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Brandon Ivey

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Green Tree Corrects Servicing Settlement Issues, Ocwen Still Under Investigation

June 30, 2015
Brandon Ivey
Smith said his team has reviewed thousands of documents and interviewed at least nine Ocwen executives...
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Short Takes: So, Where’s the Rate Plunge? / MBS Prices? / CitiMortgage Fails a Servicing Metric / Pending Home Sales Bright / A New Hire for DocMagic

June 30, 2015
Brandon Ivey, Paul Muolo, and Sherry Muolo
With Greece ready to crack up, it was thought that mortgage rates might plunge. But it hasn't happened yet...
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Jumbo Underwriting Standards: Yes, There’s Variety

June 30, 2015
Brandon Ivey
The rating service reviewed 70 aspects of underwriting, including minimum credit scores, loan limits, tax return standards and appraisal requirements.
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Bank Holdings of Non-Agency MBS Dwindle

June 29, 2015
Brandon Ivey
Bank holdings of non-agency MBS declined by 16.1 percent compared with the first quarter of 2014...
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Short Takes: A Killer Quarter for Fannie and Freddie? / A Shrinking Market: Bad Loans / Turn, Turn, Turn Times / Stonegate’s Third-Party Loan Portal / New Hires for Mortgage Network, Ellie Mae

June 29, 2015
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Why do loan turn times – application to closing – vary so much?
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Bank Use of Principal Reduction Loan Modifications Spiked in First Quarter

June 26, 2015
Brandon Ivey
The eight banks tracked by the OCC’s Mortgage Metrics report – including Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase – completed 7,571 principal reduction mods in the first quarter...
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MBA Pushes Back on Capital Requirements for Nonbank Servicers Proposed By States

June 25, 2015
Brandon Ivey
The MBA took particular aim at the proposed enhanced standards for large nonbank servicers, noting that such firms are already subject to extensive regulation from the GSEs and others.
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Short Takes: What Are Pingora’s MSRs Worth? / Bank of America’s ‘Dealmaker’ / Pingora’s Liquidity Machine / Fitch Goes Nice on Ocwen / SCOTUS Ruling Ugly for Lenders?

June 25, 2015
Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo
Pingora's Michael Lau was a key person in Bank of America’s massive servicing sales three years ago…
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REO-to-Rental Business Making Problems for First-Time Homebuyers?

June 23, 2015
Brandon Ivey
The CRC believes the pool of aspiring homeowners does not have affordable financing options comparable to the liquidity provided to investors that are buying up homes en masse...
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Mortgage Share of Home-Purchase Financing Increasing

June 19, 2015
Brandon Ivey
The non-cash share of financing for home purchases increased to 75.2 percent in May, according to results from the latest Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey.
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