was sold to SoftBank.
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Nation’s Third Largest Servicer Nationstar Agrees to Merge with KKR-Backed WMIH

February 13, 2018
Paul Muolo
Nationstar’s stock is publicly traded, but is majority owned by Fortress Investment Group, which late last year was sold to SoftBank.
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