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Paul Muolo

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MBS Trading Volume Weak in February; Market Nervous About Stocks, Trump Agenda

March 30, 2017
Paul Muolo
Joe Farr, director of marketing for MBS Quoteline, said MBS prices have actually improved since the Federal Reserve’s decision to hike rates one week ago.
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Short Takes: A Good Idea, Says Bright / Stop the Presses: An Emerging Bipartisan Consensus on GSE Reform! / Here Comes the Flood (in Six Months) / loanDepot Retaining Jumbos / CarVal’s Non-Agency MBS

March 30, 2017
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Stop the presses: a consensus on GSE reform is here! Really?
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Fannie Mae’s Involvement in SFR Market Raises Questions of ‘Charter Creep’

March 29, 2017
Paul Muolo
A former Fannie executive said it was always his belief the GSE charter allowed for multifamily financing but the idea was to fund “vertical” homes and not “horizontal.”
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Applications Weak, Refis Really Weak. And: An ‘Inventory’ Problem

March 29, 2017
Paul Muolo
As one mortgage CEO noted: “We’d be knocking it out of the park already if there were more [home] sellers."
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Short Takes: Key Posts at HUD Remain Unfilled / HUD Chief Takes ‘Listening Tour’ to Texas Public Housing / Wells Gets ‘Needs to Improve’ on CRA Exam / It’s Dividend Time for Fannie and Freddie / New Hires for Selene

March 29, 2017
Paul Muolo
The Trump administration appears to be in no rush to fill key posts at HUD, Ginnie Mae and FHA...
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NYDFS Eliminates Servicing Monitor for Ocwen; Restrictions May be Lifted on Servicing Acquisitions Too

March 28, 2017
Paul Muolo
At one point, Ocwen's management said various monitors were costing the company upwards of $80 million a year...
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M&A Roundup: Freedom Mortgage is in a Buying Mode

March 28, 2017
Paul Muolo
Depending on its buying spree, Freedom could easily leap-frog into the number four originator spot, bypassing PennyMac Financial, Bank of America, and U.S. Bank.
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Short Takes: Meet HAL, Your Loan Officer / The Low-Hanging (Mortgage) Fruit / Can a Computer go to Jail? / ‘Digital’ Mortgage Means What Exactly? / Wedbush Likes Nationstar

March 28, 2017
Paul Muolo
LO automation could be complicated by compliance. What if there’s a RESPA violation and charges are filed? Who goes to prison: the computer or the supervisor of the computer?...
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Charbonneau & Associates Working on Two M&A Deals

March 27, 2017
Paul Muolo
When it comes to mortgage banking M&A, it’s still a seller’s market…
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Short Takes: Delusional Mortgage CEOs? / A Nice Comeback for BofA / Phil Bracken for Ginnie Mae President? / SunTrust’s Online Lending Affiliate / Falling Still: The Yield on the Benchmark 10-Year Treasury

March 27, 2017
Paul Muolo
In 2009, BofA’s stock fell to as low as $3.95 a share. Today, it trades for $22.86, an increase of 478 percent…
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