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Brandon Ivey

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Citadel Servicing Rebrands as Acra Lending

January 4, 2021
Brandon Ivey

Officials at Acra suggest it's largely business as usual for Citadel, beyond the name change.


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Short Takes: The Year of the Boom / (Mostly) Optimism Ahead / The Biggest Mortgage Stories of 2020 / The CFPB is Still on the Job

December 31, 2020
Paul Muolo, Brandon Ivey, and Maria Volkova

The biggest mortgage stories of 2020: the origination boom, profits, the Fed, the GSEs, IPOs ... It's a long list...


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Short Takes: A $500M Repo for Quicken / Very Liquid / Firming Up: MSRs / Preferred Pricing / Help Wanted: VP of Non-QM / A New Veep for PCMA

December 30, 2020
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey

The document notes that Quicken now has a “total funding capacity” of $29.3 billion. A year ago this liquidity data point was measured at $19.1 billion...


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Finance of America Slated to Buy Renovate America's Home-Improvement Unit

December 30, 2020
Brandon Ivey

Renovate America recently filed for bankruptcy and received financing for its Benji home-improvement financing business from Finance of America.


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Short Takes: VA Foreclosure Moratorium / KBW Downgrades Rocket / Affordability Issues

December 29, 2020
Brandon Ivey

VA's moratorium on foreclosures was scheduled to end Dec. 31.


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UI Analysts Suggest Federal Oversight of Nonbank Servicers

December 29, 2020
Brandon Ivey

The analysts suggested that the Federal Housing Finance Agency or the Federal Reserve should handle regulation of nonbank servicers.


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Jumbo Servicing Declines in Third Quarter

December 29, 2020
Brandon Ivey

Prepayments outpaced new production, prompting a decline in jumbo servicing volume.


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FHFA Seeks Input on GSE Appraisal Issues

December 29, 2020
Brandon Ivey

Questions posed by the FHFA include whether the GSEs should use appraisal waivers and how lenders might manipulate automated underwriting systems when seeking an appraisal wavier from the GSEs.


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CFPB Opts for QM Standards for ARMs Opposed by Lenders

December 28, 2020
Brandon Ivey

The CFPB noted that lenders didn't provide relevant data that had been requested by the regulator during the comment period.


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Trump Signs Bill with Stimulus Package and Government Funding

December 28, 2020
Brandon Ivey

The signature averts a shutdown of the federal government and paves the way for stimulus payments while Trump pressures Congress to send even bigger checks.


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