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Brandon Ivey

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Why Aren’t There More Subprime Originations? A Lack of Incentives for LOs, Perhaps?

August 3, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Caliber has loosened requirements for its nonprime production, making changes to guidelines every six weeks or so…
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Short Takes: TIAA Buying EverBank? / PE Firms Own a Large Chunk of EverBank / Mr. Market Likes Nationstar Today / Ocwen Pays Down Debt / NovaStar Files for Chapter 11

August 3, 2016
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
At press time Wednesday, the share price of Nationstar was soaring...
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Fed LO Survey: Almost 12 Percent of Lenders Doing GSE Loans Loosened Credit in 2Q16

August 2, 2016
Brandon Ivey
However, for the six other loan types tracked by the Fed, mortgage underwriting standards were largely unchanged…
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Slip Sliding Away: Securitization of ARMs

August 2, 2016
Brandon Ivey
An estimated $46 billion in ARMs were originated in the first quarter of 2016, down 2.1 percent from the previous quarter…
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Short Takes: Freddie Mac, An ‘Earner’ for Uncle Sam / GSE Investors Wonder: When Do We Get Ours? / Top LO Bolts for New Penn / Oaktree’s Non-QM Volume / Ocwen Readies $500 Million ABS

August 2, 2016
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Investors in Freddie (and Fannie Mae) common and preferred who bought their shares as a speculative investment are still wondering: Hey, when do we get some of that money?
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Quicken Loses Appeal of NLRB Ruling on Confidentiality/Non-Disparage Clauses in Employment Contract

August 1, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Quicken stated: “The reality is that this decision will have no effect on how we conduct our business.”
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Impac Posts Strong Profit Gain; Originations Increased 38 Percent in 2Q16

July 29, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Impac said that while it sells production, it is now retaining more than 80.0 percent of its mortgage servicing rights.
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Thanks to ‘Brexit,’ Second Half Could be a Humdinger for Loan Production

July 29, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Rob Branthover, a managing director at Mortgage Industry Advisory Corp., noted that purchase-mortgage originators are doing well…
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Top-Ranked Jumbo Issuer Two Harbors Pulls the Plug on its Jumbo Conduit Business

July 28, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Two Harbors has been a major player on the post-crisis jumbo MBS market and was even the top-ranked jumbo MBS issuer in the first half of 2016…
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Citadel Servicing CEO: $50 Billion Available to Buy Nonprime Mortgages

July 27, 2016
Brandon Ivey
Caliber executive William Pendleton noted the nonprime MBS recently issued by Lone Star Funds (which owns Caliber) will help the lender significantly reduce interest rates on new originations.
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