Rick Sharga of Carrington: “Refi volumes will continue to contract, and lenders will have to accelerate their shift towards more purchase business in order to maintain volume.”

What We’re Hearing: Not So Fast on Those New Products, Fannie and Freddie / A Flashpoint: Financing a Corporate SF Landlord / Industry Input? / UWM Firing on All Cylinders / Non-QMs? No Thank You / PHH Executive Leaves for Due Diligence Firm

July 20, 2018

Paul Muolo

The MBA wants the FHFA to allow the industry to have a say in all new enterprise pilots, programs and products.

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July 19, 2018

Paul Muolo

Noticeably absent from the letter: the FHLBs of Chicago and San Francisco…

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July 19, 2018

Paul Muolo and Yemeng Yang

Kraninger also avoided making a commitment to defend the CFPB’s constitutionality...

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July 19, 2018

Paul Muolo

Meanwhile, several large MSR packages are currently out for bid.

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July 19, 2018

Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo

Of course, there are some in the industry who will argue Fannie and Freddie are hardly zombie-like at all...

Executives at Online Mortgage Brokerage Firm Top Survey of Nonbank Earners

July 18, 2018

Paul Muolo

At times, LendingTree’s share price has been highly volatile…

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