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August 4, 2017

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Redwood Trust Ready to Test the MBS Waters with ‘Expanded’ Prime

Choice mortgages carry rates that are roughly 100 basis points to 125 basis points higher than rates on Redwood’s super-prime program, known as Select. Read More

Red Hot Housing: July MBS Total the Largest Monthly Purchase-Mortgage Volume Since Loan-Level Data Became Available

Freddie’s purchase-mortgage business soared 17.1 percent from June to July, while Fannie’s was up 9.0 percent… Read More

Cherry Hill Inks MSR Flow Deal with RoundPoint Mortgage

CHMI was launched a few years ago by the privately owned Freedom Mortgage, the nation’s seventh largest originator… Read More

DOJ Cleared to Join Another Constitutional Challenge to the CFPB: Ocwen’s

“We look forward to the attorney general’s views on the constitutional issues raised in our motion to dismiss,” an Ocwen spokesman told IMFnews. Read More

What We’re Hearing: The Clock is Ticking / Ivanka Trump, the GSEs, Mary Bailey and the Debt Ceiling / How Far will the FHFA Go in Loosening Credit? / Bad Timing on Mortgage M&A Deal / Impac’s Non-QM Plans Revealed

It was thought that Watt, while speaking at the annual convention of the NAREB, might, might say something about the GSE dividend payments... Read More