Is loanDepot in Play? No Strategic Review Underway May 11, 2022 Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey In trading Wednesday, loanDepot's shares were up slightly on the day after falling to a new 52-week low of $2.00 a unit on Tuesday.Read More
Consumer Complaints Surge in the First Quarter of 2022 May 11, 2022 Sam Manas Year-over-year, overall consumer gripes were up 39.7%, but mortgages...Read More
A 1Q Earnings Gain for Rocket. Reason: (You Guessed It) MSR Mark Ups May 11, 2022 Paul Muolo Rocket's MSRs accounted for 25.4% of its asset base at March 31 compared to 16.4% at yearend.Read More
UWM Taps the MSR Markup ‘Well’ and Reports a Strong Profit for 1Q May 10, 2022 Paul Muolo UWM anticipates second quarter production of $26.0 billion to $33.0 billion and a GOS of 75 to 99 bps.Read More
Former Freddie CEO Suggests Some Price Gouging was Occurring During the Pandemic May 10, 2022 Dennis Hollier In a recent blog posting, the former Freddie chief used MBA profitability data to make his argument...Read More
As Deliveries Decline, GSE Seller/Servicers Loosen the Credit Box May 9, 2022 Dennis Hollier All of the top 10 GSE sellers saw their deliveries decline both sequentially and year to date.Read More
The Tea Leaves: April MBS Issuance Continues the Downward Trend May 6, 2022 John Bancroft April MBS issuance volume, which reflects originations, was the lowest monthly output since March 2020, just before the Fed launched a historic surge in refi activity.Read More
Mortgage Jobs Dip in New Government Tally May 6, 2022 Paul Muolo While most industries are dying for workers, mortgage lenders have the opposite problem...Read More
In 1Q22, Nonbanks Once Again Tightened Their Grip on the MSR Market May 5, 2022 John Bancroft The nonbank share of the top 50 servicing owners edged up from 53.0% in the fourth quarter to 53.4% in early 2022.Read More
A Pay Package of Almost $31 Million for loanDepot Chief Hsieh May 5, 2022 Paul Muolo The compensation package could raise eyebrows given that loanDepot’s share price fell to $2.83 Thursday morning.Read More