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Subservicing Gains Get Downsized by Coronavirus

June 11, 2020
Paul Muolo
Subservicing firms continued to grow in the first quarter, albeit at a slower pace. The reason: Coronavirus and a lack of flow deals. (Includes data chart.)
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Industry Veteran McCord Indicted on Fraud Charges

June 11, 2020
Dennis Hollier and Paul Muolo
Oklahoma-based First Mortgage’s former President Ron McCord faces 24 counts of bank fraud, money laundering and making a false statement to a financial institution.
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Guaranteed Rate Arrives on the M&A Scene as a Buyer

June 4, 2020
Paul Muolo
The mortgage M&A market has been dormant during the pandemic, but all that could soon change. Guaranteed Rate, for one, is looking to buy.
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Unsaleable MSRs Could Turn to Gold in a Few Months

May 28, 2020
Paul Muolo
Mortgage servicing rights have little value in today’s secondary market, but investment bankers predict that one day, maybe soon, this volatile asset will once again rise from the ashes.
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Freedom’s Purchase of RoundPoint: Dead or on Life Support?

May 14, 2020
Paul Muolo

The Freedom-RoundPoint acquisition appears headed for the scrap heap, but so far, mum's the word. Will anything change?


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Grapevine: The 2.5% Conventional FRM is Here / FHFA’s New Deferral Option

May 14, 2020
Paul Muolo and Dennis Hollier

UWM has rolled out an ambitious new program to fund a ton of conventional FRMs at 2.5%. Meanwhile, Fannie/Freddie borrowers have a new COVID-19 payment deferral option.


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Signs of Life in Bulk MSR Sales as Tire Kickers Return

May 7, 2020
Paul Muolo
MSR investors are looking at new offerings in the bulk market but mostly on a negotiated basis. Flow deals are dead but that could change.
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FHFA Clarifies: Impac’s MSR Sale Was Not Forced

May 7, 2020
Paul Muolo
Impac Mortgage Holdings is about to unload what’s left of its MSR assets. Meaning?
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MSR Sales Market Mostly Dead (Reason: Coronavirus)

March 26, 2020
Paul Muolo
The servicing acquisition market often gets whipsawed by falling interest rates. But it now has a bigger enemy: financial uncertainty.
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A-Paper Mortgage M&A: Buyers are Out There, Sellers Not So Much

March 5, 2020
Paul Muolo
The A-paper M&A market is in the doldrums. The reason: lenders are making money hand-over-fist and company owners are hanging on for one last shot at the refi rodeo.
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