Calabria Nomination to Head FHFA Clears Senate Banking Committee February 26, 2019 Paul Muolo It was a party-line vote. Not one Democrat voted for the nominee...Read More
Mortgage Banking Income Hits Post-Crisis Low in 4Q18 February 26, 2019 John Bancroft Despite the dismal fourth-quarter performance, bank income from mortgage banking was actually up 13.5% from 2017...Read More
Short Takes: How Fast for Calabria? Very Fast / It Pays to Have a Godfather / What About a ‘Hold’? / Record Attendance at SFIG Vegas / Mixed Opinions on Expanded-Credit February 26, 2019 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo Now for the big question: Will any Democratic senators put a hold on the Calabria nomination?Read More
Buybacks of Fannie/Freddie Loans Fell to a Record Low Last Year February 25, 2019 John Bancroft Total lender buybacks fell 14.4% last year…Read More
Former FHA Chief Galante Quits Ocwen’s Board, Ex-GE Exec Britell Joins February 25, 2019 Paul Muolo Ocwen is scheduled to report fourth quarter results on Wednesday…Read More
NAR Dissects GSE Reform Proposals, Has a Few Ideas of its Own February 25, 2019 Dennis Hollier NAR makes a persuasive case that Fannie and Freddie should be restructured as strictly regulated, shareholder-owned utilities…Read More
Short Takes: Kushner Getting Cushy with Fannie and Freddie? / Working with Lenders, Not Property Owners / Prepayments Fall to 18-Year Low / More Funding for Better.com February 25, 2019 Paul Muolo A Freddie spokesman confirmed to us what we’ve always assumed: “We are not a primary lender.” Read More
What We’re Hearing: Franklin Raines’ Dream / FannieMae.com? / The Hype Behind Digital Mortgages and Cost Savings / Replacing Moderately Paid Workers with Expensive Programmers / Calabria a Lock? / NAR's GSE Ideas February 22, 2019 Paul Muolo And here’s another farce: Once the system is built, maintaining it will be cheap (because regulations and products never change)…Read More
Mortgage Broker Market Share Hits 9-Year High February 21, 2019 John Bancroft The gain in the sector was largely attributable to the biggest player in table-funding: United Wholesale Mortgage…Read More
Alter the Fannie/Freddie Dividend Payment: Yes or No? February 21, 2019 Paul Muolo If the dividend payment is altered, look for GSE stocks to rally even more…Read More
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