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Brandon Ivey

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Short Takes: W.J. Bradley Vendor Owed Money / The TRID Error Options Are… / loanDepot Teams Up with Avant / Loan Mods Slow / Primary Capital Hires SVP

March 22, 2016
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
What does a depository do if it has a mortgage with a TRID error?
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Due Diligence Firms Draft Proposal with Standardized Approach to Grading Mortgages Subject to TRID

March 21, 2016
Brandon Ivey
SFIG noted that the proposal won’t supplant the group’s efforts to pursue a resolution from the CFPB to uncertainty related to TRID exceptions.
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Trouble in Appraisals? FHA and VA Valuations Often Miss the Mark

March 18, 2016
Brandon Ivey
A Realtor based in California noted that selling prices are generally increasing, but at widely disparate rates based on location...
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Western Asset Management Will Increase Holdings of Non-QMs Seeing Profits Where Others Fear to Tread

March 17, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Anupam Agarwal, CIO of Western Asset Mortgage Capital, noted: “Well, that unicorn doesn’t exist.”
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Banks Pushed Redwood Trust Out of GSE Lending

March 16, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Redwood said its conforming operations generated a negative return of 22.0 percent in 2015.
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Short Takes: Why Won’t the CFPB Answer the Industry’s Questions? / Competition for W.J. Bradley Talent? / Cherry Hill REIT Buys MSRs / Clear Capital Affirmed / Executive Bolts Stonegate for FGMC

March 16, 2016
Brandon Ivey, Paul Muolo, and Thomas Ressler
A day after the news broke that W.J. Bradley Mortgage has shut its doors, competition is heating up for some of its top loan officer and executive talent...
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JPM To Issue Unique $1.89 Billion MBS, Containing Conforming, Jumbos, Risk Retention

March 15, 2016
Brandon Ivey
The mortgages have seasoned for an average of 14 months and have pre-TRID application dates.
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TRID a Factor in Certain Banks Increasing Their Whole Loan Portfolios

March 14, 2016
Brandon Ivey
John Shrewsberry, a senior vice president at Wells Fargo, said the bank has focused on adding jumbo mortgages to its portfolio. “They are very safe loans,” he said. “I think we’ve got four basis points of loss coming through that portfolio.”
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Short Takes: The Moving of a Subservicing Contract / GOS on the Rise in 1Q16 / Don’t Worry About Oil Prices and Mortgage Losses / CFPB Considers Rural Definitions / Altisource Gains Two Large Bank Clients

March 14, 2016
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Good news for mortgage bankers: gain-on-sale profit margins are on the rise.
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The Biggest Problem with Reviving the Non-Agency Market: Lack of Demand

March 11, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Matthew Tomiak, a managing director at Redwood Trust, said investors occasionally request that Redwood issue publicly-registered jumbo MBS.
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