Originations
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April 20, 2018 - IMFnews
The highest paid Ocwen director last year was Phyllis Caldwell, who took home $372,649. Caldwell is a former Treasury Department official.
April 20, 2018 - IMFnews
A Lesson Learned from MB Financial: Go Big or Go Home?
Tim Anderson of DocMagic: “You either get bigger or head for the exits.”
April 20, 2018 - IMFnews
Verus Aims to be a Significant Player in Nonprime (Non-QM)
Verus counts among its competitors Angel Oak, Caliber Home Loans, Citadel Servicing, Deephaven Mortgage and SG Capital Partners.
April 20, 2018 - IMFnews
Wells Fargo to Pay Uncle Sam $1 Billion to Settle Rate-Lock and Auto Lending Violations
The settlement is the first enforcement action by Acting Director Mick Mulvaney since he took over the bureau in late November.
April 19, 2018 - IMFnews
There are some in the industry who believe the entire subservicing sector is far behind in technology and customer service – and is ripe for a technology disruption of a major kind.
April 19, 2018 - IMFnews
Ditech Taps Bear Stearns/GMAC Veteran Thomas Marano as New CEO
Marano is no stranger to troubled financial service companies. Until 2008, he was a top executive at Bear Stearns...
April 19, 2018 - IMFnews
Surprise: Ron Faris to Retire from Ocwen; Former PHH CEO Messina Named His Successor
Faris is a 27-year veteran of Ocwen, a publicly traded nonbank launched several decades ago by former GE Capital executive Bill Erbey.
April 18, 2018 - IMFnews
As a practice, IBM rarely says a word about Seterus...
April 18, 2018 - IMFnews
MBA: Lower Lending Profits, and Fewer Firms Making Money
An ominous sign: 80 percent of mortgage companies surveyed earned a pre-tax financial profit for the year, compared to 94 percent tin 2016.
April 18, 2018 - IMFnews
Mortgage Industry Sees Promise in Blockchain Technology. Ranieri Enters the Space…
MISMO noted that blockchain is based on digitized, distributed ledgers…
April 18, 2018 - IMFnews
MBA Casts the Net Far and Wide for New Chief. Jeb Hensarling?
The way things stand today, those finalists include at least two industry veterans…
April 18, 2018 - IMFnews
Strong 1Q Earnings for MGIC, but NIW Declines; Freddie’s IMAGIN Pilot Gets a Mention…
In 1Q18, MGIC wrote $10.6 billion of new MI policies compared to $12.8 billion in 4Q17 and $9.3 billion in the first quarter of last year.
April 17, 2018 - IMFnews
Is Bank of America doing a slow fade on mortgages?
April 17, 2018 - IMFnews
Nationstar CEO Jay Bray Cleared for a $4.25 Million Bonus
CEO Jay Bray was eligible for a maximum bonus of $6.90 million…
April 17, 2018 - IMFnews
Invictus to Issue a Non-Agency MBS Backed by Single-Family Rental Property Loans
The new non-agency MBS from Invictus is a bit of a rarity: the bond is backed only by mortgages on single-family rental properties.
April 17, 2018 - IMFnews
Now in the Works: A ‘State Level’ CFPB (Thanks to Mulvaney?)
The Garden State is following in the footsteps of Pennsylvania, which created a Consumer Financial Protection Unit last July and hired a former CFPB attorney to lead the initiative.
April 17, 2018 - IMFnews
Prime Non-Agency MBS Issuers Getting More Creative…
Due diligence reviews can be costly, especially when the mortgages being produced are pristine.
April 17, 2018 - IMFnews
Ditech Finally Releases 4Q17 Results – A Loss and a Warning About 2018
Ditech added that under new leadership, the lender/servicer “continues to develop and execute various strategies to improve” its performance.
April 16, 2018 - IMFnews
Stearns Holdings Wants to Retire $80 Million Worth of High-Yielding Paper
Finance of America’s new president is industry veteran Bill Dallas.
April 16, 2018 - IMFnews
Early 2018 Brings More Volatility to GSE Single-Family Rivalry
In early 2018 both GSEs were under orders from the Federal Housing Finance Agency to set g-fees that meet a “minimum return on equity…”
April 16, 2018 - IMFnews
Pershing Square Doubles Down on its GSE Bets
In the 2017 annual report, Pershing Square lists Fannie and Freddie common among its “losers…”
April 16, 2018 - IMFnews
A Steep 1Q18 Decline in Residential Production for BofA
BofA also produced $3.75 billion of home equity loans in the first quarter...
April 16, 2018 - IMFnews
Fannie Addresses Risk Layering in High DTI Loans
Back in July 2017, Fannie revised its automated underwriting system to accept loans with DTI ratios over 45 percent without lenders having to show other compensating factors…
April 13, 2018 - IMFnews
Now comes the big question: How many more MB Financials are out there?
April 13, 2018 - IMFnews
Wells said the CFPB and OCC have asked the megabank for a $1 billion settlement in the matter.
April 13, 2018 - IMFnews
JPM’s Origination Machine Tanked in 1Q18
Despite the drop, JPM marked up the asset value of its mortgage servicing portfolio...
April 13, 2018 - IMFnews
Chicago Bank Pulls the Plug on National Residential Lending, Will Take a $37 Million Hit (At Least)
MB Financial plans to keep originating home loans in the greater Chicago area and will keep its mortgage servicing platform intact.
