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Brandon Ivey

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Realty Giant RE/MAX Launches Mortgage Brokerage Franchise. The Concept: One-Stop Shopping

October 25, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Pairing real estate agents with loan brokers? RESPA attorneys start your engines...
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First-Time Homebuyer Share of Residential Purchases Falls to Level Last Seen in 2014

October 24, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Back in May, the reading for first-time homebuyers was 40.4 percent.
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Short Takes: FHFA Chief Mel Watt: Embrace Change, Folks / Halfway to Five Years / MBA’s Stevens Makes Reference to FHA Lawsuits / For Wells Fargo, the Fallout Continues

October 24, 2016
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
For Mel Watt, he's at the halfway point...
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Sales of Higher-Priced Mortgages Declined in 2015

October 12, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Higher-priced mortgages are sometimes seen as a proxy for nonprime mortgages...
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At the End of 3Q16, Just Two Firms Were Still Issuing ‘Prime’ Non-Agency MBS

October 11, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Five deals were issued during the quarter, led by a $2.65 billion MBS from Chase that combined mortgages eligible for sale to the government-sponsored enterprises and jumbo loans.
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Portfolio Retention of ARMs Increased in 2Q16

October 11, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Wells Fargo was the top ARM lender in the second quarter with $5.76 billion in originations.
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In Crafting the Deal Agent Concept for Non-Agency MBS, Investors Looked to the GSEs

October 10, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Clayton Holdings is one firm that’s interested in providing deal-agent services to the industry…
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Redwood Set to Issue Third Jumbo MBS of the Year; New Bond Includes FHLB Loans

October 7, 2016
Brandon Ivey
On average, the loans have seasoned just 1.9 months, one of the fastest turn times for a jumbo MBS in recent years…
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They’re Back: Cash-out Refis

October 6, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Cash-out refis are propping up the refi market, said one analyst.
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‘Service Levels’ Prompted KB Home to Switch Lender Partnership from Nationstar to Stearns

October 5, 2016
Brandon Ivey
KB Homes CEO Jeff Mezger said Stearns’ lending platform is far more efficient than Nationstar’s…
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