New Concerns Arise About Nonbanks’ Ability to Meet Ginnie MBS Servicing Advances June 24, 2016 Paul Muolo Ginnie Mae officials believe it is becoming increasingly important that nonbank mortgage servicers find new sources of capital...Read More
What We’re Hearing: Mortgage Lenders to England: Thanks for Igniting Another Refi Boom / Servicers Cringe? Maybe Not / Brexit, Plunging Rates and the GSE ‘Hedging’ Issue / More on a Possible FHA MIP Cut / Capsilon Gets Investment from PE Firm June 24, 2016 Paul Muolo What does the Brexit vote for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Hedging losses, maybe?Read More
Short Takes: What’s an NBA Championship Worth? About 25 BPs / MountainView Selling Ginnie Mae MSRs / 20 Percent Down Isn’t the Right Answer? / Homeownership, a Complicated Affair / Ditech Hires Ex-SunTrust Exec June 23, 2016 Brandon Ivey, Macie Jones, and Paul Muolo Who needs a toaster when you can have a mortgage at a 25 basis point discount?Read More
Ginnie Mae Hosts ‘Liquidity Summit’ on Friday; A Concern That the Megabanks Have Split for Good? June 23, 2016 Paul Muolo How big of a deal in this liquidity summit? Well, officials from the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department will be there...Read More
CRT Capital Group Pulls the Plug on Sterne Agee CRT; Firm Followed Several Mortgage Stocks June 22, 2016 Paul Muolo CRT Capital’s backers include Aquiline Capital Partners, which 18 months ago bought a large stake in subservicer/service provider LenderLive.Read More
25 Trade and Community Groups Tell FHFA Chief Mel Watt: Kill LLPAs Now June 22, 2016 Paul Muolo The mortgage industry and others want LLPAs eliminated now...Read More
IMA Selling Almost $5 Billion of GSE Servicing Rights June 22, 2016 Paul Muolo The market is beginning to see more MSR auctions, much of it tied to GSE product...Read More
Short Takes: FHA Ready to Cut the MIP? / 100 Guests at Ginnie Liquidity Summit / In Demand: Mortgage Underwriters / Citadel Employee Count at 160 and Growing / Freddie Keeps Selling NPLs June 22, 2016 Carisa Chappell and Paul Muolo Roughly 100 guests were invited to the Ginnie Mae "liquidity summit," including regulators from the Federal Reserve. Read More
PE Firms Rethinking their Massive Investments in MSRs? June 21, 2016 Paul Muolo Seneca – whose backers include The Blackstone Group, EJF Capital and Arbor Commercial Mortgage – may not be so growth-oriented going forward.Read More
Carrington Will Fund GSE Loans Via Mortgage Brokers June 21, 2016 Paul Muolo Although Carrington does not disclose lending volumes, at March 31, it was the 10th largest servicer of Ginnie Mae loans with a balance of $32.25 billion, according to government data.Read More