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Brandon Ivey

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Subprime Loan Performance Improves, but Servicing Continues to Run Off

December 9, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Caliber Home Loans was the only subprime servicer among the top 10 to increase its subprime portfolio compared with the third quarter of 2015
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Lone Star’s New Nonprime MBS Sets the Standard: An AAA Rating and the Largest Post-Crisis Deal to Date

December 8, 2016
Brandon Ivey
The loans funded by Sterling and Lendsure entailed the use of bank statements to verify borrower income.
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Short Takes: Post-Crisis Non-Agency MBS Gets AAA Rating / Refi Specialists Might as Well Call it a Day? / An IPO for Invitation Homes / Ben Carson in a Museum / FICO Readings on FHA and VA

December 7, 2016
George Brooks, Brandon Ivey, and Paul Muolo
Refi specialists could be in for a word of hurt...
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Higher GSE Loan Limits Won’t Have Much of an Impact on Jumbos

December 6, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Of the $292.98 billion in non-agency jumbo mortgages originated in 2015, 3.1 percent were in areas where the loan balance would have been eligible for delivery to the GSEs under the loan limits set to take effect in January.
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Jumbo Servicing Up 10.2 Percent Year Over Year

December 5, 2016
Brandon Ivey
The volume of jumbo mortgages outstanding rose to an estimated $892.4 billion as of the end of September…
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SFIG Proposes Standards for ABS from Marketplace Lenders

December 5, 2016
Brandon Ivey
SFIG’s Marketplace Lending Committee includes 250 individuals representing more than 70 companies.
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Moody’s Issues Caution on ‘Bank Statement’ Mortgages

December 1, 2016
Brandon Ivey
More lenders are making “bank statement” loans these days, including both banks and nondepositories…
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Short Takes: Mnuchin Turned Down Fannie CEO Job / Lockhart and Ross / More HUD Transition Team Members Named / SFIG Releases ‘Green Paper’ / CFPB Servicing Update / New Texas Retail Chief for Gateway

December 1, 2016
Brandon Ivey, Paul Muolo, and Thomas Ressler
The Trump administration has added two more transition team members to HUD. Still, no word yet on whether Ben Carson wants to the secretary job...
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Lone Star Readies Another MBS Backed by New Nonprime Mortgages

November 30, 2016
Brandon Ivey
The mortgages were originated by Lone Star affiliate Caliber Home Loans, but also LendSure Mortgage and Sterling Bank & Trust.
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FirstKey, New Rez Out with Separate Nonprime MBS Deals Backed by Seasoned Loans

November 29, 2016
Brandon Ivey
In the FirstKey deal, the loans have seasoned for an average of 10 years…
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