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October 11, 2018

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Roughly 26 Percent of Home Lenders are Using AI, Machine Learning

Use of artificial intelligence seems to be concentrated at nonbanks… Read More

Mortgage Insurance Firms Gained Market Share in 3Q18

On a year-to-date basis, the volume of private MI loans delivered into GSE MBS was up 9.8 percent from the first nine months of 2017… Read More

More REITs Eyeing the Non-QM Sector. A Large MBS Deal in the Works?

MFA CEO Craig Knutson said he’s pleased the REIT has “gained traction on these new acquisition efforts, which involve relationships cultivated over the past year or more.” Read More

Invitation Homes Prepays Part of Loan from JPMorgan Chase

Next Thursday, the Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on GSE pilot programs… Read More

Mortgage Rates Near 5 Percent. Analyst Habib Says Keep an Eye on the 10-Year Treasury

Habib told IMFnews that if yield on the benchmark breaks 3.25 percent it could quickly shoot up to 3.63 percent… Read More

Short Takes: Why Stocks Need to Come Down / Unwinding the Massive Tax Cuts / President Hickenlooper? / Capital Alpha Weighs In / Behind the Scenes at Wells Fargo / New Hires for DIMONT

The massive tax cuts the president and GOP bestowed on the nation late last year have spurred economic progress. It’s hard to argue with that, but... Read More