WinWater Goes a Little Outside the Box on New Jumbo MBS: LTVs North of 80 Percent February 24, 2015 Brandon Ivey KBRA said its loss model is highly sensitive to the increased probability of default associated with mortgages that have high combined LTV ratios.Read More
In Earnings Call Redwood Cites ‘Excess Capacity’ in Correspondent Channel February 24, 2015 Brandon Ivey In recent years, Redwood has focused on jumbo mortgages but the REIT is now placing a greater emphasis on conforming loans.Read More
Jumbo Market Share Best Since 2002; Wells Dominant Once Again February 23, 2015 Brandon Ivey Wells Fargo remained the most dominant lender in the sector with $42.28 billion of jumbo originations in 2014, down 2.5 percent from the year before.Read More
Fitch Downgrades More than 100 Non-Agency MBS Serviced By Ocwen Due to Risk of Servicer ‘Disruption’ February 23, 2015 Brandon Ivey Nearly $1.0 billion in non-agency MBS was included in the rating action by Fitch.Read More
Short Takes: A Nice Bump for Ocwen’s Share Price / Will Ocwen Unload Non-Agency MSRs Too? / CashCall’s Non-QM Loan / Fidelity Grows Revenues 21 Percent February 23, 2015 George Brooks, Brandon Ivey, and Paul Muolo In case you’re wondering, Ocwen services roughly $208 billion of non-agency product.Read More
On the Rise Again: Residential Foreclosures; Say Hello to ‘Foreclosure Spring’ February 20, 2015 Brandon Ivey “Due to our ponderous judicial system, most of the options have been exhausted, and the judges are now expediting the [foreclosure] process,” said Mike Pappas, president and CEO of the Keyes Company. Read More
Ocwen Sees Favorable Movement in Battle with BlueMountain as HLSS Enters Agreement with Trustee February 18, 2015 Brandon Ivey Analysts believe BlueMountain’s play is to ultimately drive down Ocwen’s share price and clean up on its short positions.Read More
Short Takes: Would You Buy Ocwen Now? / MIAC Offering MSRs / Sindeo Secures Investment / Fannie Rolling Out New Version of DU / Clayton Hires Former Subprime Executive February 18, 2015 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo Ocwen’s massive servicing portfolio (roughly $377 billion in UPB) is worth more than the entire market capitalization rate of the company...Read More
Short Takes: Mortgage Lawyers Raking in the (Compliance) Dough / What’s With all the 13-Gs? / Ocwen’s Stock on a Tear. What? / Obama Gives a Shout-Out to Nationstar / A New Hire for Auction.com February 17, 2015 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo Ocwen’s share price has almost doubled! How’s that? Well...Read More
Want to Help the Securitization Market? Fix Regulatory ‘Uncertainty’ February 13, 2015 Brandon Ivey The due diligence findings must be published within five days after a deal prices.Read More