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Brandon Ivey

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Trade Groups Critical of New FHA Certification Proposal

July 11, 2019
Brandon Ivey
Lenders are seeking significant revisions to FHA loan-level certifications and defect taxonomy in order to increase participation. Banks fled the FHA market following the financial crisis due to the False Claims Act cases brought against them by the Justice Department.
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Lending Practices Linked to Judicial Foreclosure Norms

July 11, 2019
Brandon Ivey
Lenders approve fewer loan applications and apply more conservative underwriting standards in states that impose a judicial foreclosure process, according to new research.
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Invictus Taps Investors to the Tune of $833M for New Non-Agency Fund

July 10, 2019
Brandon Ivey

From the start of 2018 through the end of the second quarter of 2019, Invictus issued $3.34 billion of non-agency mortgage-backed securities.


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Moody’s: Quicken Stronger than Other Nonbank Lenders

July 9, 2019
Brandon Ivey

The other lenders that Moody's looked at: Ditech Financial, Freedom Mortgage, Mr. Cooper, New Residential, Ocwen Financial, PennyMac Financial Services, Provident Funding Associates and Stearns Lending...


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Redwood Packs More GSE-Eligible Loans into Expanded-Credit MBS

July 9, 2019
Brandon Ivey

Mortgages eligible for sale to the GSEs will account for 13.1% of the $353.4 million deal, which is more than double the share of GSE-eligible mortgages in the previous expanded-credit MBS from Redwood.


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Expanded-Credit MBS Issuance Slows in 2Q18

July 8, 2019
Brandon Ivey

Some of the top expanded-credit MBS issuers – including Invictus Capital Partners, Angel Oak Companies, Lone Star Funds and New Residential Investment – issued one security each in the second quarter after bringing two deals each during 1Q19…


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A New Non-QM Lender Emerges, Catering to High Net Worth Individuals

July 3, 2019
Brandon Ivey

Executives at PCMA have resumes that include stints at Secured Funding Corp., New Century Financial, Countrywide Home Loans, and Ameriquest Financial…


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Fitch Remains Cautious About Alt Doc Loans in MBS

July 3, 2019
Brandon Ivey
The rating service will continue to take a relatively harsh view of mortgages underwritten with alternative documentation even though they have per-formed better than expected.
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Blackstone to Issue its First MBS with Investment-Property Loans

July 3, 2019
Brandon Ivey

Blackstone it set to issue its first non-agency MBS backed by investment-property mortgages. Most of the loans in the deal were originated by lenders affiliated with Blackstone.


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New Non-QM Lender Targeting High Net-Worth Borrowers

July 3, 2019
Brandon Ivey
A new wholesale lender is focusing on originating non-QMs for affluent borrowers. Its founders include subprime alum and tech geeks.
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