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Brandon Ivey

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VantageScore Touts Benefits of Positive Rent Reporting

November 5, 2025
Brandon Ivey
VantageScore said adding positive rent reporting as an input it its scoring model would help nearly four million renters achieve a VantageScore of at least 620.
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Median Age for First-Time Homebuyer Increases to 40

November 5, 2025
Brandon Ivey
Prior to the financial crisis of 2008, the median age for first-time homebuyers was around 30 years old.
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Short Takes: Invictus Boosts Expanded-Credit MBS Issuance / Home Price Depreciation in Some Areas / FoA Takes Loss in 3Q / HUD Selling HECMs for Vacant Properties

November 5, 2025
Brandon Ivey
An affiliate of Invictus Capital Partners is set to issue a $707.4 million expanded-credit mortgage-backed security.
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Ishbia Sees Hesitancy Among LOs, Not Potential Borrowers

November 4, 2025
Brandon Ivey
“People are ready to refinance, people are ready to buy,” said Mat Ishbia, chairman, CEO and president of United Wholesale Mortgage.
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Profits Jump at AG Mortgage Investment Trust in 3Q

November 4, 2025
Brandon Ivey
Much of the shift in income was due to unrealized gains on portfolios of loans and pieces for non-agency mortgage-backed securities due to spread tightening.
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Short Takes: Pennymac Goes Bigger With Latest Non-Agency MBS / Mortgage Demand Increases / AI for Construction Loans / AVM for Rental Properties

November 4, 2025
Brandon Ivey
Pennymac is marketing a $426.5 million non-agency mortgage-backed security stocked with investment-property mortgages eligible for sale to the government-sponsored enterprises.
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Nonbanks Increase Servicing Share During Third Quarter

October 31, 2025
Brandon Ivey
Rocket Mortgage, thanks to its acquisition of Mr. Cooper Group, which was completed at the beginning of October, is poised to overtake Chase as the largest firm in terms of owned servicing.
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Rocket Takes Loss in 3Q as Expenses Rise

October 31, 2025
Brandon Ivey
Much of the swing was tied to increases in salaries, commissions and team member benefits along with general and administrative expenses.
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Short Takes: Pulte Touts Layoffs at Fannie / Non-QM Performance Tepid / Zillow Boosts Originations / Investment-Property MBS Aggregated by Deephaven

October 31, 2025
Brandon Ivey
“We, like any business, must eliminate positions that are not core, or otherwise, to mortgages and new home sales,” FHFA Director and Fannie Mae Chair Bill Pulte said of the GSE.
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Investor Demand Helping to Propel Non-Agency MBS

October 30, 2025
Brandon Ivey
Non-agency MBS issuance is up sharply this year and is expected to rise again in 2026. Delinquencies on the loans are increasing but investors are counting on cushions from home equity to help prevent losses.
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