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May 15, 2018

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Secondary Market Activity Strong in 2017

Originators also sold $483.13 billion of loans to unaffiliated buyers outside of the agency market… Read More

As Originations Slow, Warehouse Providers Face Tight Profit Margins, Riskier Credits

According to a tally by Inside Mortgage Finance, few warehouse providers bucked the trend of falling commitments. Read More

Flagstar Packages GSE-Eligible Mortgages on Investment Properties into Non-Agency MBS

Packaging the loans into a non-agency MBS suggests that Flagstar expects better execution in the non-agency market than from delivering the mortgages to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Read More

GSE Share Prices Weaken; KBW: Risk-Sharing Deals Hurt Profits

KBR points out that risk-sharing results in premiums being shifted away from Fannie and Freddie to providers of credit risk protection. Read More

New Rulemaking Agenda Suggests a Restrained Role for the CFPB

The updated agenda is the CFPB’s first under Mulvaney’s leadership. Read More

Short Takes: USMI Seconds that GSE Emotion / Don’t Hold Your Breath / Mid America Enters the Warehouse Arena / Fannie Selling NPLs / A Recession Coming? / Freddie Gets a New Chief Compliance Officer

Barry Habib, who heads MBS Highway, believe that within two years, the U.S. will be in a recession... Read More

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