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Paul Muolo

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Short Takes: Refis, Not Quite Dead Yet / Stock Buybacks / Going Private? / Time to Sell IMH / More MSR Auctions / BBB?

March 2, 2022
Paul Muolo and Monica Hogan
The share price of non-QM lender Impac Mortgage keeps sinking...
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Short Takes: Warehouse-Related M&A / Presence? / Still Waiting at the Altar / Ocwen’s Contract Concern / Wells Fargo’s New Correspondent Chief

March 1, 2022
Paul Muolo
In its new 10-K filing, Ocwen Financial reminds investors the legacy subservicing agreement it has with New Residential Investment Corp. expires in July of this year.
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Non-QM Loan Pricing Hits a Dry Patch

February 28, 2022
Paul Muolo
In recent weeks, buyers of non-QM whole loans have scaled back their bid prices.
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Prestwick Offering Roughly $882 Million of GSE MSRs

February 28, 2022
Paul Muolo
Servicing prices are the strongest they’ve been in years, a situation that isn’t likely to change anytime soon.
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Short Takes: 20% Interest Rates / Check the Portfolio / Ocwen’s Loss, Profit / Undervalued? / A Falling 10-Year

February 28, 2022
Paul Muolo
Ocwen's “subservicing sales pipeline” grew to $300 billion as of Dec. 31…
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MSR Market in Danger of Getting Too Frothy? We're Not There Yet

February 25, 2022
Paul Muolo
For some large sellers of mortgage servicing rights, the sale of smaller portfolios just isn’t worth their time...
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An Earnings Slide for Rocket but Company Declares Special Dividend

February 25, 2022
Paul Muolo
To date, Rocket has repurchased 20.7 million shares at an average price of $15.08 a unit...
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A 38% Earnings Drop for Rocket; But Dividends and MSR Grow

February 25, 2022
Paul Muolo
Rocket Mortgage, the big Kahuna of home finance, was not immune from higher interest rates in the fourth quarter. Still, the nonbank is rewarding shareholders with a special dividend of $1.01.
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Non-QM Loan Pricing Hits Turbulence

February 24, 2022
Paul Muolo
Bid prices on certain non-QM whole loans have been sinking of late. A temporary situation or something more?
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Russia, Interest Rates and a New UMBS (Not There Yet)

February 24, 2022
Paul Muolo
Geopolitical events halfway around the world are affecting interest rate moves in the U.S. It’s possible that mortgage rates could move lower in the immediate weeks ahead. Otherwise, the crystal ball looks cloudy.
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