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
REITs See Value in Owning Non-QM Originators August 11, 2025 Abby Zimmardi “We’ve been investing in Arc, both in people and process, and we’re seeing the results,” said AGMIT's CEO.Read More
Short Takes: A Subservicer Up for Grabs? / More M&A Chatter / Commercial MSRs for Sale / Penny Prices Debt / loanDepot Too August 11, 2025 Paul Muolo We know the name of one nonbank originator that’s working on buying another franchise.Read More
Short Takes: UWM Sticking With 1 Subservicer / Angel Oak Sale Price / Housing Market Sentiment Improves / Cherry Hill Partners With Lender / LendingTree Rated by Fitch August 8, 2025 Brandon Ivey United Wholesale Mortgage has all of its servicing with one subservicer as the nonbank builds an in-house servicing operation.Read More
Short Takes: Blackstone Selling its Stake in Finance of America to FoA / Demand for Mortgages Declines / Santander Boosts Expanded-Credit MBS Issuance / Rithm to Acquire Home Improvement Loans August 5, 2025 Brandon Ivey FoA will fund the purchase of Blackstone's stake in the reverse-mortgage lender with a convertible debt facility.Read More