Flagstar in Talks with CFPB Over Alleged Loss Mitigation Violations, Default Servicing August 27, 2014 Paul Muolo Flagstar, which owns roughly $69 billion in mortgage servicing rights, said it has already provided the CFPB with documents and “other information.”Read More
Short Takes: Top FHA Lender with a (Relatively) Low LTV / Share Price of Altisource Unit Turns Ugly / Fannie Customer Count / Nationwide Title Goes Green / New President for BB&T August 27, 2014 Paul Muolo On Wednesday, shares of Altisource Asset Management Corp. were selling for $697 compared to a 52-week high of $1,209.Read More
Ginnie Mae Will Sell $5.7 Billion of Taylor Bean MSRs but Not Until Next Year August 27, 2014 Paul Muolo “BofA did a poor servicing job for us,” said Ginnie Mae President Ted Tozer.Read More
81 Percent of Independent Mortgage Firms are Now Profitable August 26, 2014 Paul Muolo MBA derived its profit figures from data provided by 349 residential originators.Read More
FHFA IG Places Blame for TBW Scandal on Regulators, Counterparties, Investors August 26, 2014 Paul Muolo The FHFA IG claims a Fannie Mae executive back in 2000 discovered that TBW had pledged the same collateral – mortgages – to both Fannie and another company. But then Fannie took no action until two years later.Read More
Prospect Mortgage Still in the Hunt for M&A Deals, But So Far Nothing August 26, 2014 Paul Muolo A few months back, merger talks between Prospect and Caliber Home Loans broke down. To date, both companies have declined to discuss the matter.Read More
Short Takes: Will the FHFA Extend the Comment Period for MI Firms? / Some Consumers Believe HARP is a Scam / Freddie (and Fannie) Got Taken by a Wolf / Bill Erbey (Indirectly) Owns a Much Larger Stake in Altisource August 26, 2014 Paul Muolo Indirectly, Bill Erbey controls about 5.9 million shares of Altisource through a limited liability company called Salt Pond Holdings.Read More
Subsidiary of Publicly Traded Firm Selling $1.1 Billion of MSRs August 25, 2014 Paul Muolo Written bids are due by Wednesday, Aug. 27 with the closing coming by the end of October. LoanCare is listed as the subservicer.Read More
In Settling with the FHFA, Goldman Will Buyback PLS for $3.15 Billion August 25, 2014 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo According to the Inside Mortgage Finance MBS Database, the original unpaid principal balance of the PLS deals in question was almost $40 billion. Read More
Short Takes: Altisource to Hire 500 Workers…in India / Altisource Investors Not Happy? / Phoenix Capital Stays Busy with MSR Deals / Atlanta FHLB Joins MPF Program / 360 Mortgage Hires Western Regional Manager August 25, 2014 Paul Muolo and Charles Wisniowski Altisource shareholders are not happy campers these days. The firm’s stock is trading at $91 compared to a 52-week high of $171.Read More