Questions Linger on Caliber and ‘Full Documentation’ September 14, 2018 Brandon Ivey The differences are tied to how the rating services define full documentation.Read More
Growing Quickly, Tech Vendor Blend Names Former Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to Advisory Board September 13, 2018 Brandon Ivey The number of mortgage lenders using technology from Blend has quadrupled in the past year…Read More
Jumbo Servicing Balances Up by Almost 11 Percent Year Over Year September 12, 2018 Brandon Ivey Flagstar Bank and Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing had significant increases in their jumbo servicing portfolios over the past year…Read More
Many Lenders Plan on Keeping Underwriting Standards ‘As Is’ September 11, 2018 Brandon Ivey One lender confessed: “I think we’ve been too accepting of credit problems and we are going to start pulling back now…”Read More
Eager to Buy Jumbos, Redwood Offers a ‘Working Capital’ Option September 11, 2018 Brandon Ivey During the second quarter Redwood deployed $40.0 million in customized financing for nonbanks…Read More
Correspondent Channel a Flashpoint in Competitive Jumbo Market September 10, 2018 Brandon Ivey While total jumbo originations among the lenders increased by 37.1 percent on a quarterly basis, correspondent volume was up by 63.7 percent.Read More
Non-Agency MBS Issuers Aim for Specificity on Rep-and-Warrant Framework September 7, 2018 Brandon Ivey Alston & Bird: “We’ve all learned the hard way…”Read More
Strong Performance for Nonprime Mortgages. 60-Day Delinquencies of Less Than 4 Percent September 7, 2018 Brandon Ivey Fitch views prepayments as a positive credit factor…Read More
Latest Nonprime MBS from Lone Star (Caliber) Stocked with Purchase Mortgages, FRMs September 6, 2018 Brandon Ivey The weighted-average coupon is 6.50 percent.Read More
Short Takes: Jeb, Tell Us What You Really Think About Fannie and Freddie / AIG’s New Jumbo MBS / Judge Kavanaugh and the CFPB / Elusive Indeed / A Promotion at Freddie September 6, 2018 Paul Muolo, Brandon Ivey, and Yemeng Yang Never one to mask his complete disdain for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Rep. Jeb Hensarling let it rip...Read More