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Servicing Transfers Were Strong in 2Q19. Then, Why are Dealmakers Feeling So Blue?

August 13, 2019
Paul Muolo

There’s also a lag time involved. A deal might be signed and completed but the MSR portfolios might not actually transfer to the new owner for several months.


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Freedom Mortgage: Cash In Hand and Ready to Buy?

August 9, 2019
Paul Muolo

Not only does the Mt. Laurel, NJ-based company rank seventh among originators, it’s also the 11th largest servicer.


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Freedom Mortgage Inks Another M&A Deal. More on the Way?

August 8, 2019
Paul Muolo
The top-10 originator recently agreed to buy mid-sized lender J.G. Wentworth Home Loans of the mid-Atlantic. M&A sources contend that Stan Middleman’s shop has more deals in the pipeline.
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MSR-Hungry New Residential Readies Preferred Stock Deal, Provides Ditech Update

August 8, 2019
Paul Muolo

At June 30, the REIT owned $441 billion of MSRs, a 9.7% increase from March 31. The figure exclude excess servicing rights.


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More Bad News from Ocwen: Subservicing Clients Disappearing, $872M in Debt Coming Due

August 7, 2019
Paul Muolo

In a new 10-Q filing with the SEC, Ocwen disclosed roughly 40 “risk factors,” including “uncertainty” tied to litigation, cease and desist orders, investigations brought by government agencies and more…


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Incenter Sets $5.3B MSR Auction with a ‘Flow’ Component

August 5, 2019
Paul Muolo

IMA says the seller wants to establish a working relationship with the buyer to subservice the mortgages.


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Freedom Mortgage Strikes Again with Another M&A Deal, Agrees to Buy Sub of OTC-Traded Firm

August 1, 2019
Paul Muolo

In 2016, J.G. Wentworth Co. was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. At the time, its shares traded for 40 cents apiece compared a 52-week high of $10.41. 


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Short Takes: Watch the (GSE) Language / Betting on a Dividend / What Will Trump Tweet After the FOMC Meets? / In Hedging We Trust / Covius Completes M&A Deal

July 30, 2019
Paul Muolo

You can bet that President Trump will tweet something out about the FOMC decision shortly after it happens…


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A Net Loss for New Residential, but a Huge Pipeline of MSR Deals

July 30, 2019
Paul Muolo

In general, New Residential Investment Corp. does not look at portfolios of less than $5 billion in size, according to market watchers...


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Signs of Life in the MSR Auction Market? IMA and Situs AMC are Active

July 24, 2019
Paul Muolo

Situs Managing Director Mark Garland said the MSR sale market is beginning to thaw a bit after being slowed by declining interest rates.


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