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
Congress Zeroes In on Credit Bureaus in Legislative Effort February 12, 2019 Yemeng Yang Since the public reveal of the Equifax data breach in 2017, complaints regarding credit reports have outstripped consumer gripes…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
A Victory for Fannie/Freddie Shareholders? Investors Unite Revels in Collins v. Mnuchin Ruling February 11, 2019 Dennis Hollier You could almost hear the whoops coming from shareholders around the country...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
MBA Issues Primer for Smooth LIBOR Transition February 8, 2019 George Brooks MBA wants lenders to act early on issues identified in the primer to ensure transition to a new benchmark rate is as seamless as possible.Read More
Bill Introduced to Install an Independent IG at the CFPB February 8, 2019 Yemeng Yang Currently, the bureau shares an inspector general with the Federal Reserve...Read More