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Brandon Ivey

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MBS and ABS Issuers Taking Steps to Address Move Away from LIBOR

June 11, 2018
Brandon Ivey
The banks that report rates that form the basis of LIBOR won’t be required to participate in the survey after 2021…
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So Much Home Equity, But Not Much Lending. Reason: Tight Underwriting

June 8, 2018
Brandon Ivey
Home equity outstanding hit a peak of $13.43 trillion in the first quarter of 2006 then tumbled during the financial crisis...
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CFPB, Freddie Mac Separately Urge Mortgage Borrowers to Shop Around

June 7, 2018
Brandon Ivey
A significant share of borrowers are missing out on thousands of dollars in savings…
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MBA Makes the Case to IRS that Lenders are Eligible for 20 Percent Deduction Included in Tax Reform

June 6, 2018
Brandon Ivey
The trade group argues that if lenders organized as pass-through entities do not receive the new deduction, they will be at a competitive disadvantage...
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Competition for Non-QMs Slowing Ellington’s Plans

June 6, 2018
Brandon Ivey
CEO Laurence Penn said he hopes the flow of non-QM originations will increase…
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Short Takes: Hey, Hands Off of GSE Multifamily / What Ed DeMarco Wanted To Do / Cuts at Stearns? / More Non-QM Lenders Target Self-Employed Borrowers / New Hires at Promontory MortgagePath

June 6, 2018
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Over the years it seems as though commercial banks have basically ceded the multifamily market to nonbanks that use the GSEs as their secondary market takeout…
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Guaranteed Rate Plots Growth with ‘Aggressive’ Recruiting of Underwriters, Processors

June 5, 2018
Brandon Ivey
GR is aggressively recruiting mortgage processors, underwriters and secondary analysts...
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HMDA: Purchase Share of Jumbos Increased in 2017

June 4, 2018
Brandon Ivey
Meanwhile, Guaranteed Rate, Flagstar and HomeBridge Financial more than doubled their jumbo lending in 2017...
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Short Takes: Will the GSEs and MIs Gain? / A New Call to Cut FHA Premiums / Reverse Market Turns Rosy? / Ellie Mae’s CFO Departs / Where Were You When the Secondary Market Shivered? / A New Hire for MGIC

June 4, 2018
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Will the new FHA chief cut premiums and end the “life of the loan” premium policy?
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The Mortgage Industry Ponders: How to Finance ‘Gig Economy’ Borrowers

May 31, 2018
Brandon Ivey
Seventy-one percent of lenders said borrowers with gig-economy income have applied for a mortgage within the past year...
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