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Brandon Ivey

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Federal Agencies Clear Up Confusion on Forbearance

January 7, 2021
Brandon Ivey
It wasn’t clear if coronavirus forbearance for federally backed mortgages was allowed after the end of 2020. Federal agencies addressed the issue near the end of December, though there’s still uncertainty.
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Impairment Rate on Non-QMs Declines in November

January 6, 2021
Brandon Ivey

The impairment rate didn't decline across the board. It increased for bank statement loans.


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AmeriHome Moving Forward with IPO...

January 5, 2021
Brandon Ivey

The nonbank lender/servicer filed its initial IPO documents in early October and was reportedly set to price the offering later that month.


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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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