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Paul Muolo

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FHFA/FMIC Wants Ability to Examine Lenders Directly

April 28, 2014
Paul Muolo
FHFA notes that the legislation “requires a great deal of regulatory coordination but primarily places this responsibility on FMIC.”
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Stonegate Mortgage In Talks With CashCall?

April 25, 2014
Paul Muolo
Over the past six months, CashCall has laid off several hundred workers, but continues to advertise in local media markets in Southern California.
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What We’re Hearing: Who Will be Left Standing After the Great Mortgage M&A Tsunami? / Paul Reddam to Spend More Time With His Horses / Warehouse Ugly Too / $150 Billion in Ginnie MSRs Changed Hands / A Head Fake for Johnson-Crapo? / Glen Corso, Trade Grou

April 25, 2014
Paul Muolo
At one shop based in the Midwest there’s unconfirmed talk of loan officers who haven’t been paid for months, unpaid leases and top executives who were on vacation as volumes collapsed.
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Regulators May Favor Smaller Legacy MSR Sales

April 24, 2014
Paul Muolo
He cited one example where a $40 billion MSR package can be sold to one buyer that agrees to board the servicing files in increments of say $5 billion a month.
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Short Takes: FHA Delinquencies Approaching an All-Time Low? / Flagstar’s IO Ticking Time Bomb / More MSR Deals from Phoenix, IMA and MountainView / No to Johnson-Crapo / Promotion for Wingspan Official

April 24, 2014
Paul Muolo and Charles Wisniowski
So, what does this mean for the industry? Answer: That the Mortgage Mutual Insurance Fund likely will return to health even faster and that maybe there’s room for FHA to cut premiums.
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FHFA May Seek Industry Input on G-Fee Hike

April 23, 2014
Paul Muolo
In January, newly sworn-in FHFA Director Mel Watt officially delayed a GSE guaranty fee increase that had been scheduled by his predecessor Edward DeMarco.
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Pingora’s MSR Investments Top $13 Billion

April 23, 2014
Paul Muolo
Company Chief Executive Michael Lau noted that Pingora is taking in roughly $2.5 billion a month through “flow” arrangements.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Deliver ‘Scorecard’ Comments to FHFA

April 23, 2014
Paul Muolo
The score card was the brainchild of former Acting FHFA director Edward DeMarco, who is retiring from the agency at the end of April.
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Short Takes: Lenders Begin to Loosen Credit Standards? / Ellie Mae Snafu Called ‘Bizarre’ / MBA, Others Want GSE Reform Now / Applications Slump Again / Sorry, No One’s Making Mortgages

April 23, 2014
Brandon Ivey, Paul Muolo, and Charles Wisniowski
As for details, a spokesman for the company said Ellie isn’t talking about the topic at this time. In an email exchange with IMFnews, mortgage technology consultant Tony Garritano of Progress in Lending called the whole episode “very bizarre”…
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Servicing Deal Makers Say MSR Market is Not Frozen

April 22, 2014
Paul Muolo
However, a new research report from Sterne Agee notes: “We see the DFS as the primary log jam on the servicing transfer front.”
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