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May 3, 2018

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Nonbanks Continue Their Gains in the Servicing Market; Top Tier Loses Ground

Compared to March 2017, the combined nonbank servicing business was up 14.7 percent, while banks in the top 50 saw a 2.4 percent decline from a year ago. Read More

Fannie Mae Has a Blowout 1Q18, Will Make a $938M Dividend Payment to Treasury

Come June, Fannie Mae will cut a new dividend check to Uncle Sam... Read More

Chimera More than Doubles Profit with Focus on Seasoned Loans, Sees Promise in Jumbos

Chimera CIO Mohit Marria: “The thirst for yield from the investor base remains strong.” Read More

Nation’s Largest ‘mREIT’ Annaly Pounces Again, Agrees to Buy MTGE

Roughly two years ago, Annaly bought Hatteras Financial, Winston-Salem, NC, in a deal valued at $1.5 billion. Read More

NAR Sees $6.5B in GSE Profits and Asks the FHFA for Reductions in G-Fees, More

The NAR is hoping that a cut in g-fees (and LLPAs) ultimately will be passed down to consumers – who buy homes from NAR’s members. Read More

Short Takes: Investors Unite: Mel Watt is the Only One ‘Tuned into Reality’ / Strong 1Q18 Results for Nationstar / Loan Production Not so Bad Either / Finance of America Wants Brokers to Call it This / Correction on New Day

Investors Unite: "We’re in trouble if the secret plan for GSE reform rests on axing the only public official who is actually tuned into reality…” Read More