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Paul Muolo

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Goldman Inks a $5.06 Billion Settlement with DOJ’s RMBS Working Group

January 15, 2016
Paul Muolo
Goldman actually entered the subprime MBS and financing game a bit late compared to some of its peers. At one point it even owned a small subprime lender.
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Originations at Wells Fargo Down a Modest 14.5 Percent in 4Q

January 15, 2016
Paul Muolo
Wells' lending performance stands in contrast to its closest JPMorgan Chase, which reported a 23.3 percent sequential decline in mortgage production for the period.
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What We’re Hearing: A Big Year for Mortgage M&A? Don’t Bet On It / Jamie Dimon’s Thrift / Borrowing Short and Lending Long / When’s the Last Time a Megabank Bought a Mortgage Company? / $1.7 Trillion in Originations?

January 15, 2016
Paul Muolo
When’s the last time a regional or megabank bought a nonbank mortgage company? Wells Fargo? JPMorgan? BofA? Citigroup? Nope, none of them, that we can recall...
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Redwood: We Have to be Out in Five Years but Our Loans Last 9.5 Years

January 14, 2016
Paul Muolo
On Thursday, Redwood’s stock was trading for $12.41, just pennies above its 52-week low of $12.31...
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JPM Suffers a 23 Percent Decline in Residential Lending, but Megabank Continues to Hoard Loans for Balance Sheet

January 14, 2016
Paul Muolo
At yearend, JPM held $157.1 billion of what it calls “prime mortgages” (including option ARMs), a stunning 48 percent increase over the past 12 months.
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Short Takes: Another Refi Boom in the Works? It Sounds Crazy But… / Watch the Stocks / A 3.75 Percent 30-year FRM? / BankUnited Kills Retail Home Lending / Weitz Sticks With Redwood Trust / A Correction

January 14, 2016
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Yet another funder has pulled the plug on traditional retail mortgage lending, but will remain a correspondent buyer...
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The TRID Compliance Mess Continues: a 100 Percent Rejection Rate by One Investor

January 13, 2016
Paul Muolo
A 100 percent rejection rate? That's a problem...
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MountainView, IMA Out With New MSR Deals

January 13, 2016
Paul Muolo
The $3.02 billion of Ginnie Mae rights that IMA is selling are presently being subserviced by LoanCare Servicing, Virginia Beach, VA.
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Short Takes: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ FICO Scores / Will TRID Hurt Earnings? / TRID was a ‘Blip’ on the Radar at RPM / More NPL Sales by Fannie / Stonegate Exec Departs for Ditech

January 13, 2016
Paul Muolo
Shelly Logemann, a top producer and branch manager for the privately held RPM, told us “TRID was a blip on the radar..."
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RoundPoint President Dave Worrall Departs; Servicer Still Open to Offers?

January 12, 2016
Paul Muolo
At one point, PIMCO had been eyeing RoundPoint, sources told IMFnews...
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