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Paul Muolo

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Will Treasury Take a Look at Mortgage Servicing Compensation?

March 7, 2017
Paul Muolo
Perhaps, residential servicers should receive 33 basis points for servicing Fannie/Freddie loans, not 25 bps...
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Short Takes: It Appears Carson Likes the MI Industry / New HUD Chief Carson Asks Employees to Take ‘The Niceness’ Pledge / You Can’t Overload the Human Brain? / Prestwick Selling GSE Servicing Rights / Freddie’s New Whole Loan Deal

March 7, 2017
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
"You can't overload the human brain," said newly minted HUD secretary Ben Carson. And there was more...
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The Trump ‘Wire Tap’ Accusation and What it Means for the GSEs

March 6, 2017
Paul Muolo
Cowen notes: “…this latest flare up reinforces our view that Treasury is unlikely in 2017 to unilaterally change the profit sweep at Fannie and Freddie…”
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Freedom May be a Buyer of Mortgage Servicing Rights

March 6, 2017
Paul Muolo
Although Freedom is private, a few years back it launched a publicly traded REIT called Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment, which lately has been trading near its 52-week high.
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Short Takes: Banc of California’s Mortgage Chief Receives Kudos / Money that will have to be Replaced / Security National the Latest to Settle with HUD / CoreLogic Notes the Passing of its CEO / A New Hire for Inland Home

March 6, 2017
Paul Muolo
Banc of California’s mortgage division generated $150 million a year in revenue…
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Mortgage M&A Continues to Hum Along; 20 Percent of Nonbanks Could Disappear?

March 3, 2017
Paul Muolo
Earlier this week, Flagstar closed on its purchase of the correspondent lending platform of Stearns Lending – a rare transaction where a depository was buying a key mortgage asset from a nonbank.
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What We’re Hearing: What We Talk About When We Talk About Financial Lunacy / Should Apple Buy Fannie and Freddie? / The Coming Boom in Mortgage Delinquencies in the Washington, DC, Area / FannieMae.com?

March 3, 2017
Paul Muolo
Go figure: An "app" company called Snap that may never make a nickel is now worth more than Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
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New MSR Deals From Phoenix Capital, MountainView Servicing Group

March 2, 2017
Paul Muolo
The MountainView package has no delinquencies, average FICO scores of 753 and a weighted average LTV of 72 percent.
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Short Takes: PennyMac Files to Sell Preferred Shares / A Nice Dividend for Investors / Brian Wornow the Head of FinServ for KBW / Layoffs at a Mortgage Wholesaler? / Prestwick Selling Freddie MSRs

March 2, 2017
Paul Muolo
Recently, KBW hired Wall Street veteran Brian Wornow as managing director in charge of its financial services group...
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Altisource Residential Posts $228 Million Loss for 2016; CEO Calls It a ‘Strong’ Year

March 1, 2017
Paul Muolo
Altisource Residential said its goal is to build a large portfolio of SFRs “targeted to operate at a best-in-class yield.”
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