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Guild Mortgage Strikes First in What Could Be a Busy 2018 for Mergers and Acquisitions

January 18, 2018
Guild Mortgage, which ranks 21st among all home lenders, has agreed to purchase Cornerstone Mortgage, St. Louis, marking the first acquisition of 2018, a year in which the rollup of smaller lending shops could be significant.
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Situs Strikes Again in the Residential Space, Agrees to Buy MSR Broker MountainView

January 5, 2018
Paul Muolo
Back in May, the New York-based Situs bought The Collingwood Group, a Washington, DC-based consulting firm...
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For Sale: $3.5 Billion of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Servicing Rights

January 5, 2018
Paul Muolo
The first quarter could turn out to be a barn-burner for MSR sales…
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Incenter Out with Another MSR Offering, This One for $3 Billion

January 4, 2018
Paul Muolo
The delinquency rate on the MSR portfolio is 1.02 percent...
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IMA Launches First MSR Auction of the New Year

January 3, 2018
Paul Muolo
The seller will consider separate bids on the conventional and government portions…
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What We’re Hearing: The Biggest Story of 2018? Fannie and Freddie, Of Course / An M&A Boom? / Good Luck Mr. Corso / Penny Spends Dollars to Buyback Common / A Very Short Publishing Break

December 29, 2017
Paul Muolo
We get the sense that merger and acquisition activity could be fierce as profit margins tighten...
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Wintrust Announces Agreement to Purchase VA Lender’s Assets

December 22, 2017
Wintrust Financial Corp. has announced an agreement to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of iFreedom Direct Corp., which originates VA-backed loans as Veterans First Mortgage.
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Guaranteed Rate Sells a Chunk of the Company To PE Firm, Raising Questions About Its Future

December 21, 2017
Guaranteed Rate, long the subject of sale rumors, has agreed to sell a chunk of the company to private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners, fueling speculation that in time the rest of the nonbank might be placed on the auction block.
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MountainView Selling Bulk MSRs, but Seller Prefers to be the Subservicer

December 18, 2017
Paul Muolo
The MSR package is dominated by California product…
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Short Takes: What’s Up with Walter? / loanDepot and Going Public? / Capping the MID at $750K / Victor Ciardelli, Still in Charge at Guaranteed Rate / PrimeLending Promotes Thompson

December 18, 2017
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Eventually, loanDepot's investors will want to cash out...
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