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HUD Meets with Mega Servicers to Discuss COVID Loss-Mit Options

June 17, 2021

Paul Muolo

Time to throw away the loss-mitigation toolbox in dealing with COVID-related delinquencies? Maybe not.

Nonbanks Continue to Gain in MSRs, Feasting on Agency Product

June 17, 2021

Paul Muolo

A trend that's not going away: When it comes to owning MSRs, banks have other ideas...

Short Takes: The $40B A Month Habit Will Continue / Inflation? Ha! / CFPB Makes Announcement, Trouble Ahead for VA Lenders? / A New Correspondent Chief for GHMC

June 17, 2021

Lisa Burden and Paul Muolo

No Fed rate hikes until 2023? Sure, why not...

Grapevine: A Rare Type of M&A / SoFi’s Mortgage Aspirations

June 17, 2021

Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey

Nonbank Cornerstone Home moves to buy an FDIC-insured institution. Also, should anyone be worried about SoFi’s progress in mortgages?

Fannie Negotiating With Seller/Servicers on Investor-Loan Cap. Some Told 3% is the New Normal?

June 16, 2021

Paul Muolo and Dennis Hollier

A Fannie spokesman said the mortgage giant, at this time, is not instituting a specific broad based 6% cap but...

Short Takes: Fifth Third’s Warehouse Chief / Still Searching / A Disruptor’s IPO / Facebook Executive Gets a Board Seat / Applications Rebound / TowneBank’s New LO Hire

June 16, 2021

Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey

From what we understand, Fifth Third continues to search for warehouse talent...

Top-50 Ranked NB Moves to Purchase Roscoe of Texas

June 15, 2021

Paul Muolo

No information was available on Roscoe’s residential business. Its home lending portfolio totals just $24 million.

Short Takes: Another Top Wells Mortgage Exec Departs / An LO Too / CFPB Lays Outs Its Agenda / Servicing Guidelines Ahead?

June 15, 2021

Lisa Burden and Paul Muolo

More mortgage-related departures at Wells Fargo...

A Sign of the Times: Warehouse Commitments Begin to Ebb

June 14, 2021

Paul Muolo

But as always in the mortgage business, it’s not a matter of where you’ve been but where you’re going...

Anxious About Adhering to the Investor-Loan Cap, Freddie Trims Deliveries Even More

June 14, 2021

Paul Muolo

The lender bulletin was released last week and got little notice. It’s effective for mortgages with settlement dates on or after July 1, 2021.

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HUD Meets with Mega Servicers to Discuss COVID Loss-Mit Options

Nonbanks Continue to Gain in MSRs, Feasting on Agency Product

Short Takes: The $40B A Month Habit Will Continue / Inflation? Ha! / CFPB Makes Announcement, Trouble Ahead for VA Lenders? / A New Correspondent Chief for GHMC

Grapevine: A Rare Type of M&A / SoFi’s Mortgage Aspirations

Fannie Negotiating With Seller/Servicers on Investor-Loan Cap. Some Told 3% is the New Normal?

Short Takes: Fifth Third’s Warehouse Chief / Still Searching / A Disruptor’s IPO / Facebook Executive Gets a Board Seat / Applications Rebound / TowneBank’s New LO Hire

Top-50 Ranked NB Moves to Purchase Roscoe of Texas

Short Takes: Another Top Wells Mortgage Exec Departs / An LO Too / CFPB Lays Outs Its Agenda / Servicing Guidelines Ahead?

A Sign of the Times: Warehouse Commitments Begin to Ebb

Anxious About Adhering to the Investor-Loan Cap, Freddie Trims Deliveries Even More

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