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Brandon Ivey

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Freddie Mac Pushes Back Against Criticism on Its Use of Equifax

October 19, 2017
Brandon Ivey
However, officials at Freddie said the claims regarding the GSE and Equifax lacked context.
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Mortgage Due Diligence Firms Open to Working Together to Standardize Reporting

October 19, 2017
Brandon Ivey
Each due diligence firm applies its own interpretation of compliance...
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Arch Continues Re-Insurance Transactions Started by UG; New Issuance the First to Receive a Rating

October 18, 2017
Brandon Ivey
Mortgages delivered to the GSEs with an unpaid principal balance of $29.30 billion are included in the transaction.
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Short Takes: The Little Guy Gets a G-Fee Break / A Coming Spike in G-Fees? / More Financial Maneuvers by Radian / A Hot Streak for Non-Agency Prime MBS / A Stock Market Crash Warning from Treasury Secretary Mnuchin

October 18, 2017
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Might this suggest that g-fees charges could spike next year when zero hour comes?
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Redwood Aims for Jumbos Outside of Banks’ Focus

October 17, 2017
Brandon Ivey
Redwood’s Choice loan program allows for debt-to-income ratios of up to 49.9 percent while the limit for Select is 43.0 percent…
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Surprise: Prime Non-Agency MBS Issuance Spiked in the Third Quarter

October 16, 2017
Brandon Ivey
The nonprime MBS category includes some deals better categorized as Alt A…
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Citadel Receives Ratings from Morningstar; Look for a Nonprime MBS in January

October 16, 2017
Brandon Ivey
Morningstar said the company’s underwriting process, quality control and compliance functions were factors in the rankings…
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Short Takes: Residential Production Plunges at Citi / MSR Holdings Down Too / But a Nice Profit for 3Q17 / JPMorgan Readies New Non-Agency MBS / Ocwen Exiting Wholesale Channel / Fannie Announces New NPL Auctions

October 12, 2017
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Citi’s third-party servicing portfolio is down to $49.1 billion from $147.6 billion at Sept. 30, 2016...
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Lenders Not Pleased with LOS Systems, ‘LeadGen’ in Particular Gets Low Marks

October 10, 2017
Brandon Ivey
Lenders are none-too-thrilled with LOS compliance functions as well…
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A ‘BRAWL’ Forms, Broker Group Accuses Certain Lenders of Stealing Borrowers

October 10, 2017
Brandon Ivey
For now, BRAWL isn’t naming names, but credited three lenders for being “true partners” because more than 90 percent of their production comes through the wholesale channel...
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