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Paul Muolo

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Barclays Shakes Up Mortgage Desk; Will No Longer Trade Jumbos

January 21, 2016
Paul Muolo
According to a memo from Barclays CEO Tom King, “As a result, we will no longer offer residential loan trading, GNMA CMBS or CMO products.”
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Redwood Trust Cuts 25 Percent of Workforce, Quits GSE Loan Acquisitions

January 21, 2016
Paul Muolo
As one source close to the company noted: Redwood “just couldn’t make the math work” in that line of business.
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Short Takes: Hedge Fund Chief Reduces Personal Stake in Ocwen / More on the OCN-SEC Settlement / Redwood Remains an Investor in GSE Credit-Risk Deals / MGIC Will Change MI Pricing / Sharga Gets Promotion at Ten-X

January 21, 2016
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
MGIC CEO Patrick Sinks noted that the mortgage insurer will be revising its premium rate cards soon. Stay tuned...
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Nation’s Largest Subservicer Says ‘Fad’ of Hiring Overseas Mortgage Workers Has Passed

January 20, 2016
Paul Muolo
For some servicers, including Ocwen Financial, the math of outsourcing is simple: pay back-office workers the equivalent of $2 an hour when their U.S. counterparts can earn at least five times that.
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A Secondary Market Develops for Loans With TRID Errors; 90 Cents on the Dollar?

January 20, 2016
Paul Muolo
“We’re seeing a lot of TRID flow right now,” said Rob Smialek, senior vice president of capital markets for Rincon Mortgage Trading.
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Short Takes: The 52-Week Low Club Welcomes Ocwen, Stonegate, More… / What Ocwen Needs to Tell Investors / Fannie and Freddie Common Suffer as Well / A Sliding 10-Year Means More Refis?

January 20, 2016
Paul Muolo
Ocwen, in particular, will need to tell investors exactly how they plan to become a top-10 originator, something that seems like a long shot right now...
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Redwood Trust Cuts 25 Percent of Workforce, Quits GSE Loan Acquisitions

January 20, 2016
Paul Muolo
Rumors of a large layoff at Redwood first broke Monday...
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Mortgage Production Just About Flat at BofA in 4Q15; Residential Profits Down 35 Percent

January 19, 2016
Paul Muolo
The mega banked earned $133 million from home lending and servicing in the fourth quarter, a 35 percent decline from 3Q15.
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Clobbered in 2015, Have Mortgage Stocks Finally Reached a ‘Bottom’?

January 19, 2016
Paul Muolo
For investors in mortgage stocks, the question becomes: Well, how much will these beaten-down eight come back?
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Short Takes: KBW Shifts Coverage of mREITs / Oil Rout Could Lead to Mortgage Delinquencies? / A Rumor of Layoffs at One Shop / AmeriHome Hiring

January 19, 2016
Paul Muolo
Should mortgage servicers begin to worry about residential delinquencies in such oil producing states as North Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas?
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