April 13, 2018 - IMFnews
Non-Agency MBS Issuance Down Sharply in 1Q18, but Subprime and Alt A Show Promise
During 1Q18, issuance of MBS backed by seasoned loans fell 50.8 percent…
April 12, 2018 - IMFnews
With GSE reform all but dead, rumors about possible administrative changes abound...
April 12, 2018 - IMFnews
A Defiant Mick Mulvaney Tells Democrats: ‘I Haven’t Burnt the Place Down’
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA, the ranking member of the panel, would not acknowledge that Mulvaney is the head of the agency but asked him questions anyway.
April 12, 2018 - IMFnews
Wedbush Takes an Ugly View on Mortgages, Says Direct Lenders will be the Biggest Losers This Year
On the plus side, Wedbush sees mortgage servicers and home builders benefitting…
April 12, 2018 - IMFnews
SG Capital Partners Packs Large Share of Non-QMs into its Latest Nonprime MBS
SG Capital Partners focuses on loans with higher balances than other nonprime MBS aggregators.
April 12, 2018 - IMFnews
Private MI Loan Volume Down Sharply in 1Q18
The upside for private MIs is that their purchase business started off 2018 at a more robust level than last year…
April 11, 2018 - IMFnews
According to the consulting firm of Garrett, McAuley & Co., some mortgage loan officers at depositories earn at least four-times what their CEOs make...
April 11, 2018 - IMFnews
Ginnie MBS Production Tumbled to Three-Year Low in 1Q18
The agency issued $92.58 billion in MBS backed by forward mortgages during the first three months of 2018.
April 11, 2018 - IMFnews
The CFPB’s Latest RFI: How We Doing in the Complaint Department? Meanwhile Mulvaney Testifies…
Mulvaney – a former GOP Congressman from South Carolina and a Tea Party acolyte – declared: “The Bureau’s new strategic priorities are to recognize free markets and consumer choice and to take a prudent, consistent, and humble approach to enforcing the law.”
April 11, 2018 - IMFnews
Guaranteed Rate Expects to Hit Record Volume in 2018 with Strong Purchase Activity
The nonbank locked $2.3 billion of purchase mortgages in March, up 52.0 percent from the prior month.
April 11, 2018 - IMFnews
The Final Nail in the GSE Reform Coffin: Creation of the $3B Capital Buffer?
Fitch said the $3 billion reserve should be sufficient to cover income volatility during “the normal course of business, as seen when interest-rate volatility results in valuation adjustments within the GSEs’ derivative portfolios.”
April 10, 2018 - IMFnews
In a nut shell, Wells argues it’s not running a charity (but of course) and that executive compensation is “designed to pay for performance and encourage long-term shareholder value.”
April 10, 2018 - IMFnews
ARMs Gained Market Share in 2017, but Volume was Flat
Chase was the top-ranked ARM producer in 2017…
April 10, 2018 - IMFnews
GNMA Chief Confident Agency Will Win Back Investors
Bright said actions Ginnie has taken send a clear message to the industry and to investors that it is intent on eliminating the problem.
April 10, 2018 - IMFnews
SoFi Hires Former Co-Head of Structured Finance at Goldman as CFO. Meaning?
The hiring of Gill hire has prompted some speculation that SoFi might resume issuance of non-agency MBS…
April 10, 2018 - IMFnews
Bill Dallas Named President of Finance of America?
So far, Bill Dallas has shunned all media requests for comment.
April 9, 2018 - IMFnews
The lender has backing from Bessemer Venture Partners, Two Sigma Ventures and unidentified banks…
April 9, 2018 - IMFnews
As Chatter About LO ‘Signing Bonuses’ Increases, Mortgage Employment Rises
Consultant Rick Roque: “There are many ways to structure a ‘transition’ bonus, and most bonuses are only partially paid up front with the rest based on closings over a period of time.”
April 9, 2018 - IMFnews
A New Non-Agency MBS from Flagstar – but with a Low Sampling Ratio
Fitch said it was able to gain comfort with less than a 100 percent sample size due to its on-site operational assessment of Flagstar’s procedures and controls…
April 9, 2018 - IMFnews
MBS Trading Volume on the Rise in Early 2018
Demand for agency product remains strong, but the investor base is beginning to shift somewhat, said MBS Highway Principal Barry Habib...
April 9, 2018 - IMFnews
Non-Agency MBS Issuance Shines Brightly in 1Q18; EC MBS a Standout
Expanded-credit MBS issuance tripled in the first quarter…
April 6, 2018 - IMFnews
One word for crazy signing bonuses paid to LOs: stupid...
April 6, 2018 - IMFnews
Acting Ginnie Mae Chief Michael Bright Worries about Liquidity, Big Time
Acting Ginnie Mae President Michael Bright said some of the concerns regarding nonbanks raised in a recent Brookings Institute white paper are valid…
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What’s your opinion on how Mick Mulvaney has managed the CFPB since he took over three months ago?
- He’s done a good job of paring back the agency’s excesses and we’d like to see more.
35%
- I hope he totally dismantles the agency and sends those functions back to the agencies hence they came.
14%
- Not bad, but he needs to take his time making additional changes.
12%
- We’re totally aghast. He’s gone way too far in protecting the rights of companies not consumers!
39%
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