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Articles by Paul Muolo

FHFA to the GSEs: Your ‘Charter Creep’ Days are Over

May 23, 2019
Paul Muolo

New FHFA Director Mark Calabria singled out GSE "charter creep" as something he would like to eliminate. But he was short on specifics. Still, an FHFA probe of the matter has been launched.


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Short Takes: Profiting from GSE Reform / REO v. OREO / Hey, Did You Know What the Hippocampus Is, Wise Guy? / FHA Recovery Rates Can Vary / Chimera Preps New MBS Deal

May 22, 2019
Paul Muolo

In some reporting circles, OREO stands for "other" real estate-owned...


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Falling Rates, a Thorn in the Side of MSR Sales

May 22, 2019
Paul Muolo

Mark Garland, executive vice president of MountainView Financial Solutions, is a firm believer that interest rates will stop declining at some point and the MSR sales machine will pick up a head of steam.


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Short Takes: GSE Shareholders to Calabria: Where Can We Send the Cigars and Bourbon? / Preferreds Too / Ackman and Berkowitz Smiling? / Another GSE Investor / Plaza Home Rolls Out New High-Balance Loan

May 21, 2019
Paul Muolo
Stock price rising: Fannie and Freddie...
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Mortgage Industry Digests Calabria’s Remarks. No Details (Yet) on Recap & Release

May 21, 2019
Paul Muolo

FHFA Director Mark Calabria: "For instance, we are actively reviewing all recent expansions into new markets and activities to put an end to the era of charter creep."


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Pretium Partners Eyeing Non-QM Lender Deephaven?

May 21, 2019
Paul Muolo

Last fall, Pretium made a big splash in the mortgage market, agreeing to buy Selene Holdings...


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The End May be Near for Ditech. As Auction Nears, SEC Filings Go Dark

May 17, 2019
Paul Muolo

The ailing Ditech Financial signaled in a new SEC filing that it will no longer file public reports on its quarterly and monthly results. The move comes days before bids are due on the franchise.


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Treasury’s Architect of GSE Reform Craig Phillips Leaving. What Next?

May 17, 2019
Paul Muolo
Most GSE watchers were shocked by the news of Phillips departure, but not all...
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Things of Worry for Ginnie Mae Investors: Fast Prepays, Investigations

May 17, 2019
Paul Muolo

Ginnie MBS payments are covered by Uncle Sam but investors still have plenty to worry about...


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Treasury Architect of GSE Reform Craig Phillips Leaving

May 16, 2019
Paul Muolo

Almost every GSE watcher knows Treasury counselor Craig Phillips is the chief architect of the blueprint to reform mortgage giants Fannie Mae ad Freddie Mac. But late this week, news broke that he's resigning. Now what?


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