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Paul Muolo

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Subservicing Growth Faces Headwinds

August 25, 2022
Paul Muolo
For the most part, subservicing growth has been slow, thanks to booming MSR sales and some non-traditional servicing owners shifting strategies. Cenlar, though, remains the nation’s number one subservicer. (Includes data chart.)
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While Servicing Sales Boom, Transfer Times Slip

August 25, 2022
Paul Muolo
Thanks to the spike in MSR sales this year, reviews of the underlying collateral are backing up, causing delays in portfolios being transferred to new owners. Implications?
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Grapevine: Oh Cyclicality! / Exceptions to the Rule

August 25, 2022
Paul Muolo
Residential finance can be cyclical, but what inning is the correction in? Investors are willing to buy mortgage company debt...but at a price.
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A Price War? Nation’s Third-Largest Wholesaler Cuts (Certain) Rates by 75 BPs

August 24, 2022
Paul Muolo
Despite the price cut by Home Point, a spokesman said, “This isn’t a play at creating more of a price war in the industry.”
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Short Takes: The Top of the List: Cost-Cutting / New HELOCs from UWM / A Change in Rates / AAM’s Warehouse Bank / Housing Softness Thru 2023

August 24, 2022
Paul Muolo
Housing "softness" has arrived and it could last through 2023...
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Better.com Founder Garg Says Lender Committed to ‘Greater Capitalization’

August 23, 2022
Paul Muolo
Better, which remains privately held, has yet to release its 2Q22 results.
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Short Takes: Non-QM Veteran Lands / The ICE Deal: Too Much Market Share? / Less Optimistic on Originations? / Liking SoFi / If Only You Lived in a Nice Neighborhood (in Boise)…

August 23, 2022
Paul Muolo
ICE is waiting on the FTC before the Black Knight deal can proceed...
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Like Its Common, loanDepot’s Debt is Heavily Discounted

August 22, 2022
Paul Muolo
loanDepot, the nation's seventh largest home lender, is seeing its debt get heavily discounted...
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Short Takes: Debt at a Price / In Latin We Trust / Growth for Fix & Flip Lender / A DSCR Launch / A Lower Head Count at ICE

August 22, 2022
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey
New debt deals are still getting done, but at a price...
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The Purchase Price for a Four-Year-Old MSR Analytics Firm: $101 Million

August 19, 2022
Paul Muolo
The purchase price includes $30 million in cash...
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