MBA Chief Dave Stevens: The GSE Capital Buffer is a Distraction December 14, 2017 Paul Muolo The CHLA repeated its plea that FHFA Director Mel Watt withhold GSE dividend payments to Treasury and allow Fannie and Freddie to build capital…Read More
A Slow Fourth Quarter for Servicing Sales, but 1Q18 Could be a Barn-Burner December 13, 2017 Paul Muolo Another contributing factor to slower sales: Concerns about how the pending GOP tax bill might hammer the asset value of servicing rights...Read More
Nonprime Lender Citadel Hopes to Hire 150 Over the Coming 12 Months December 13, 2017 Paul Muolo Citadel CEO Dan Perl: “We’re on a hiring spree.”Read More
Short Takes: GSE Dividend Payments: All Systems Go? / Cutting GSE Shareholders out of the Equation? / Wintrust Buying Mortgage Assets from VA Lender / UWM and MC Strike Deal / Chase Exec Bolts for Hamilton December 13, 2017 Paul Muolo In a new blog posting, Investors Unite asks the basic question: “Are Fannie’s and Freddie’s foes driving GSE reform?”Read More
REITs and Nonprime Lenders Look to Strike ‘Working Relationships’ December 12, 2017 Paul Muolo Mike Fierman, managing partner and co-CEO of the Angel Oak Companies: “I get calls every day” from investment funds.Read More
Nonprime Lending Competition Could Heat up in 2018 December 12, 2017 Paul Muolo It appears that Angel Oak, Caliber and Citadel Servicing Corp. might have more company in the nonprime arena come next year…Read More
Short Takes: Casey (Crawford) Sacked by Mortgage Regulators in California / The California Wild Fires and Mortgages / MBA Hires Spencer Stuart for CEO Search / Dems File Amicus Brief in CFPB Case December 12, 2017 Paul Muolo and Thomas Ressler Moral of the story: If you're going to service loans in California, you better have a license...Read More
It’s that Time of the Year: Mortgage Layoffs December 11, 2017 Paul Muolo Still, large cutbacks have not been the norm, at least not yet…Read More
Phoenix Capital Auctioning Off Bulk MSR Package December 11, 2017 Paul Muolo The seller of the MSR package is looking for a final sale date of Jan. 31…Read More
Short Takes: And Now for a Word About Bitcoin / Can Trump Clear the Air? / Consultant Wonders about Endorsements / MIAC Selling NPLs, RPLs / Farmer Mac CEO Fired with No Severance December 11, 2017 Paul Muolo One of these days an answer will arrive, but until a mortgage company is sold for Bitcoins, we’ll stay on the sidelines…Read More