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Paul Muolo

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How Hot Are Mortgage Servicing Rights? 25 New Investors Since January

July 10, 2013
Paul Muolo
A year ago, only two to four bidders would show up for an MSR auction. But those days are long over.
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Fannie Will Auction $1 Billion of Non-Agency Product

July 10, 2013
Paul Muolo
As reported by Inside MBS & ABS earlier in the year, the two GSEs are sitting on large unrealized gains on some of their MBS holdings, including non-agency.
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Short Takes: Zero-Down Mortgages for Up to $650,000 / Sandler No Longer in Total Love with Wells / National Housing Trust Fund Robbed by Regulators? / GOP Up in Arms Over Big Brother CFPB / New FHA Bill?

July 10, 2013
Paul Muolo, Thomas Ressler, and Charles Wisniowski
Need a zero-down mortgage for $650,000? Another Washington-area credit union steps up to the plate.
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PennyMac Financial Services Gets $200 Million Repo Line

July 9, 2013
Paul Muolo
PMFS, an affiliate of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, said the repo line will be used to fund new residential originations.
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Mortgage Employment Begins to Fall, But FBR is Bullish on Lending

July 9, 2013
Paul Muolo
Any lender that has refis greater than 50 percent could be at risk for layoffs, said one industry consultant.
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Short Takes: It’s Gain-on-Sale Confession Time / Treasury Illegally Glomming onto GSE Profits? / Foreclosures Fall 27 Percent, But… / More Details from Richey May on Mortgage Comp

July 9, 2013
George Brooks, Paul Muolo, and Charles Wisniowski
A few days the megabanks will reveal 2Q earnings, letting us know how gain-on-sale margins are holding up.
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Ocwen Completes Massive Subprime MSR Transfer to Affiliate

July 8, 2013
Paul Muolo
The sale price breaks down as follows: $2.43 billion for the servicing advances and $241 million for the MSRs.
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PennyMac Agrees to Buy NPLs From Citigroup

July 8, 2013
Paul Muolo
Citigroup, which runs an active NPL trading desk, acquired the assets from a large money-center bank.
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Short Takes: How Much Does Your Mortgage CEO Make? / Georgia Lender Blows Up? / The Fear of Eminent Domain Lives On / Total Mortgage Services Plans to Buy a New HQ Building

July 8, 2013
George Brooks and Paul Muolo
New report sheds light on how much nonbank mortgage workers earn.
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It’s Official: GSEs Pay $66.4 Billion in Dividends to U.S., but Their Share Prices Suffer

July 2, 2013
Paul Muolo
Well, at least the White House is happy. Fannie and Freddie turned over $66.4 billion to the government at the end of June, money that will help reduce the deficit.
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