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Paul Muolo

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Short Takes: HUD Slaps Servicers With NOVs / MBA Not Happy / Top Picks for 2025 / Brokers Continue to Gain / Of WAC and Juan

December 9, 2024
Paul Muolo
MBA said it urged HUD’s mortgagee review board to rescind the NOVs sent to servicers.
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BlackRock Buying Parent of Acra

December 5, 2024
Paul Muolo
Acra Lending is just one of many businesses that are controlled by New York investment giant HPS. But now that BlackRock is buying HPS, what might the future hold for the non-QM lender/servicer?
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Turbulence in Subservicing Market in Third Quarter

December 5, 2024
Paul Muolo
Subservicing balances are declining across the spectrum, but not all vendors are suffering. Cenlar remains the market leader, but Mr. Cooper, ranked second, is no slouch. (Includes data table.)
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Planet Home Preps $400 Million Debt Offering

December 5, 2024
Paul Muolo
If the $400 million unsecured debt offering is successful, might other nonbanks follow in its wake?
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Acra's New Parent: BlackRock (But for How Long?)

December 4, 2024
Paul Muolo
HPS, by no means a piker, has $116 billion of assets in its investment portfolio, with Acra’s holdings just a fraction.
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Hiring Outlook Cloudy, LO Comp Under Pressure?

December 2, 2024
Paul Muolo
Commissions for retail mortgage loan officers seem to be stuck in a narrow band, said one consulting firm.
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Fitch: Mortgages Looking Up, Consumer Finance Not So Much

December 2, 2024
Paul Muolo
Fitch is hopeful about gain-on-sale margins going into 2025.
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Short Takes: The Sales Book is Closed on 2024 / A $1.1B Freddie Offering From Phoenix / Bringing Servicing Inhouse / A Bit of M&A / Correction

December 2, 2024
Paul Muolo
Franchise-related mortgage M&A deals are few and far between these days, but on Monday morning...
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Former FHFA Chief, HPC Not Happy With Hike in GSE Loan Limits

November 27, 2024
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey
The GSE loan limit for high-cost areas will increase to as much as $1,209,750 for one-unit properties in 2025.
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Indiana Bank Changes Mind on Unloading Warehouse Unit

November 27, 2024
Paul Muolo
The buyer of Horizon's warehouse unit was not identified in the 8-K.
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