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Articles by Brandon Ivey

Short Takes: A Prudential Regulator of Nonbanks? / Source of Info: FHFA OIG / Rood’s New AI Project / Beyonce Name Drops Fannie / A Promotion at Fannie

April 1, 2024
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey
Beyonce (yes, that Beyonce): “Wildfire burnt his house down. Insurance ain’t going to pay no Fannie Mae.”
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FHFA Conducting Targeted Exams of Nonbanks

March 29, 2024
Brandon Ivey
Between October 2021 and August 2023, 21 exams were conducted.
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Subtle Shifts in Securitization Rate as Lending Declines

March 29, 2024
Brandon Ivey
The securitization rate for residential mortgages was 72.1% in 2023.
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Short Takes: FHFA to Improve Exam Practices / Better Taps Real Estate Agents / Doma Plans to Go Private / Pending Home Sales Up Slightly

March 29, 2024
Brandon Ivey
FHFA is working on internal guidance to improve its exams of nonbank mortgage companies.
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Better Shifts to Using Commission-Based LOs

March 28, 2024
Brandon Ivey
Previously, Better’s LOs weren’t paid commissions and the lender focused on using technology to get loan applicants through the mortgage process.
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Short Takes: DOL Fine for Emotional Damages / UWM’s Margins Expected to Improve / Growth in Mortgage Payments Outpaces Applicants’ Earnings / Trees Saved From Digital Closings

March 28, 2024
Brandon Ivey
The fine levied by the Department of Labor for emotional damages followed a whistleblower complaint involving PrimeLending.
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MBA: CFPB Going Too Far With Proposal on Bank Overdraft Fees

March 27, 2024
Brandon Ivey
“MBA objects to the bureau’s overbroad interpretation of the scope of its abusiveness authority,” wrote Pete Mills, a senior vice president of residential policy and strategic industry engagement at the MBA.
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Fed’s Losses on MBS Holdings Decline in 2023

March 27, 2024
Brandon Ivey
In 2023, the Fed realized a loss of $56 million on its agency MBS holdings.
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Short Takes: Figure Lending’s Parent Files Confidential IPO Papers / Slow Start to Spring Homebuying Season / Home Price Depreciation in Large Cities / GITSIT (Formerly Kondaur) Wins NPL Auction

March 27, 2024
Brandon Ivey
Figure Technology Solutions filed a confidential S-1 statement.
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Non-HMDA Factors Refute Discrimination Allegations at Navy Federal

March 26, 2024
Brandon Ivey
“Our review found that when all relevant factors are controlled for, which CNN did not do, the difference in approval rates between Black and White borrowers falls to less than 1%,” said Debo Adegbile, a partner at the law firm of WilmerHale who was hired by Navy Federal to complete the review.
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