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Paul Muolo

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MorVest Hires M&A Veteran Larry Charbonneau

April 2, 2019
Paul Muolo
Over the years, Charbonneau has advised on at least 90 M&A transactions, involving both depositories and nonbanks.
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Short Takes: No April Fools Day Joke: Policy Whiplash / A Drop in Policy Risk? / Trying to Figure Out Democrats and Republicans / Drowning in Student Loan Debt? / If Loan Officers Don’t Move Up, Move Them Out / A New Branch for Castle & Cooke

April 1, 2019
Paul Muolo
One consultant advises loan officers to move up or get moved out...
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A Large Debt Offering from Freedom Mortgage

April 1, 2019
Paul Muolo
The $250 million in debt is in the form of senior unsecured notes due in 2024.
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For Sale: $700M of ARMs. The Seller: A Credit Union

April 1, 2019
Paul Muolo
All of the loans are being sold servicing-retained...
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MFA Working on 2 Non-QM Deals; FGMC Makes a Foray

March 29, 2019
Paul Muolo
New York-based real estate investment trust MFA Financial is working on two separate non-QM- related MBS deals that could come to market sometime this spring, according to officials familiar with the transactions.
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Trump Orders GSE Reform, Wants Changes at Ginnie, Too

March 29, 2019
Paul Muolo
The secondary mortgage market could be in for historic change in the wake of President Trump this week ordering the Treasury Department to end the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and come up with a new paradigm.
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Mortgage Grapevine

March 29, 2019
Yemeng Yang and Paul Muolo
Fannie Gets a Permanent CEO; Mr. Cooper Loses Some Luster…
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A Large (and Expensive) Debt Offering by Freedom

March 29, 2019
Paul Muolo
Freedom Mortgage, one of the largest non-bank lender/servicers in the nation, is ready to issue $250 million worth of debt at an eye-popping cost of 10.75%. Now comes the big question: What will it do with the cash?
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Trump Directs Treasury to Draft GSE Overhaul

March 29, 2019
Paul Muolo
President Trump late Wednesday issued a memo ordering the Treasury Department to end the decade-long-plus historic conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and design a plan to overhaul the nation’s secondary mortgage market.
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Commercial Bank Reliant Jumps into the Non-QM Pond

March 29, 2019
Paul Muolo
At first, Reliant Bank will be an aggregator…
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