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Paul Muolo

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Short Takes: Branch Manager Departures at loanDepot / Nationstar a Candidate for PHH MSRs? / Delinquencies Spike in Some Categories / Still in Love with Ocwen: Bill Erbey / Coming Soon: Warehouse Ranking

February 15, 2017
Paul Muolo
Bill Erbey, who was forced out by financial regulators two-plus years ago, controls 16.8 percent of Ocwen Financial...
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A Large 4Q16 Loss for PHH; More Asset Sales...

February 15, 2017
Paul Muolo
Among the key announcements: the company is selling its PHH Home Loans joint venture to Guaranteed Rate; unloading its private label operations to LenderLive Network, and monetizing “certain” servicing assets.
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Blackstone Invests in B2R Finance, Then Buys Fix & Flip Lender Jordan Finance

February 14, 2017
Paul Muolo
Mark Filler, who founded Jordan and served as its CEO, was named president of Finance of America Commercial.
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As Rates Rise, MBS Liquidity Improves. The Wild Card: the Fed’s Plan to ‘Lighten’ Its Balance Sheet

February 14, 2017
Paul Muolo
Agency MBS trading volumes peaked back in 2008 – the height of the financial crisis – at $344.9 billion daily.
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Short Takes: Strong Earnings for Arch / More Subprime MBS Deals May Hit the Market / A New Loan Program from Citadel / CFTC Issues No Action Letter

February 14, 2017
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
In the nonconforming market, Citadel Servicing Corp., Irvine, CA, has just rolled out a new 12-month bank statement loan program…
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Can Walter/Ditech Find a Path Forward?

February 13, 2017
Paul Muolo
Institutional investors tend to avoid any stocks that are priced below $5 a share. At press time, Walter’s stock was trading at $3.40.
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Money Manager Senator Investment Cuts Stake in Radian to Zero

February 13, 2017
Paul Muolo
Radian recently reported net earnings of $61.1 million for the fourth quarter…
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IMA and Phoenix Capital Hit Market with New MSR Deals

February 13, 2017
Paul Muolo
Phoenix Capital is offering a private jumbo MSR portfolio sized at $216 million…
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Short Takes: Mark Calabria, a Player in GSE Reform? / Don’t Worry, Commercial Banks Will Fill the Void / What’s an ‘Excess Reserve’ To Do? / Fed Governor Tarullo Calls it Quits

February 13, 2017
Paul Muolo
The Cato Institute is a conservative think tank and a quick read of Calabria’s blog makes it sound like he favors getting the government out of the MBS guaranty business...
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The Benefits of Owning Fannie/Freddie Preferred Stock Over Common

February 9, 2017
Paul Muolo
The two GSEs were placed in conservatorship in September 2008 by Treasury and the Federal Housing Finance Agency. At the time, their common and junior preferred shares were considered worthless.
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