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Paul Muolo

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Short Takes: Time to Change the QM Rule? / Bright Tapped to Head Ginnie / MSR Sellers Sitting Pretty? / After the Recession… / Applications Decline Again / NAR’s Chief Lobbyist Sets Retirement Date

May 16, 2018
Paul Muolo and Yemeng Yang
Residential firms looking to sell mortgage servicing rights are in a sweet spot right now. However...
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Coming Uniform MBS Could Have Side Effects for Fannie Mae

May 15, 2018
Paul Muolo
Fannie disclosed the single-security “may adversely affect our financial results and contribute to declines in the liquidity or market value of our MBS.”
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HomeStreet Contemplates Selling a $5 Billion Package of Servicing Rights

May 15, 2018
Paul Muolo
HomeStreet restructured its mortgage business last year…
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As Originations Slow, Warehouse Providers Face Tight Profit Margins, Riskier Credits

May 15, 2018
Paul Muolo
According to a tally by Inside Mortgage Finance, few warehouse providers bucked the trend of falling commitments.
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GSE Share Prices Weaken; KBW: Risk-Sharing Deals Hurt Profits

May 15, 2018
Paul Muolo
KBR points out that risk-sharing results in premiums being shifted away from Fannie and Freddie to providers of credit risk protection.
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Short Takes: USMI Seconds that GSE Emotion / Don’t Hold Your Breath / Mid America Enters the Warehouse Arena / Fannie Selling NPLs / A Recession Coming? / Freddie Gets a New Chief Compliance Officer

May 15, 2018
Carisa Chappell and Paul Muolo
Barry Habib, who heads MBS Highway, believe that within two years, the U.S. will be in a recession...
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Nationstar Discloses SEC Inquiry Regarding MSR Measurements

May 14, 2018
Paul Muolo
The OCA consultation process was initiated in connection with an investigation by the Division of Enforcement that remains ongoing, the nonbank said.
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Phoenix Ready to Auction MSR Flow Package

May 14, 2018
Paul Muolo
Much of the product is projected to come from California, Florida and Texas.
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Short Takes: Ditech Ready to Roll Out Jumbo Product? / Who is Samuel Martini and Why Does he Like Ditech? / An Explanation of Legal Risks / What’s $164 Trillion Among Friends?

May 14, 2018
Paul Muolo
Total U.S. debt outstanding is just over $21 trillion. Prior to the financial crisis, U.S. mortgage debt was actually larger than Treasury debt...
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Collateral Backing Freddie LOC $5 Billion to $7 Billion in Size?

May 11, 2018
Paul Muolo
A former Fannie executive (pre-federal takeover) said that when he worked at the GSE, “We looked at doing this, but were told it wasn’t in the charter and so we didn’t proceed.”
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