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John Bancroft

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Servicing Market Continues Deconsolidation Trend, Big Banks Keep Slipping

August 2, 2018
John Bancroft
The biggest gainer among the top 50: New American Funding in California…
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FHA/VA Serious Default Rates Down in 2Q18

July 30, 2018
John Bancroft
FHA officials are worried about rising concentrations of higher-risk loan characteristics…
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Non-Mortgage ABS Issuance Slowed in 2Q18, but Production is Ahead of Last Year’s Pace

July 27, 2018
John Bancroft
Most of the major product categories had some slippage in the second quarter.
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Mortgage Originations Rebounded in 2Q18, but Market Lags 2017 Production

July 26, 2018
John Bancroft
An estimated $445.0 billion of first-lien home loans were originated during the second quarter, an 18.7 percent sequential gain…
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Nonbanks Continue Gaining Share in GSE Servicing Business

July 23, 2018
John Bancroft
The top grower in the nonbank world was Freedom Mortgage, which upped its GSE servicing by $19.36 billion, 29.7 percent…
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A Post-Crisis High for Non-Agency MBS Issuance: $20.7B for 2Q18

July 20, 2018
John Bancroft
Slightly over half were deals backed by newly originated mortgages…
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Strong Purchase Market in 2Q18 Buoys Mortgage Insurance Firms

July 19, 2018
John Bancroft
FHA officials have fretted about rising DTI ratios for some time…
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Short Takes: A Change of (Jumbo) Heart at Wells Fargo / An Anti GSE ‘Intifada’? / Looking the Other Way on Charter Creep? / DeMarco for FHFA Director? / Production Official Bolts Movement Mortgage for Union Bank / Correction

July 16, 2018
Paul Muolo, John Bancroft, and Brandon Ivey
Capital Alpha said its choice to be the next FHFA director is Ed DeMarco, who held the job once before...
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Mixed Trends for Residential MBS Issuance Halfway Through 2018

July 13, 2018
John Bancroft
Some $315.95 billion of single-family MBS was issued in the second quarter, up 8.2 percent from the previous quarter, according to Inside MBS & ABS.
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GSE Single-Family Business Up Modestly in 2Q18 as Purchase Market Kicks In

July 12, 2018
John Bancroft
All of the growth in GSE volume came from the purchase-mortgage side of the business…
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