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Short Takes: Mortgage M&A Trend Hits Utah / GSEs Can’t Pass On the Cost to Lenders / No More Flips With FHA Loans / A Nice Dividend From PennyMac / A Coming Refi Boom? Yes or No?

December 11, 2014

George Brooks, Brandon Ivey, and Paul Muolo

But there's one little wrinkle: the GSEs cannot pass the cost of funding the HTF onto lenders…

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Short Takes: Mortgage M&A Trend Hits Utah / GSEs Can’t Pass On the Cost to Lenders / No More Flips With FHA Loans / A Nice Dividend From PennyMac / A Coming Refi Boom? Yes or No?

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Correspondents Gain Agency Market Share in Third Quarter

Second-Level MBS Issuance Slows in 3Q, CMO Down

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