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Paul Muolo

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Warehouse Banks Ponder MSR Financing – But There’s Freddie Mac to Worry About

October 4, 2018
Paul Muolo
This executive, like many interviewed, called it an example of charter creep. Freddie and the FHFA think otherwise…
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CMLA Criticizes Brookings Report on Nonbank Mortgage Firms

October 3, 2018
Paul Muolo
Rob Zimmer of CMLA: “The organization [Brookings] is now pushing a deeply flawed report that uses veterans and active-duty personnel as pawns…”
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Short Takes: How High Might the Yield on the 10-Year Go? / Waiting on a Stock Market Correction / Deficits Don’t Matter Anymore (For Now) / A New Office for Better Mortgage / Richey Buys Two / Freddie Promotes Former Wells Fargo Exec

October 3, 2018
Paul Muolo
The stock market hit a new high. What possibly could go wrong?
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MSR Sales Were Slow in 3Q18, but Pace May Quicken as Yearend Approaches

October 2, 2018
Paul Muolo
One fact that all dealmakers can agree on is that MSR pricing is the best it’s been all decade…
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One Reason FHA Premiums Won’t be Cut? Slow Servicers…

October 2, 2018
Paul Muolo
In 10 cases, the servicing process was delayed by more than two years...
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Short Takes: Top-Ranked Subservicer Hires Nonbank Execs / Soon to be One: Ocwen and PHH / NAR Bolsters its Government Affairs Staff / One Criticism of Jeb / California, the Golden GSE State

October 2, 2018
Carisa Chappell and Paul Muolo
One criticism of Hensarling is that his conservative ideals prevented him from shaping a consensus bill to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
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Top-Ranked Wholesaler Unveils New Leadership Structure

October 1, 2018
Paul Muolo
Plaza Home is growing its renovation loan and reverse lending businesses...
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Just Days Away From Closing on PHH Deal, Ocwen Sees a Former Executive Charged with Insider Trading

October 1, 2018
Paul Muolo
During his tenure at Ocwen, Ziengenfuse was in charge of managing the company’s “strategy” with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae receivables, the SEC said.
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Short Takes: Senators Want CFPB Official Fired / A Plea to Stop the Agency’s Reorg / Sen. Warren Drops Hint on White House Run / Watt’s Tenure? / A New Director at Altisource

October 1, 2018
Paul Muolo
Sen. Warren has been dropping hints that she may run for president in 2020...
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What We’re Hearing: Being Heard / Another Barn-Burner of a Quarter for Fannie and Freddie? / Complicating President Trump’s Pick for a New FHFA Chief / Defending GSE Pilot Programs / Meeting PMIERs 2.0 / Ocwen Ready to Crank Up the MSR Buying Machine? / S

September 28, 2018
Paul Muolo
If Ocwen reenters the servicing market as a buyer it will be doing so at a time when MSR prices are the highest they’ve been all decade...
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