Brandon Ivey

Short Takes: Full Bore into Non-QM? / FHA Could Hike Premiums / Record Attendance at ABS East / Departures from Sprout / A New Denver Branch for Churchill Mortgage

September 25, 2018

Will FHA hike its premiums? Maybe, maybe not...

IO Originations Spiked by 25 Percent in 2Q18

September 24, 2018

Angel Oak Lending, Citadel Servicing and Navy Federal Credit Union all had IO gains of more than 60 percent during the quarter.

Deephaven Set to Issue its Largest Nonprime MBS to Date

September 21, 2018

Brandon Ivey

Mortgages from 74 lenders will be included in the deal…

Tough Times, but Wells Fargo Expects to Gain Lending Market Share

September 20, 2018

Brandon Ivey

Wells SVP John Shrewsberry: “In first mortgage, I would say, we should outperform whatever the market is delivering…”

Chimera Packs GSE-Eligible Loans on Investment Properties into New Non-Agency MBS; Caliber a Top Contributor

September 19, 2018

Brandon Ivey

Three nonbank lenders, all owned by PE firms, are key contributors to the deal…

Short Takes: Freddie Talking to Potential MSR Borrowers / Fannie’s New HLTV Refi Option / Plenty of GSE-Eligible Loans in New JPM MBS / LendingTree’s $10k Prize / A New Director at Fannie Mae

September 19, 2018

Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo

On Nov. 1, Fannie Mae will begin accepting applications for its new high loan-to-value ratio refinance product.

Wells Fargo Ready to Break its Jumbo MBS Drought

September 17, 2018

Brandon Ivey

Wells Fargo accounted for 15.0 percent of all jumbo mortgages originated during the first half of 2018…

Redwood Queues Up Fourth ‘Expanded-Credit’ MBS Deal of the Year; 106 Lenders Provide Collateral

September 14, 2018

Brandon Ivey

Mortgage firms providing collateral for the new EC MBS include Fairway Mortgage, Guild Mortgage, PrimeLending and others…

Questions Linger on Caliber and ‘Full Documentation’

September 14, 2018

Brandon Ivey

The differences are tied to how the rating services define full documentation.

Growing Quickly, Tech Vendor Blend Names Former Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to Advisory Board

September 13, 2018

Brandon Ivey

The number of mortgage lenders using technology from Blend has quadrupled in the past year…

Brandon Ivey

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Short Takes: Full Bore into Non-QM? / FHA Could Hike Premiums / Record Attendance at ABS East / Departures from Sprout / A New Denver Branch for Churchill Mortgage

IO Originations Spiked by 25 Percent in 2Q18

Deephaven Set to Issue its Largest Nonprime MBS to Date

Tough Times, but Wells Fargo Expects to Gain Lending Market Share

Chimera Packs GSE-Eligible Loans on Investment Properties into New Non-Agency MBS; Caliber a Top Contributor

Short Takes: Freddie Talking to Potential MSR Borrowers / Fannie’s New HLTV Refi Option / Plenty of GSE-Eligible Loans in New JPM MBS / LendingTree’s $10k Prize / A New Director at Fannie Mae

Wells Fargo Ready to Break its Jumbo MBS Drought

Redwood Queues Up Fourth ‘Expanded-Credit’ MBS Deal of the Year; 106 Lenders Provide Collateral

Questions Linger on Caliber and ‘Full Documentation’

Growing Quickly, Tech Vendor Blend Names Former Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to Advisory Board

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