‘Expanded Credit’ Originations Increase Ever so Slightly in 3Q17 November 27, 2017 Brandon Ivey Non-QMs account for the bulk of expanded-credit originations, with a 78.0 percent share…Read More
Short Takes: Don’t Ask Us, Try OMB / English has OMB Roots / Radian Sells Clayton Unit / Subprime Standards Tighten / Guild Expands into North Dakota November 27, 2017 Paul Muolo, Thomas Ressler, and Brandon Ivey Guild Mortgage, San Diego, has expanded its presence in the Midwest...Read More
Short Takes: Still Hiring: Nonprime Lenders / Wiped Clean; Franklin Codel’s LinkedIn Profile / HUD Gives $5B in Hurricane Aid to Texas / Freedom Mortgage Shines / A Rare MBS from AMIPM November 20, 2017 Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey Franklin Codel's LinkedIn profile had been wiped clean...Read More
Angel Oak Set to Issue its Third Nonprime MBS of the Year; Bank-Statement Loans 35 Percent of the Collateral November 17, 2017 Brandon Ivey Self-employed borrowers whose incomes were determined with bank statements account for 35.0 percent of the collateral.Read More
Lenders Start Your Engines: Texas Loosens Home-Equity Regulations November 16, 2017 Brandon Ivey The proposition revises the strict fee limits that Texas places on home-equity lines…Read More
Short Takes: Another Mortgage Trade Group Chief Announces Retirement / Redfin’s Mortgage Arm Growing Slowly / Annaly Executives Continue to Buy Stock / World Debt and U.S. Mortgage Debt / Resitrader’s Growth November 16, 2017 Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey Annaly executives have purchased $24.3 million worth of company stock in the open market since 2011...Read More
Chase to Include a Large Amount of Non-QMs in its Latest Jumbo MBS November 15, 2017 Brandon Ivey The new MBS from JPM concentrates on jumbo mortgages. The average loan balance is $952,747.Read More
HMDA Analysis: Higher-Priced Lending Spikes November 14, 2017 Brandon Ivey Some $28.61 billion of non-government-insured higher-priced mortgages were originated in 2016, up 28.9 percent from the previous year…Read More
Invictus Includes Loans Aggregated by Shelter Growth in Latest Nonprime MBS November 13, 2017 Brandon Ivey Mortgages aggregated by Shelter Growth account for 43.5 percent of the collateral.Read More
Nonprime Lenders Aim to Avoid a Mistake of the Past: Risk Layering November 13, 2017 Brandon Ivey Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions, Atlanta, said it has underwriting standards that avoid risk-layering…Read More