A Bullish Sign for Fannie and Freddie? Rep. Mulvaney as Trump’s OMB Director? December 19, 2016 Paul Muolo Treasury controls the senior preferred stock of the GSEs. The junior preferred and common continues to trade in the over-the-counter market and through private transactions. The latter two classes of stock are considered speculative in nature.Read More
Mutual Fund Company T. Rowe Price Reduces Stake in PHH December 19, 2016 Paul Muolo Over the past year, PHH’s share price has traded as high as $16.80 versus a 52-week low of $8.26.Read More
Short Takes: PHH Files Layoff Notice with NYS / Jobs Will be Offered to Certain Employees / Altisource Wanted to Buy LPS / Mortgage Network Names New President December 19, 2016 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo PHH had been subservicing the loans for HSBC and the new owner of the MSRs had opted to bring the loans inhouse instead of using PHH…Read More
As Rates Move Higher, a New Found Optimism Hits the MSR Market. Can it Last? December 16, 2016 Paul Muolo The 'Trump Bump' Hits the MSR market as well...Read More
What We’re Hearing: As Rates Move Higher, Disaster Looms for the Mortgage Industry (Not Really) / The Stock Market Will ‘Correct’ on This Date… / New Fannie Survey Finds Lenders Glum / He’s Back: Nonprime Veteran Jon Daurio December 16, 2016 Paul Muolo If rates don’t improve in the next few months, one area where lenders will try to save money is on loan officer compensation... Read More
FHFA Unveils GSE ‘Scorecard’ for 2017. Several Items on the List, Including CRTs, ‘Underserved Borrowers’ and Servicing Liquidity December 15, 2016 Paul Muolo The FHFA’s mention of servicing liquidity is an acknowledgement of the growing market share gains by nonbanks.Read More
Ocwen Shakes Up TPO, Combines Wholesale and Correspondent Sales Team at Homeward; Former ICON Executive Put in Charge December 15, 2016 Paul Muolo Usually, when a lender consolidates sales units, a certain amount of workers are let go... Read More
Short Takes: GSE Scorecard Surprises? / Revisiting PMIERs? / MI Stocks Trade Near Highs / More MSR Auctions on the Way / ‘Flex’ Replaces ‘HAMP’ December 15, 2016 Carisa Chappell and Paul Muolo Investors are snatching up shares of publicly traded MI firms...Read More
When the Going Gets Tough, Some Lenders Start Cutting Fees December 14, 2016 Paul Muolo “Roughly 30 to 40 percent of our customers are eligible to waive escrows,” said UWM CEO Mat Ishbia.Read More
Mortgage Applications Drop 4.0 Percent, but Refi Share Rises December 14, 2016 Paul Muolo Some industry executives believe the recent spike in interest rates could prove temporary.Read More