Redwood Shoots Down Report on Suspension of its Jumbo MBS Program August 24, 2016 Brandon Ivey In recent years, Redwood has favored whole loan sales to jumbo MBS due to pricing considerations, but the company has continued to issue jumbo MBS.Read More
Delinquencies at Large Servicers Rise Ever So Slightly August 24, 2016 Brandon Ivey The nation’s three largest residential servicers – Wells Fargo, Chase and Bank of America – all showed sequential increases in late payments...Read More
Tennessee Bank FB Financial Files for IPO, Looks to Increase Mortgage Business August 22, 2016 Brandon Ivey FB also services roughly $4.02 billion in residential loans…Read More
Credit Suisse Involved in Warehouse Financing Security Backed by Agency-Eligible Mortgages August 19, 2016 Brandon Ivey The deal is secured by a master repurchase agreement, purchased mortgages and related assets.Read More
PennyMac’s Stan Kurland Returns to His Past: Table Funding Through Loan Brokers August 19, 2016 Brandon Ivey PennyMac also is pursuing new initiatives to grow seller relationships with credit unions and smaller banks…Read More
Caliber Only Major Subprime Servicer to Show Growth in 2Q16 August 17, 2016 Brandon Ivey However, Ocwen is still prohibited from buying bulk servicing rights until it receives regulatory approval from certain states…Read More
Top Wholesale Lender Happy to See PennyMac and Others Enter the Channel August 17, 2016 Brandon Ivey UWM’s Mat Ishbia said competition among wholesale table-funders is a good thing…Read More
Short Takes: Underperforming LOs Should be Shown the Door / loanDepot’s Hsieh on What Investors Want / Former Goldman Trader Chin Takes it on the Chin / GSE Relief for Flooded Homes in Louisiana / New Hire for ATTOM August 17, 2016 Carisa Chappell, Brandon Ivey, and Paul Muolo Joe Garrett added: “…if you keep mediocre producers around, it sends a message that you tolerate mediocrity…”Read More
Jumbo MSR Market Hit $863 Billion at Mid-Year August 16, 2016 Brandon Ivey Second-ranked Chase Home Finance serviced $176.60 billion of jumbos at June 30, up 4.1 percent compared to 1Q16…Read More
Sequential Decline in Non-QMs at Impac Blamed on Refi Activity August 16, 2016 Brandon Ivey Impac president Bill Ashmore said that at the end of 2Q, the lender had a $115.0 million pipeline of non-QM originations, about level compared to the pipeline the lender had at the end of the previous quarter.Read More