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Articles by Paul Muolo

Short Takes: It Started With Bitcoin / All Eyes on First Republic / loanDepot CFO Keeps Selling / MSRs for Sale / A Good Origination Quarter for Citi

April 17, 2023
Paul Muolo
Citibank originated $5.1 billion in home mortgages during the first quarter, almost the same amount it did during the fourth quarter of 2022.
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Things Looking Up for Non-QM Shops Acra and Angel Oak

April 13, 2023
Paul Muolo
Acra’s non-QM pipeline is up to $500 million, double what it was a few months back. Angel Oak is seeing improved conditions as well. Better times ahead for these two nonagency stalwarts? Looks that way.
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Ailing Non-QM Lender Paid CEO $1.5 Million Last Year

April 13, 2023
Paul Muolo
The Newport Beach, CA-based firm lost $39.4 million last year compared to red ink of $3.9 million in 2021.
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After Liquidity Crisis-Induced Pause, Banks Revisit MSRs

April 13, 2023
Paul Muolo
The bank liquidity crisis — although it had nothing to do with mortgages — slowed activity in the MSR sales arena. However, some buyers, including federally insured depositories, hung in there, picking up bargains.
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The Consolidation Question: What of HMPT, loanDepot?

April 13, 2023
Paul Muolo
Home Point, which once boasted a workforce of several thousand, soon will be down to a skeleton crew of 60 or so. Chances are, it will sell its servicing portfolio and call it a day. But it may not be alone on that score.
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IMA Announces Second MSR Auction of the Week

April 12, 2023
Paul Muolo
The portfolio has a weighted average coupon of 3.26% and a loan-to-value ratio of 66.5%.
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Mortgage Layoffs Accelerated in February

April 11, 2023
Paul Muolo
With interest rates falling in recent weeks, the origination market has perked up a bit, but...
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Lenders Frustrated by Wave of GSE Buybacks

April 11, 2023
Paul Muolo
Lenders interviewed by Inside MBS & ABS said they are receiving more buyback requests than before.
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How Long Might Home Point Keep Its MSRs?

April 10, 2023
Paul Muolo
The sale agreement leaves the Ann Arbor, MI-based Home Point with one chief asset: its MSRs.
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Short Takes: A Skeleton Crew at HMPT / Wholesale in His Veins / More MSR Offerings / A GNMA Package From IMA / Expensive Bid Yields on NB Debt

April 10, 2023
Paul Muolo
Incenter Mortgage Advisors is offering a $4.94 billion portfolio of Ginnie Mae rights...
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