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Paul Muolo

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Short Takes: UWM v. Rocket, Suns v. Cavaliers / Now Add LeBron? / First and Second / Market Cap / Middleman and the Nats?

December 21, 2022
Paul Muolo
UWM ranked first among all residential originators in the third quarter, Rocket second…
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An M&A Deal Brewing Between Union Home and AmeriFirst?

December 20, 2022
Paul Muolo
Union Home ranks 63rd among single-family originators...
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MSR Sales Should be Strong Next Year. Caveats?

December 19, 2022
Paul Muolo
IMA's Tom Piercy is forecasting that a robust volume of product will hit the auction circuit next year...
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Brokerage UMortgage is Busy Kicking Some M&A Tires

December 19, 2022
Paul Muolo
After the NXT deal is completed, UMortgage will have 239 loan originators in 47 states...
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Short Takes: Carpe Diem Time for Depositories and Mortgages? / Advantages / Scalable? / A Sudden Departure at Rithm / Fighting Homelessness

December 19, 2022
Paul Muolo and Monica Hogan
But will banks cash in on their supposed advantage?
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A Real Head Scratcher: A Figure-Bank-Warehouse SPAC? 

December 16, 2022
Paul Muolo
The combined entity would be public, allowing FAC’s investors to cash out.
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Short Takes: New Contracts for the PennyMac Braintrust / How Much? / Last Year’s Pay / And Then There’s FoA…

December 16, 2022
Paul Muolo
PennyMac, meanwhile has held up fairly well, its shares selling for $55.60.
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Another Bank Gives Up the Ghost of Wholesale Lending

December 16, 2022
Paul Muolo
Will the last federally insured depository in wholesale lending please turn off the lights when it leaves? After buying MUFG Union, U.S. Bank is pulling the plug on Union Bank’s loan broker business.
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SFR Giant Invitation De-Levers by Prepaying MBS

December 15, 2022
Paul Muolo
When times get tough, the smart money starts to find ways to save money any way it can. If you’re SFR REIT Invitation Homes, prepaying an outstanding MBS is one way to go.
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Grapevine: Believing in mREITs Again; A SoFi Anniversary

December 15, 2022
Paul Muolo and Dennis Hollier
The tide may be turning for MBS-gobbling real estate investment trusts. If you’re an investor looking for a buy-low, sell-high trade, this may be it. That is, as long as rates don’t reverse course and head higher. Meanwhile, it’s almost a year since SoFi became an FDIC-insured bank.
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