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Brandon Ivey

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JPM Readies $385 Million Jumbo MBS Packed with ARMs, Including Many Non-QMs

December 15, 2016
Brandon Ivey
While the deal includes many non-QMs and IOs, along with a “tier 3” representation and warranty framework, the senior tranche of the MBS will include credit enhancement of 5.75 percent.
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A Mortgage Deal Falls Apart? Check the Appraisal

December 15, 2016
Brandon Ivey
In other instances, the home price agreed upon by the buyer and seller might fall within market trends, but the appraiser might not have access to data to verify the value.
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PennyMac Founder Kurland Gives Up CEO Position, Stays on as Executive Chairman

December 14, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Spector will report to Kurland, who founded the PennyMac family of companies in 2008, two years after being forced out of Countrywide Financial Corp.
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Details Emerge on New SoFi Jumbo MBS: A $169 Million Deal

December 13, 2016
Brandon Ivey
No 2016 volume figures were available on SoFi, though last year the privately held nonbank funded $372.2 million, according to one presale report.
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Will Higher Rates Crush Originations in 2017? Freddie Mac Thinks So

December 13, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Freddie Mac believes that refis will decline by 53.0 percent from 2016 to 2017…
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‘FinTech’ Firm SoFi Readies its First Non-Agency MBS; Deal will be Stocked with QMs from CA

December 12, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Some of the debt-to-income ratios in the new SoFi MBS are below 20 percent.
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Short Takes: The 10-Year Gets Ugly / Losing Refi Customers / Maybe Mortgage Bankers Should Revisit Their Volume Estimates for 2017 / Angelo Mozilo, a Good Pick for HUD Secretary? / FGMC Hires Former BofA Executive

December 12, 2016
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
JPMorgan Chase readies its fifth jumbo MBS deal of the year...
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Cato Institute’s Mark Calabria Up for the FHA Job?

December 9, 2016
Brandon Ivey
If Cato's Mark Calabria becomes FHA chief, private MI firms could benefit…
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SFIG Members Cite Progress on Non-Agency MBS Reform Effort; But More Work Ahead, Much More…

December 9, 2016
Brandon Ivey
“That’s a lot of work for an industry that apparently doesn’t exist,” said Richard Johns, SFIG’s executive director.
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Subprime Loan Performance Improves, but Servicing Continues to Run Off

December 9, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Caliber Home Loans was the only subprime servicer among the top 10 to increase its subprime portfolio compared with the third quarter of 2015
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