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Brandon Ivey

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Home Prices Defy Expectations Amid High Interest Rates

July 20, 2023
Brandon Ivey
Home prices were expected to come down this year due to affordability issues stemming from high interest rates. Instead, home prices look fairly firm thanks to housing supply/demand dynamics.
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Grapevine: Higher Capital Requirements Expected; Merger Guidance

July 20, 2023
Brandon Ivey
Federal regulators are expected to propose new capital requirements for big banks; DOJ and FTC propose new guidance on mergers.
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Higher Capital Requirements Would Flow to Interest Rates

July 20, 2023
Brandon Ivey
Banks will look to pass the expense of higher capital requirements for mortgages onto borrowers, M&T Bank's CFO noted.
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Short Takes: Standards for Fee Names / Originations Weaker Than Expected / Cash Share of Home Sales Declines / Supply and Demand

July 20, 2023
Brandon Ivey
MISMO provided some standards for nearly 200 fees that a borrower could see on a Loan Estimate form.
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BofA CEO Pushes Back on Capital Requirements

July 19, 2023
Brandon Ivey
Banks have enough capital, according to Brian Moynihan, chair and CEO of Bank of America.
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Short Takes: Business Improves at Western Alliance / Western Asset in Talks With AG Mortgage Investment / New Fix-and-Flip Lender / Freddie Offers Spanish Docs

July 19, 2023
Brandon Ivey
Officials at Western Alliance Bank stressed that the bank worked to get back to "normal" in the second quarter.
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HUD Proposes Tougher Standards for FHA Loan Investors

July 18, 2023
Brandon Ivey
HUD proposed applying certain requirements for approved FHA lenders/servicers to entities that invest in FHA mortgages.
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Short Takes: Small Profits / Few Homes for Sale / DBRS Ready to Rate HEI Securitizations

July 18, 2023
Brandon Ivey
FirstBank's mortgage division generated small profits in May and June.
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ICE, Black Knight Plan to Sell Off Optimal Blue Business

July 17, 2023
Brandon Ivey
The FTC recently delayed an evidentiary hearing regarding the planned merger...
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Originations Jump at Chase in Second Quarter; Wells Also Up

July 14, 2023
Brandon Ivey
Chase nearly doubled its mortgage originations on a quarterly basis in the second quarter.
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