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Articles by Paul Muolo

Mortgage M&A: Buyers Are Out There. But Sellers?

July 9, 2020
Paul Muolo
The mortgage M&A landscape has been a desert for most of the year but, as always, hope springs eternal for deal makers.
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Mortgage M&A: Buyers Are Out There, but Lack Sellers

July 9, 2020
Paul Muolo

Potential buyers of mortgage franchises are making their intentions known. But there’s just one problem: A lack of willing sellers.


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Originations Up in Second Quarter for Many Lenders

July 6, 2020
Paul Muolo

Finance of America Mortgage funded roughly $5.19 billion in the second quarter, a $1 billion sequential improvement. Other lenders also posted gains.


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Short Takes: Please Sign This COVID-19-Related Form / More Underwriters Needed / Arch’s New ILN Deal / Depositories Might Get Exemption on High-Cost Loans / Happy Fourth

July 2, 2020
Paul Muolo

What mortgage bankers need right now: more processors and underwriters...


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Originations Appear to Have Topped Expectations in 2Q

July 2, 2020
Paul Muolo
The book just closed on the second quarter, and it appears that many nonbank originators closed more loans than they did in 1Q20.
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CoreLogic Receives Takeover Bid. Antitrust Anyone?

July 2, 2020
Paul Muolo
Bill Foley, the man who made Fidelity Financial into a title insurance giant, has his eyes on mortgage analytics vendor CoreLogic. But will antitrust concerns prevail?
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Mortgage Bankers Cut Jobs in May While Brokers Added Positions

July 2, 2020
Paul Muolo

Loan brokers, on the other hand, added 1,100 full-timers in May, bringing their employment count to 93,700. Over the past 12 months, brokerage firms have added 8,500 workers.


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Short Takes: FoA Looks to Buy Servicing / A Problem: Origination Capacity / A Dip in Applications / Wanted: Larger Homes / A New CD for CHLA

July 1, 2020
Paul Muolo

Finance of America sees an opportunity in mortgage servicing rights...


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Ultra-Low Interest Rates Spark a Rush to Hedge MSRs

July 1, 2020
Paul Muolo

Steve Harris of MIAC: “There are many folks looking to hedge, but only until they can sell into a reasonable [MSR] bid.”


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Short Takes: GSE Recap Imperiled by SCOTUS? / Massive Strides Under Calabria / A Biden Victory Means... / A New CFO at Hamilton Group

June 30, 2020
Paul Muolo

Is the Fannie/Freddie 're-IPO' now a big question mark?


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