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Articles by John Bancroft

Houlihan Lokey: $500 Billion in MSR Sales This Year

March 19, 2015
John Bancroft
And let the selling begin! 2015 could be a banner year for MSR sales.
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The Beginning of a Trend? Banks Finally Beef Up MSR Holdings (Slightly)

March 18, 2015
John Bancroft
With JPMorgan Chase slated to buy $45 billion worth of Fannie Mae rights from nonbank Ocwen Financial the shift in MSRs over to banks likely will continue...
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GSE Market Share Hits Post-Conservatorship Low in 4Q

March 17, 2015
John Bancroft
For all of last year, Fannie and Freddie securitization of newly-originated loans accounted for just 65.7 percent of MBS issuance, primarily because declining refi volume...
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The Unhappy Return of GSE Buybacks: A 31 Percent Increase

March 16, 2015
John Bancroft
Despite the sequential jump in buybacks, the fourth quarter total was the second-lowest repurchase amount disclosed by the two...
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ABS Holdings by Depositories Fall to Lowest Level Since Mid-2012

March 13, 2015
John Bancroft
The biggest component in the aggregate portfolio was consumer ABS, which includes student loans, securitized leases and consumer debt other than credit cards, home-equity loans and auto finance...
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$198 Billion of Agency MBS Issued in 2014 Had DTIs North of 43 Percent. The Patch?

March 13, 2015
John Bancroft
The catch was that the so-called GSE "patch" would only last as long as Fannie and Freddie remained in conservatorship...
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Jumbo Market Share Highest Since 2000; Of Course, Volumes are Down

March 12, 2015
John Bancroft
The last time the jumbo market share was higher came in 2000 – when the Fannie/Freddie loan limit was just $252,700...
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Freddie MBS Issuance Surges Almost 31 Percent. But…

March 6, 2015
John Bancroft
Even without the bump in seasoned loans (courtesy of BofA), Freddie’s MBS activity was up significantly from January.
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Stegman, Treasury’s Point Man on Housing: Speed GSE Change

March 6, 2015
John Bancroft
Treasury counselor Michael Stegman wants the common securitization platform project to be opened to the private sector.
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Refi Bounce Not Enough to Compensate for Drop in Purchase Lending; Quicken Catching Up to Wells Fargo?

March 5, 2015
John Bancroft
Quicken Loans was the second largest refi lender in 2014 with $47.91 billion, according to exclusive figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance.
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