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Phoenix Selling Almost $400 Million of GSE Servicing Rights

November 7, 2016
Paul Muolo
The MSRs that Phoenix is trying to sell have a 30-day delinquency rate of 0.2 percent with no foreclosures.
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Short Takes: A Decent Quarter for Stonegate? / A Move Toward TPO / FGMC Seeks LOs for Goodmortgage.com / Garrett’s Role in HomeBridge Deal / Freddie Prepares New HLS

November 7, 2016
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Not too long ago, Stonegate Mortgage began deemphasizing retail in favor of correspondent and wholesale...
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Finally, a Decent-Sized Mortgage M&A Deal: HomeBridge To Buy Prospect. More to Come? Go Big or Go Home?

November 3, 2016
HomeBridge Financial Services this week agreed to buy the assets of Prospect Mortgage, marking one of the largest acquisitions of the year and stoking the hopes of investment bankers that more deals may lay ahead. But HomeBridge’s purchase of Prospect could turn out to be an anomaly. According to HomeBridge CEO Peter Norden, the two parties had been talking on and off about combining forces for roughly five years. For Norden, the combination of the two nonbanks – both privately held – is...
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After HomeBridge Buys Prospect Mortgage, Guaranteed Employment for 900 Retail LOs

November 2, 2016
Paul Muolo
After HomeBridge buys the Sherman Oaks, CA-based lender, the Prospect Mortgage name will disappear, said CEO Peter Norden.
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Phoenix Selling $1.8 Billion of GSE Servicing Rights

November 1, 2016
Paul Muolo
According to the offering circular, 82 percent of the underlying mortgages were sourced through loan brokers...
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Prospect Mortgage Slated for Sale to HomeBridge. Combined Firm Could Rank #10 Among NBs

November 1, 2016
Paul Muolo
The sale was brokered by investment banker Houlihan Lokey.
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Agency MSR Transfer Market Gained Speed in 3Q16

October 31, 2016
John Bancroft
Pingora Loan Servicing, Matrix Financial Services and Arvest Bank were the top acquirers of GSE servicing through co-issuance over the first nine months of the year.
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MIAC Selling $880 Million of Servicing; MountainView to Auction NPLs

October 31, 2016
Paul Muolo
The NPLs are being offered on behalf of a residential loan asset manager…
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Will Ginnie Mae’s New ‘Acknowledgement Agreement’ Bolster MSR Liquidity?

October 28, 2016
Paul Muolo
Late this week, a spokesperson for Ginnie Mae could not offer any specifics about the revised acknowledgement agreement but noted the changes are “almost” complete.
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Genworth’s MI Division Could See Boost in Ratings as a Result of Firm’s Sale to Chinese Financial Conglomerate

October 27, 2016
An agreement by a Chinese international financial holding group to acquire Genworth Financial for approximately $2.7 billion, or $5.43 per share, would give China a foothold in the U.S. mortgage insurance market. Announced on Oct. 23 by Genworth, the sale follows the planned sale of market leader United Guaranty to Arch Capital Group, a global provider of mortgage insurance and reinsurance based in Bermuda. The entire Genworth family of companies, including the MI division, is...
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