Short Takes: A Rate Decline / loanDepot’s Digital HELOC / Working at Home? / Takeover Bait? / Ginnie MSRs Available October 6, 2022 Paul Muolo One investment banker described loanDepot as "takeover bait"...Read More
FHA Cash-Out Refi Share Spikes to 82% October 5, 2022 John Bancroft Some 47,195 endorsements for cash-out deals were recorded by FHA in 2Q22...Read More
Applications Off 14%, a 31% Plunge in Hurricane-Ravaged Florida October 5, 2022 Paul Muolo There's no way to put lipstick on the origination carnage...Read More
Banks Boost 2Q22 MBS/ABS Held in Trading Accounts October 4, 2022 John Bancroft At midyear, bank holding companies valued their agency MBS held for trading at $219.07 billion...Read More
ARM Share Breaks Through the 12% Threshold October 3, 2022 Brandon Ivey The nation's top-three ARM lenders: Bank of America, Chase and Wells Fargo...Read More
Its Fortunes Fading, loanDepot Execs Granted Pay Raises September 30, 2022 Retention bonuses that could reach 300% of base pay also were granted...Read More
COVID Crisis Hammered MBA’s Bottom Line in FY 2021 September 30, 2022 Paul Muolo MBA's John Mechem: "The COVID pandemic forced us to move all our in-person conferences in the covered period to online"...Read More
Securitization Rates Tumble in Second Quarter September 30, 2022 John Bancroft Even with less competition from the non-agency market, the GSEs securitized only 81.5% of conventional-conforming originations in 2Q...Read More
A Ray of Positive News: Home-Equity Originations Soar September 29, 2022 Andras Malatinszky Most junior-lien outstandings are parked on the balance sheets of federally insured depositories...Read More
loanDepot’s Debt Trading at Steep Discounts September 27, 2022 Paul Muolo Except for founder Anthony Hsieh, some loanDepot insiders of late have been selling shares in the company...Read More