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Paul Muolo

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Short Takes: You Can’t Go Wrong Investing in Treasuries / Barclays Quits Aurora / Less Cash for Vendor / Reducing Repos / A New CIO for Two Harbors

August 16, 2022
Paul Muolo
As residential originations head south, more publicly traded nonbanks are reducing their repo lines...
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Might Wells Toss its Correspondent Program Overboard?

August 15, 2022
Paul Muolo
In the second quarter, Wells almost eclipsed Rocket Mortgage as the nation’s largest home originator...
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Short Takes: A New IP MBS / Trading Low / Title I Comments Due / Wells’ FHA and VA Production / End the Conservatorships Now?

August 15, 2022
Paul Muolo and Dennis Hollier
A new nonagency MBS has hit the market...
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Three Years After Being Sold to Freedom, RoundPoint is Sold Again

August 12, 2022
Paul Muolo
It’s been a bit quiet on the mortgage company M&A front the past few months, but a few deals are getting done, including Two Harbors agreeing to buy RoundPoint Mortgage.
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A Pause in MSR Sales, Bids. But For How Long?

August 12, 2022
Paul Muolo
As one dealmaker noted: "Some buyers are filled up, at least for now.”
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A Few Months After Launch, Non-QM Correspondent Effort Shuttered

August 12, 2022
Paul Muolo
Another non-QM lender has fallen...
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Short Takes: Stan (the ‘Man’) on the Nats? / A Mets-Like Price? / Sell MSRs, Buy Baseball? / Another LD Seller / No MSRs? No Good

August 12, 2022
Paul Muolo
Mortgage mogul Stan Middleman a candidate to buy the Washington Nationals?
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MBS Trading Continues to Slope Southward

August 11, 2022
Paul Muolo
Interest rates have fallen recently but are now going the other way. As for MBS trading and creation, it’s not a pretty picture these days.
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A Respite in MSR Sales and Bids, But Probably Not for Long

August 11, 2022
Paul Muolo
Servicing sales have been a boon to lenders this year as origination volumes head south. But are the good times about to end or is it a market in need of a breather?
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Cenlar’s Long-Time Chief Suddenly Retires

August 11, 2022
Paul Muolo
Cenlar, the nation’s largest subservicer, has a new leadership team. The move comes roughly 10 months after federal sanctions were filed against the firm.
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