Short Takes: Deals on the Way? / A $63 Billion MSR Offering / Frost Enters the Residential Arena / Covius Agrees to Buy Title Firm / (Near) Record Margins for Builders September 17, 2021 Paul Muolo With yearend in sight, deal mania approaches...Read More
The Status of Houlihan’s FHFA Contract? Hard to Say September 16, 2021 Paul Muolo A $45 million investment banking contract hangs in the balance as the FHFA maneuvers the future of Fannie and Freddie.Read More
Fannie/Freddie MSR Package Available for Purchase September 16, 2021 Paul Muolo Bulk MSR auctions have been slow of late, with some participants reporting an increase in privately negotiated transactions.Read More
Short Takes: Here Come the GSE CRT Deals? / A Capital Haircut / Of Squirrels and Woolly Mammoths / An Early Backer of the Utility Model / A New CRE Hire for Amherst September 16, 2021 Paul Muolo The market might see more GSE CRT deals. Here's why...Read More
Wells Still No. 1 in MSRs, but OCC Sanctions Loom Large September 16, 2021 Paul Muolo Wells Fargo could clean up as a seller of mortgage servicing rights (if it wanted to) but a new round of sanctions is clouding its future in residential finance.Read More
Grapevine: A Mixed Opinion of Calabria? Squirrels? September 16, 2021 Paul Muolo and Monica Hogan Assessing the legacy of former FHFA Director Mark Calabria: Did he do more harm than good? All depends on your line of business.Read More
The Next FHFA Director? The Situation Is Fluid September 15, 2021 Dennis Hollier and Paul Muolo Missing in action from the White House nominee list: Mike Calhoun...Read More
Short Takes: A Final GSE Capital Rule? / Apparently Not / Redwood Buys Into Liquid Mortgage / A Slight Increase in New Business September 15, 2021 Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey Many in the industry didn’t know about the GSE capital rule review, others did...Read More
Impac Executive Donatacci Departs for The Money Source September 14, 2021 Paul Muolo Donatacci joined the non-QM and conventional lender roughly two years ago.Read More
Prestwick Offers Up Fannie/Freddie MSRs September 14, 2021 Paul Muolo There are plenty of servicing buyers, but sellers are scarce right now...Read More