Ginnie Issuance Falls to a 2022 Low in July August 9, 2022 Monica Hogan In July, PennyMac Financial Services led the pack with $4.5 billion of Ginnies issued...Read More
Fitch: 89% of Homes Are Overvalued, Cautions About the West August 9, 2022 Paul Muolo In particular, Fitch sees the housing picture worsening in the west during the second half of 2022.Read More
Volatility in Expanded-Credit Market Shakes Up MBS Contributors August 8, 2022 Brandon Ivey Among the top five contributors to expanded-credit MBS in 2021, only two cracked the top five in 2Q22...Read More
Cenlar Chief Tornquist Retires, Former GSE Executives Fill the Void August 8, 2022 Paul Muolo The press-shy, privately held vendor made headlines last fall when it was sanctioned by the OCC...Read More
Agency MBS Issuance Falls to 2022 Low in July August 5, 2022 John Bancroft Lenders delivered $98.10 billion of purchase loans into agency MBS last month...Read More
Mortgage Layoffs Double and Then Some August 5, 2022 Paul Muolo The job losses in the mortgage brokerage community were much less severe: 900 employees were handed pink slips in June...Read More
Short Takes: Plenty of Jobs, Just Not Mortgage Jobs / Other Opportunities / The Guild GOS Story / MSRs for Sale / More Expansion for Falcon August 5, 2022 Paul Muolo The rate reprieve isn’t enough to eliminate the staff reductions that are now going on at most shops.Read More
Largest Servicers Lose Some Market Share in Second Quarter August 4, 2022 John Bancroft Three of the five largest services saw their portfolios shrink in the second quarter.Read More
Mortgage Earnings Decline by 39% at Publicly Traded Banks August 3, 2022 Brandon Ivey Declining originations and margin cut into mortgage-related earnings at 24 key lenders.Read More
Looser Underwriting Standards Seen in GSE Deliveries August 1, 2022 Namrata Bhatia The GSEs are taking in an increasing amount of loans with higher LTV ratios and lower credit scores.Read More