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Paul Muolo

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Surprise: Genworth Postpones Mortgage Insurance IPO

May 13, 2021
Paul Muolo and Dennis Hollier
Has market sentiment spread to the MI sector? Genworth Financial scuttles (for now) IPO of mortgage insurance division.
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GOS Margins Slip Across the Board. And Then There’s Guild

May 13, 2021
Paul Muolo
No one really thought the GOS readings of the past year would last, right? Meanwhile, Guild Mortgage rises above the pack.
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Grapevine: When Cycles Change... / More M&A, More to Come

May 13, 2021
Paul Muolo
Some investors in mortgage equities are putting their money to work elsewhere, but that hasn’t stopped fintech lender Better.com from entering into a SPAC/IPO maneuver. Launch time: the fall of 2021.
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Short Takes: A Large Bulk Deal Emerges / Wedbush Cuts Outlook on UWM / Pricing Power? / Starwood’s New NA MBS / Sachem Hires Former Wells Official

May 12, 2021
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey

Equities watcher Henry Coffey writes: “As the largest player in the wholesale or broker direct channel, UWM does have some pricing power, and over time, we are expecting to see pressure on margins ease and the big three to five players in the market settle into a more balanced cadence…”


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GSE MSRs Slated for Sale by Prestwick and MCT

May 12, 2021
Paul Muolo

The seller of the MSRs is an independent mortgage banker... 


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Short Takes: Better.com Declares SPAC / Aurora’s IPO / Big Time International Investors with Money / A Club of Three

May 11, 2021
Paul Muolo

Of late, the share price of publicly traded nonbank mortgage companies have been floundering...


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UWM Reports Origination, Earnings Decline for 1Q; Says It Can Be No. 1

May 10, 2021
Paul Muolo

Despite the strong earnings, UWM's share price fell to a new low. The company went public earlier this year...


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Short Takes: A New 52-Week Low for UWM / The Competition Picture? / The Ten-Year / Non-Agency Forbearance? / Embrace Gets a New President

May 10, 2021
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey

When it comes to mortgage profits, it's not always a case of where you've been, but what lies ahead...


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The Unthinkable: Some Originators Lost Money in March

May 10, 2021
Paul Muolo

Joe Garrett: “Companies that don’t seem to get too agitated about the occasional loss, and we’ve seen too many of them, seem to have more and larger losses than those companies that are obsessive about not losing money.”


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Another Loss for Impac, Firm ‘Reengages’ with Non-QM Market

May 7, 2021
Paul Muolo

Personnel expenses at Impac increased 12.8% to $14.9 million...


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