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Articles by Paul Muolo

United Wholesale Takes Aim at Two Competitors; Rocket Fires Back

March 5, 2021
Maria Volkova and Paul Muolo
The nation’s largest table-funder, United Wholesale Mortgage, is giving its broker partners an ultimatum: If they work with Rocket Mortgage or Fairway Independent Mortgage, they can’t work for UWM.
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Short Takes: Rumble in Michigan / If You’re Not With Us… / Brother, Can You Spare $50,000? / SFA to Attendees: Make That October

March 5, 2021
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey

The Structured Finance Association again delayed its annual conference in Las Vegas, moving it to early October from the summer...


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Nation’s Largest Wholesaler UWM Takes Aim at Two Competitors; Rocket Fires Back

March 5, 2021
Maria Volkova and Paul Muolo

If loan brokers violate the agreement, it could cost them upwards of $50,000...


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A Rare Feat These Days: mREIT Dynex Sells Common

March 4, 2021
Paul Muolo
There was a time when REITs had no problem pitching secondary offerings of stock but the pandemic ended all that. Enter Dynex Capital...
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Grapevine: A New Benchmark; UWM CEO Takes Aim

March 4, 2021
Paul Muolo and Maria Volkova
All hail a new mortgage benchmark. Meanwhile, a CEO takes aim at some competitors.
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Short Takes: The GSE Headcount / FHFA’s Hiring Plans / Rich Short, Poor Short / Mortgage Shorts that Worked / The 30-Year FRM Cracks 3%

March 4, 2021
Paul Muolo

Don't look now, but 30-year FRMs are now going for north of 3.0%...


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One for the Record Books: A Stunning Year for Warehouse Lenders

March 4, 2021
Paul Muolo
Warehouse providers racked up $137.0 billion of commitments at year end, arming nonbanks with the credit they needed to make a record amount of new loans. A repeat performance in 2021? Probably not, but a good year nonetheless is expected. (Includes data chart.)
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Rocket, the Seventh Most Shorted Stock in America. Meaning?

March 4, 2021
Paul Muolo

What goes up, sometimes comes down.


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Citing COVID, CFPB Wants Delay in General QM Compliance

March 4, 2021
Lisa Burden, Brandon Ivey, and Paul Muolo
The powerful consumer regulator said extending the compliance date of the general QM final rule will give lenders more time to use the GSE “patch.”
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Grapevine: Assessing the IPO Market; A Dumb Short?

March 4, 2021
Paul Muolo
Shorting mortgage stocks seems like an easy way to make money, Right? Don’t bet on it, especially when insiders own most of the shares.
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