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Brandon Ivey

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Short Takes: Wells’ Appetite for Nonconforming Mortgages Rises / Someone Who Didn’t Rat Out the Neighbor on a Foreclosure / Locating Delinquent Borrowers on Facebook / How Much in Senior Home Equity? / A New Hire for LenderLive

July 14, 2015
Brandon Ivey, Paul Muolo, and Sherry Muolo
A few years back, one investor in nonperforming loans told us that when he couldn’t find a delinquent borrower he turned to the Internet, namely Facebook...
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Jumbo MBS Tumbles Almost 33 Percent in Second Quarter

July 13, 2015
Brandon Ivey
Credit Suisse, the top jumbo MBS issuer through the first half of 2015, placed $629.6 million of jumbo MBS in 2Q, down 44.7 percent on a sequential basis.
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Short Takes: Putnam Invests in Altisource Asset Management / The Yield on the 10-Year Rises / A Correction for Home Values in Texas and ND? / Jumbo Standards Get Tighter / Former Fannie Executive Joins Hamilton

July 13, 2015
Brandon Ivey, Paul Muolo, and Sherry Muolo
Housing markets in North Dakota and Texas are looking a bit risky these days, according to the Arch MI Risk Index model.
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JPM Jumbo Deal the First Subject to SEC’s New Due Diligence Disclosure Requirements

July 10, 2015
Brandon Ivey
The pending MBS from JPMorgan Chase will include contributions from Chase, First Republic Bank, PennyMac Loan Services and SunTrust Mortgage.
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OCC Still Worries About Small Banks Holding Residential MBS

July 9, 2015
Brandon Ivey
“After the ‘taper tantrum’ you had a whole bunch of institutions that got annihilated when the 10-year Treasury rate moved," said analyst Christophe Whalen of KBRS.
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Short Takes: Mortgage M&A Deal About to Happen? / SRPs Holding Up / JPMorgan Almost Done with Loss Mitigation Obligations / Refi Applications Worrisome / Auction.com Hires Former Altisource Official

July 9, 2015
Brandon Ivey, Paul Muolo, and Sherry Muolo
We’re told a sale contract could be signed any day now, but as far as a public announcement is concerned, it may not happen right away…
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Regulatory Panic Over Nothing: Nonbank Servicing Share Nowhere Near Peak

July 7, 2015
Brandon Ivey
The most recent regulatory foray has come from the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, which formed the Mortgage Servicing Rights Task Force to develop standards for nonbank servicers...
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Treasury Faulted for Not Following Cost-Benefit Analysis When Making Changes to HAMP

July 7, 2015
Brandon Ivey
The GAO analyzed changes to HAMP implemented in October and beyond, including extending performance incentive payments to borrowers...
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Fitch Upgrades Tranches of Jumbo MBS Issued in 2010 and Beyond

July 6, 2015
Brandon Ivey
The jumbo MBS rated by Fitch since 2010 haven’t experienced any losses.
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Short Takes: More Servicing Deals on the Way? / Another Top Executive Departs Wingspan? / BofA Gaining on Wells? / Impac Gets a Line of Credit / Ex-Lenders One Chief Lands at Embrace

July 1, 2015
John Bancroft, Brandon Ivey, and Paul Muolo
Wells Fargo was the top seller to Freddie Mac in 2Q with $12.6 billion, according to newly compiled figures from Inside Mortgage Finance, but BofA was a somewhat close second...
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