Short Takes: Leaving Behind His Personal Views Regarding Fannie and Freddie / Reporting Results on the Very Same Day, a Rarity / If Only They Could’ve Kept Their Earnings / CHLA Backs Calabria February 14, 2019 Paul Muolo Fannie and Freddie rarely report quarterly results on the same day, but they did so this morning...Read More
FHFA Nominee Mark Calabria Promises to Leave His Personal GSE Views at the Door February 13, 2019 Paul Muolo The nominee promises not to impose his personal views on Fannie and Freddie...Read More
GSE Single-Family MBS Issuance Off to a Slow Start in January February 13, 2019 John Bancroft Wells Fargo, Quicken Loans and PennyMac ranked first, second and third, respectively, in loan sales to Fannie and Freddie during January…Read More
Short Takes: A Nice Month for Pershing Square / No Mention of the GSEs / A Mortgage-Related M&A Deal Drags On / Delayed by the Chinese New Year / A New MBS From Deephaven / Pavaso Hires Mortgage Tech Vet Tim Anderson February 13, 2019 Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey After two-plus years of waiting, the Genworth deal has yet to close... Read More
Short Takes: GSE Junior Preferred Shareholders Could Get Paid / Wedbush Tells Investors to Take the Cash / New Rez Sees a Buying Opportunity in MSRs / CFPB to America: Save Some of That Tax Return! February 12, 2019 Paul Muolo Bove sees some type of compensation going to the preferred shareholders of Fannie and Freddie...Read More
A Victory for Fannie/Freddie Shareholders? Investors Unite Revels in Collins v. Mnuchin Ruling February 11, 2019 Dennis Hollier You could almost hear the whoops coming from shareholders around the country...Read More
Short Takes: Exiting a GSE Investment / The Fed Likely Will Greenlight the BB&T-SunTrust Merger / No. 9 / Please, Just Don’t Pick a Name Like Mr. Cooper / How Much Lower Can Ditech Go? / CoesterVMS? February 11, 2019 Paul Muolo The big unknown about the merger: Once completed, what name will the new bank and mortgage company take? Read More
What We’re Hearing: Salivating at the Prospect of a Fannie-Freddie Stock Offering? / Mulvaney Again / Waiting in the Wings for Treasury’s GSE Assignment? / What Could Stand in the Way? / MI Roundup / Wells Fargo, the MBS King / A New Legislative Hire for February 8, 2019 Paul Muolo But one thing is certain: the Trump White House is not monkeying around with GSE reform...Read More
Agency MBS Production Fell Modestly in January February 8, 2019 John Bancroft It was the lowest combined output for the three agencies since February 2016, when just $80.49 billion of new MBS were issued.Read More
Calabria’s FHFA Nomination Hearing Set for Feb. 14 February 8, 2019 Paul Muolo Calabria has firm support among Republicans on the SBC and the backing of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell...Read More
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