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Brandon Ivey

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MBA Cautions Against Defining All Loans Held in Portfolio as Qualified Mortgages

March 29, 2017
Brandon Ivey
The portfolio QM proposal is supported by many Republicans along with some Democrats...
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Why Lenders Are Avoiding ‘Next Gen’ Tech Providers: the Costs are Too High

March 29, 2017
Brandon Ivey
The most prevalent users of next-gen tech were large and mid-sized lenders…
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Prepayment Rate on Mortgages in Jumbo MBS Close to Rate on Conforming Loans

March 28, 2017
Brandon Ivey
BAML suggested that one of the reasons prepayment speeds on jumbos have been relatively slow is the presence of self-employed borrowers…
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As Originations Decline, Lenders Concerned About Competition and Lower Profits

March 27, 2017
Brandon Ivey
Issues involving regulatory compliance have declined significantly under the Trump administration.
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Grants Help Launch 15 New Mortgage Brokerage Shops

March 27, 2017
Brandon Ivey
The NAMB KickStart program provides a grant of up to $10,000 to help a mortgage broker launch his or her own shop. The money comes from UWM.
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Proposal to Curb ‘Rating Shopping’ Met with Skepticism

March 24, 2017
Brandon Ivey
Esaki and White propose allowing issuers to choose any number of rating services to submit credit support levels for a particular MBS or ABS, paying a bid-preparation fee for each estimate.
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SFIG Plots Next Steps in Effort to Revive Non-Agency MBS Market

March 23, 2017
Brandon Ivey
SFIG’s said its RMBS 3.0 task force will be holding calls during the next two weeks to discuss ongoing work in the latest areas of focus…
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Bank Holdings of First Liens Increased in 4Q16 – Ever So Slightly

March 22, 2017
Brandon Ivey
It appears that depositories are growing their portfolios by adding jumbo mortgages along with loans eligible for sale to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…
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Short Takes: Reading the Mortgage Tea Leaves for 1Q17 / When in Doubt, Go Non-QM / Impac by the Numbers / Applications Fall, Existing Homes Sales Drop as Well

March 22, 2017
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey
Don’t look now but the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury is now down to 2.40 percent. And just in time for the spring home buying season…
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Still Rising: Retail Channel Accounts for 81.6 Percent of Jumbo Originations

March 21, 2017
Brandon Ivey
Roughly $72.09 billion of jumbo mortgages were originated in the fourth quarter, down 3.4 percent on a sequential basis.
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