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Paul Muolo

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Nonprime Lender Citadel Thinks It Will Top $1 Billion Next Year

November 18, 2015
Paul Muolo
If Citadel can hit the $1 billion mark it would be a significant achievement in the “new,” post-crash nonprime market.
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Short Takes: What’s Keeping Mortgage CEOs Up at Night? / Food Titan Enters the Non-Agency MBS Market / A Non-QM Loan from loanDepot / Mortgage Applications Rise / AMC Hires Former Stewart Executive

November 18, 2015
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Mortgage executives have much to worry about these days: TRID, declining loan volumes and marketing services agreements, a new survey found.
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Hedge Fund Gets Right to Own 25 Percent of Walter/Ditech

November 17, 2015
Paul Muolo
In January, Birch Run reported a 17.8 percent ownership stake in Walter, but has since increased it to 19.8 percent.
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Even Though the GSEs are Shrinking, the FHFA and OIG Keep Adding Employees

November 17, 2015
Paul Muolo
In a past audit, the OIG criticized the FHFA for lacking a “sufficient number of examiners.” In the new budget, the FHFA plans to increase its examinations head count to 275 from 248 in FY 2015.
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Short Takes: Congress Turns Grinch on GSE CEO Salaries / A Disappearing Asset: GSE REO / VantageScore Sees Huge Gain in Orders / Two Harbors Adds Former RBC Vice Chair to Its Board

November 17, 2015
Carisa Chappell and Paul Muolo
At the end of fiscal year 2015 the two GSEs had combined REO holdings of 78,738 units, a 36 percent decline from the prior year…
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REITs Continue to Shy Away from Mortgage Securities; Is the MBS ‘Trade’ Dead?

November 16, 2015
Paul Muolo
This observer, requesting anonymity, said bluntly that the MBS “trade” is over, a summation that is bolstered in part by so many Wall Street firms either closing their trading desks or scaling back...
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FHA MMIF Hits $23.8 Billion, Surpassing 2.0 Percent Capital Threshold

November 16, 2015
Paul Muolo
It's the first time since 2008 that the MMIF has had a capital ratio north of the congressionally mandated 2 percent minimum.
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Silver Hill Now Taking Applications on SBC Loans, Including Multifamily

November 16, 2015
Paul Muolo
A nationwide roll out of the small-balance product starts next year.
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Short Takes: Private MIs Want Higher FHA Capital Standards / Ocwen Sells Short-Term Paper / CoreLogic Updates Risk Model on Jumbos / Due Diligence Providers Added / Correction

November 16, 2015
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Some believe the FHA MMIF minimum capital standard should be 4.5 percent, not 2.0 percent.
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What We’re Hearing: loanDepot, What the Heck Happened? / Marketing Itself as Technology and Consumer Finance Firm / Eventually, the IPO Will Happen / Salivating Short Sellers? / Waiting on the FHA MMIF Audit

November 13, 2015
Paul Muolo
A handful of hedge funds were salivating at the prospect of shorting loanDepot's stock...
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