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Articles by Brandon Ivey

GAO: Difficult to Evaluate FHFA on G-Fees Due to Lack of Clearly Stated Goals

October 8, 2014
Brandon Ivey
Is it that the FHFA doesn't want to take a stand on g-fees because it fears alienating the industry?
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A Small but Growing Market: MBS Backed by Nonperforming Mortgages

October 8, 2014
Brandon Ivey
Bonds backed by nonperforming residential mortgages could reach $6 billion this year. But all of the deals are "private."
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Treasury Resisting Calls to Increase Scrutiny of HAMP Servicers

October 7, 2014
Brandon Ivey
The watchdog arm of Congress noted that the Treasury hasn’t implemented 6 out of 24 recommendations relating to housing programs funded by the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
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Short Takes: Student Lender Enters Jumbo Mortgage Space / How are Mortgage Lenders Feeling? Not So Good / Ralph Nader Unhappy with GSE Decision / Why is Johnson-Crapo Even on the Senate Legislative Calendar?

October 7, 2014
Paul Muolo, Brandon Ivey, and Charles Wisniowski
Quick question: What’s the difference between student loan debt and mortgage debt? One is impossible to extinguish by going through bankruptcy.
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Guess What? Credit Rating Shopping is Still Going On – Mostly in the CMBS Sector

October 3, 2014
Brandon Ivey
Calvin Wong of Morningstar noted that rating shopping is most obvious in the commercial MBS market
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New Jumbo MBS From JPM Has Highest Average (Post-Crisis) Combined LTV

October 1, 2014
Brandon Ivey
The senior tranche on the Chase jumbo deal has credit enhancement of 9.90 percent.
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Short Takes: Top FHFA Regulator Bolts Agency for Private Sector / Why Did Walter’s Stock Get Hammered? / Community Banks Apparently Love Non-QMs / Homewood Introduces Stated-Income Product / Another Bite at the Refi Apple?

October 1, 2014
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey
Investors have been scratching their heads over the downdraft at Walter/Green Tree...
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WinWater Set to Issue Its Second Jumbo MBS; LTV Ratios Creeping Up

September 30, 2014
Brandon Ivey
The merger-hungry RPM Mortgage of California is the top contributor to the jumbo MBS with a 14.3 percent share.
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Higher-Priced Mortgage Lending on the Rise?

September 30, 2014
Brandon Ivey
While higher-priced lending is on the rise, pricing on these originations isn’t nearly as high as it was in the subprime boom.
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Jumbo MBS with Originations Sourced by Five Oaks in the Works

September 29, 2014
Brandon Ivey
Five Oaks plans to buy some of the subordinate tranches of the new jumbo MBS.
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