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Paul Muolo

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Mortgage Industry Takes Measure as Fed Issues an Emergency 50 BP Rate Cut. A $3 Trillion Year?

March 3, 2020
Paul Muolo

Suddenly, lenders are talking about capacity issues...


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Warehouse Commitments Top $100B as Nonbanks Excel

March 3, 2020
Paul Muolo

According to IMF's 4Q19 ranking, JPMorgan Chase was the commitment volume leader with an estimated $19.0 billion of approved lines to nonbanks…


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Short Takes: The Recovery Has Commenced? / Will the 10-Year Fall Below 1.00%? / PE Fund has $5B, Wants to Buy MBs, Call Joe / Two Deals for Charbonneau / The Fed: We’re OK (Really)

March 2, 2020
Paul Muolo

According to industry consultant Joe Garrett, the typical residential mortgage company sale of the past few years has been an asset sale with a three-year earn-out.


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Freedom’s REIT Affiliate Will Avoid Nonconforming Market for Now

March 2, 2020
Paul Muolo

Although the REIT will avoid non-QM assets this year, it believes the market for the product will continue to grow...


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Short Takes: Closed for the Weekend / When Carnage is Good / How’s the Non-QM Sector Holding Up? / The Harris Poll on MSRs / GSE Stock Dilution

February 28, 2020
Paul Muolo

Important lessons learned this week: What goes up, must come down; mortgage rates don't always track the 10-year Treasury; stock speculation (Fannie/Freddie) is not for the faint of heart...


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Ocwen Finally Posts a Profit but Doubts Remain as Rates Fall

February 28, 2020
Paul Muolo
Top-ranked servicer Ocwen Financial is trying to put its problems in the rear view mirror. But a new problem has arrived on its doorstep: Ultra low rates (again), courtesy of the coronavirus.
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Low Rates Torpedo Bulk Servicing Sales. Just How Ugly Is it Going to Get?

February 28, 2020
Paul Muolo

Steve Harris, president of MIAC Capital Markets, New York, was particularly vocal in his summation: “Sell now or have your asset vaporize.”


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The Yield on the 10-Year Treasury Falls to a New Low. Implications?

February 27, 2020
Paul Muolo
It was a wild ride (down) in the stock market this week, thanks to economic fears tied to the coronavirus. Of course, bonds soared and rates tanked. MBS implications?
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FHLB Membership Could Be a Boon to REITs … If it Happens

February 27, 2020
Paul Muolo
The issue of allowing nonbanks into the FHLB System hasn’t gone away. A new RFI on the concept will undoubtedly ruffle some feathers.
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The Yield on the 10-Year Plunges to a New Low as Stocks Reel

February 27, 2020
Paul Muolo

At Dec. 31, the bond offered a yield of 1.92%, or 68 basis points higher, a significant difference.


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