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MBA Chief Dave Stevens: The GSE Capital Buffer is a Distraction

December 14, 2017

The CHLA repeated its plea that FHFA Director Mel Watt withhold GSE dividend payments to Treasury and allow Fannie and Freddie to build capital…

A Slow Fourth Quarter for Servicing Sales, but 1Q18 Could be a Barn-Burner

December 13, 2017

Paul Muolo

Another contributing factor to slower sales: Concerns about how the pending GOP tax bill might hammer the asset value of servicing rights...

Nonprime Lender Citadel Hopes to Hire 150 Over the Coming 12 Months

December 13, 2017

Paul Muolo

Citadel CEO Dan Perl: “We’re on a hiring spree.”

Short Takes: GSE Dividend Payments: All Systems Go? / Cutting GSE Shareholders out of the Equation? / Wintrust Buying Mortgage Assets from VA Lender / UWM and MC Strike Deal / Chase Exec Bolts for Hamilton

December 13, 2017

Paul Muolo

In a new blog posting, Investors Unite asks the basic question: “Are Fannie’s and Freddie’s foes driving GSE reform?”

REITs and Nonprime Lenders Look to Strike ‘Working Relationships’

December 12, 2017

Paul Muolo

Mike Fierman, managing partner and co-CEO of the Angel Oak Companies: “I get calls every day” from investment funds.

Nonprime Lending Competition Could Heat up in 2018

December 12, 2017

Paul Muolo

It appears that Angel Oak, Caliber and Citadel Servicing Corp. might have more company in the nonprime arena come next year…

Short Takes: Casey (Crawford) Sacked by Mortgage Regulators in California / The California Wild Fires and Mortgages / MBA Hires Spencer Stuart for CEO Search / Dems File Amicus Brief in CFPB Case

December 12, 2017

Paul Muolo and Thomas Ressler

Moral of the story: If you're going to service loans in California, you better have a license...

It’s that Time of the Year: Mortgage Layoffs

December 11, 2017

Paul Muolo

Still, large cutbacks have not been the norm, at least not yet…

Phoenix Capital Auctioning Off Bulk MSR Package

December 11, 2017

Paul Muolo

The seller of the MSR package is looking for a final sale date of Jan. 31…

Short Takes: And Now for a Word About Bitcoin / Can Trump Clear the Air? / Consultant Wonders about Endorsements / MIAC Selling NPLs, RPLs / Farmer Mac CEO Fired with No Severance

December 11, 2017

Paul Muolo

One of these days an answer will arrive, but until a mortgage company is sold for Bitcoins, we’ll stay on the sidelines…

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MBA Chief Dave Stevens: The GSE Capital Buffer is a Distraction

A Slow Fourth Quarter for Servicing Sales, but 1Q18 Could be a Barn-Burner

Nonprime Lender Citadel Hopes to Hire 150 Over the Coming 12 Months

Short Takes: GSE Dividend Payments: All Systems Go? / Cutting GSE Shareholders out of the Equation? / Wintrust Buying Mortgage Assets from VA Lender / UWM and MC Strike Deal / Chase Exec Bolts for Hamilton

REITs and Nonprime Lenders Look to Strike ‘Working Relationships’

Nonprime Lending Competition Could Heat up in 2018

Short Takes: Casey (Crawford) Sacked by Mortgage Regulators in California / The California Wild Fires and Mortgages / MBA Hires Spencer Stuart for CEO Search / Dems File Amicus Brief in CFPB Case

It’s that Time of the Year: Mortgage Layoffs

Phoenix Capital Auctioning Off Bulk MSR Package

Short Takes: And Now for a Word About Bitcoin / Can Trump Clear the Air? / Consultant Wonders about Endorsements / MIAC Selling NPLs, RPLs / Farmer Mac CEO Fired with No Severance

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