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Brandon Ivey

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How to Beat TRID in the MBS Sector: Issue Securities Backed by Investment Properties

April 20, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Investors take note: The collateral has a current interest rate of 8.15 percent.
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Short Takes: All in the Mortgage Family / Can Ditech’s TPO Strategy Work? / The Megabanks Feeling Less Love for GSE Loans? / 38,865 Fannie Mae Shareholders / FRB Sets 1Q Production Record

April 20, 2016
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Would you lend money to your relatives? One mortgage firm has made it a business model...
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Mortgage Websites Get the Thumbs Down from Realtors on Customer Leads

April 19, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Researcher Tom Popik said lenders may be missing opportunities to leverage strong homebuyer contacts acquired through the mortgage preapproval process.
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Senate Banking Chair Wants GAO and CBO to Investigate Change in Course at the FHFA

April 19, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Shelby noted that Congress “has a responsibility to conduct proper oversight” over the FHFA and the GSEs.
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Some Good News: Rating Services Ready to Rate TRID-Affected Deals

April 14, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Many non-agency MBS investors insist that they aren’t comfortable with the liability posed by TRID…
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Short Takes: Some Landmines for PHH? / Lots of Cash, At Least /A Little More on Kroll and TRID / Will the CFPB be Forced to Issue Official TRID Guidance? / TRID Webinar a Bust? / PrimeLending in New JV

April 14, 2016
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Although there hasn’t been a lot of good news on PHH of late, one analyst we spoke with noted a positive: “They still have plenty of cash on their books…”
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More TRID Trouble: Kroll May Not Rate Non-Agency MBS Subject to TRID (Until CFPB Issues Formal Guidance)

April 13, 2016
Brandon Ivey
To date, the CFPB has declined to issue formal guidance on assignee liability and TRID. Instead, the regulator has held several informational webinars on the rule.
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Interest-Only (Non-QM) Residential Production on the Rise in 2015

April 12, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Four of the five largest IO lenders in the group are commercial banks…
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Lending Home Claims to be the Largest ‘Marketplace’ Lender in Mortgages

April 11, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Marketplace lenders connect borrowers with institutional and individual investors while eschewing traditional warehouse lines of credit...
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Fifth Third’s HELOC Deal: a 1.99 Percent Start Rate; High FICOs Though

April 11, 2016
Brandon Ivey
The bank offers HELOC line amounts up to $500,000 and a maximum loan-to-value ratio of 70.0 percent.
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