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Carisa Chappell

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Short Takes: MBA’s Dave Stevens, Former HUD Chief Cuomo in the $100,000 Hillary Club / 66 Basis Points for $35 Billion in MSRs? / Sell Walter? / Fannie CEO Takes A Second Job / Stewart Title Loses Sales Exec to Competitor

August 9, 2016
Carisa Chappell and Paul Muolo
Speculators have made a ton of money shorting Walter's stock...
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Freddie Mac CEO Don Layton: HARP Announcement Coming ‘Soon’

August 2, 2016
Carisa Chappell
In the past, the FHFA has shot down a couple of program myths and emphasized that being significantly underwater doesn’t disqualify borrowers from using HARP…
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GOP Lawmakers Request Outside Review of the FHFA Inspector General

July 26, 2016
Carisa Chappell
Sen. Grassley pointed out that production decreased after Wertheimer’s tenure began in September 2014 with just three audit reports produced in 2015.
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Short Takes: Ginnie Mae MSR Demand: Deadly Slow? / FHFA IG Says Agency Shirking Its Duty / Summer Foreclosure Rates Looking Good (for Consumers) / Prepayment Speeds Spike / A New Hire at NCB

July 26, 2016
Carisa Chappell, Brandon Ivey, Paul Muolo, and Sherry Muolo
The IG accused the FHFA of shirking its responsibility to effectively examine Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
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Housing Industry Tries to Get a Word In at Republican National Convention

July 21, 2016
Carisa Chappell
"Liquidity provides the grease that allows capital markets to operate freely," said Rodrigo Lopez, chairman-elect of the Mortgage Bankers Association. "We are currently experiencing a lack of liquidity, not a lack of cash."
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Short Takes: Earnings Increase at Black Knight / GSE Reform Talk at RNC / FirstKey Preps Large MBS / Stonegate's Distributed Retail Hire

July 21, 2016
Carisa Chappell and Brandon Ivey
Black Knight Financial Services reported net earnings for the second quarter of 2016 of $11.40 million compared with net earnings of $0.30 million in the previous quarter.
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GSEs Make Adjustment to Low-Downpayment Programs to Simplify Process

July 20, 2016
Carisa Chappell
Fanie Mae made changes to its HomeReady program and Freddie Mac adjusted its Home Possible program.
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Republican Platform Labels GSEs’ Business Model as ‘Corrupt’

July 19, 2016
Carisa Chappell
“[The GSEs’] corrupt business model lets shareholders and executives reap huge profits while the taxpayers cover all losses,” according to the Republican platform.
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Short Takes: GOP ‘Platform’ Calls for the Plug to be Pulled on Fannie & Freddie / But IU Poll Finds Voters Have Soft Spot for the GSEs / Caliber Home Loans Major Player in New Freddie MBS / Fitch on MSR Risks

July 14, 2016
Carisa Chappell, Brandon Ivey, and Paul Muolo
The GOP convention starts in a few days and the party of Lincoln and Roosevelt (Teddy) has its daggers pointed toward Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Bully!
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Former FHFA Chief Ed DeMarco Says Turn the GSEs into Insurance Companies

July 13, 2016
Carisa Chappell
The authors advocate for competition in the secondary market…
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