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Paul Muolo

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I’ve Just Seen the Future of Mortgage Banking and its Name is Amazon

July 2, 2018
Paul Muolo
Two years ago, loanDepot scuttled a much talked about initial public offering of stock...
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Mortgage Insurers Waiting on FHFA and PMIERs 2.0

July 2, 2018
Paul Muolo
Keefe Bruyette & Woods believes new PMIER rules could see the light of day shortly…
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Short Takes: Lending Tree Comes Back Down to Earth / If Mortgage Rates Hit 5 Percent… / WMIH and Nationstar Shareholders Approve / NJ Mortgage CEO and Founder Resigns / Executive Bolts Stewart for WFG

July 2, 2018
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
LendingTree founder and CEO Douglas Lebda took home total compensation of $59.6 million last year...
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The VA IRRRL ‘Orphan’ Loan Tally: A $500 Million Mess?

June 29, 2018
Paul Muolo
Ginnie Mae: “We are glad to work with industry participants to try to find workable solutions allowable by law.”
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What We’re Hearing: A Lifeboat Too Small? / Non-QM Loans Performing Well, So Far / Ridiculous Housing Prices Continue / A 40 Percent Disappearance Rate? / A Recession Might Save the Day / Fannie Trouble? / Costly Borrowing for WMIH

June 29, 2018
Paul Muolo
Once risk-layering appears and LTV ratios climb, then all bets are off...
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It’s Official: Ditech is on the Auction Block, Hires Houlihan Lokey

June 28, 2018
Paul Muolo
The nation’s 12th largest servicer of residential loans said other options include a “business combination” or maintaining its status as a standalone entity.
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Ditech is on the Auction Block. But Who Will Buy It?

June 28, 2018
Paul Muolo
Nationstar might be a suitor...
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The Wells Fargo Layoff Tally for June: 400 and the Month’s Not Over Yet

June 28, 2018
Paul Muolo
Wells Fargo is the nation’s largest home lender and a bellwether for the overall market.
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Short Takes: Ralph Nader Has Some Unkind (And That’s Putting it Nicely) Words for CFPB’s Mulvaney / Mulvaney Viewed Favorably Elsewhere / Nader and the GSEs (Remember that One?) / More M&A for Union Home / A New Hire for Mello

June 28, 2018
Paul Muolo
A few years back, Nader went to bat for Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac shareholders suing the federal government over the GSE net worth profit sweep...
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A ‘Scratch and Dent’ Market Develops for VA ‘Orphan’ Loans

June 27, 2018
Paul Muolo
Some warehouse lenders are nervous about the VA ‘orphan loan’ mess as well, sources told Inside Mortgage Finance…
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