Mortgage Jobs Grim with Selected Pockets of Hope February 13, 2019 Paul Muolo But not all conventional lenders are handing out pink slips these days...Read More
Short Takes: A Nice Month for Pershing Square / No Mention of the GSEs / A Mortgage-Related M&A Deal Drags On / Delayed by the Chinese New Year / A New MBS From Deephaven / Pavaso Hires Mortgage Tech Vet Tim Anderson February 13, 2019 Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey After two-plus years of waiting, the Genworth deal has yet to close... Read More
The 4Q18 Tally: Banks Report Sharp Drop in Mortgage Banking Income February 12, 2019 John Bancroft Much of the mortgage earnings damage took place at the top…Read More
A Tiny 4Q18 Profit for New Residential February 12, 2019 Paul Muolo New Rez continues to gobble up MSRs like there's no tomorrow...Read More
Short Takes: GSE Junior Preferred Shareholders Could Get Paid / Wedbush Tells Investors to Take the Cash / New Rez Sees a Buying Opportunity in MSRs / CFPB to America: Save Some of That Tax Return! February 12, 2019 Paul Muolo Bove sees some type of compensation going to the preferred shareholders of Fannie and Freddie...Read More
It’s Official: Ditech Readies Second Trip Into Bankruptcy, Seeks to Eliminate $800M of Debt February 11, 2019 Paul Muolo Ditech revealed that "any and all bids" for the company or its assets will be evaluated...Read More
PennyMac Bucks the Trend, Increases Originations in 4Q18 February 11, 2019 Paul Muolo Most of PennyMac's production entails correspondent acquisitions from primary market originators, a strategy that typically carries lower profit margins...Read More
Short Takes: Exiting a GSE Investment / The Fed Likely Will Greenlight the BB&T-SunTrust Merger / No. 9 / Please, Just Don’t Pick a Name Like Mr. Cooper / How Much Lower Can Ditech Go? / CoesterVMS? February 11, 2019 Paul Muolo The big unknown about the merger: Once completed, what name will the new bank and mortgage company take? Read More
What We’re Hearing: Salivating at the Prospect of a Fannie-Freddie Stock Offering? / Mulvaney Again / Waiting in the Wings for Treasury’s GSE Assignment? / What Could Stand in the Way? / MI Roundup / Wells Fargo, the MBS King / A New Legislative Hire for February 8, 2019 Paul Muolo But one thing is certain: the Trump White House is not monkeying around with GSE reform...Read More
Calabria’s FHFA Nomination Hearing Set for Feb. 14 February 8, 2019 Paul Muolo Calabria has firm support among Republicans on the SBC and the backing of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell...Read More