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Articles by Brandon Ivey

Short Takes: Fixing the GSEs: A Slam Dunk? / ‘Abundant’ Bipartisan Agreement? Huh? / How Rep. Jeb Gets There / Seller-Financing for Altisource / Paul Miller Departs FBR

April 3, 2017
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey
We've an opinion or two from mortgage lobbyists that Rep. Hensarling might be open to some type of government guaranty on MBS, but how he might agree to such an animal has yet to be revealed…
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Shelter Growth Issues its Second Nonprime MBS

March 31, 2017
Brandon Ivey
The mortgages backing the new nonprime MBS from Shelter Growth have a weighted-average interest rate of 6.11 percent.
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Short Takes: A Good Idea, Says Bright / Stop the Presses: An Emerging Bipartisan Consensus on GSE Reform! / Here Comes the Flood (in Six Months) / loanDepot Retaining Jumbos / CarVal’s Non-Agency MBS

March 30, 2017
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey
Stop the presses: a consensus on GSE reform is here! Really?
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MBA Cautions Against Defining All Loans Held in Portfolio as Qualified Mortgages

March 29, 2017
Brandon Ivey
The portfolio QM proposal is supported by many Republicans along with some Democrats...
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Why Lenders Are Avoiding ‘Next Gen’ Tech Providers: the Costs are Too High

March 29, 2017
Brandon Ivey
The most prevalent users of next-gen tech were large and mid-sized lenders…
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Prepayment Rate on Mortgages in Jumbo MBS Close to Rate on Conforming Loans

March 28, 2017
Brandon Ivey
BAML suggested that one of the reasons prepayment speeds on jumbos have been relatively slow is the presence of self-employed borrowers…
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As Originations Decline, Lenders Concerned About Competition and Lower Profits

March 27, 2017
Brandon Ivey
Issues involving regulatory compliance have declined significantly under the Trump administration.
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Grants Help Launch 15 New Mortgage Brokerage Shops

March 27, 2017
Brandon Ivey
The NAMB KickStart program provides a grant of up to $10,000 to help a mortgage broker launch his or her own shop. The money comes from UWM.
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Proposal to Curb ‘Rating Shopping’ Met with Skepticism

March 24, 2017
Brandon Ivey
Esaki and White propose allowing issuers to choose any number of rating services to submit credit support levels for a particular MBS or ABS, paying a bid-preparation fee for each estimate.
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SFIG Plots Next Steps in Effort to Revive Non-Agency MBS Market

March 23, 2017
Brandon Ivey
SFIG’s said its RMBS 3.0 task force will be holding calls during the next two weeks to discuss ongoing work in the latest areas of focus…
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