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Inside Mortgage Finance

February 8, 2019

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All Major Mortgage Product Groups Hit by 4Q18 Slump

It didn’t really matter much what part of the mortgage market lenders focused on in late 2018, production fell by roughly equal degrees in the major product groups, according to an exclusive new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis. [Includes two data charts.] Read More

A Mortgage Giant in the Making: BB&T/SunTrust

BB&T Corp. and SunTrust Banks late in the week unveiled plans to merge in a deal valued at $66.0 billion, one that will create, pro forma, the nation’s ninth-largest home originator as well as the ninth-largest servicer. Read More

GSE Reform: Time Treasury Hires an Investment Banker?

The road to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac took another left turn this week with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin applauding Congressional efforts on the initiative but then declaring, if need be, Treasury would go it alone. Read More

Crapo Reform Plan Suggests Fannie, Freddie Privatization

Sen. Mike Crapo, R-ID, chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, stirred the housing-finance reform pot last week, releasing a plan to bring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of conservatorship. Read More

Transformation of Mortgage Tech: Ellie Mae for Sale?

The share price of mortgage software giant Ellie Mae took off like a rocket early this week after rumors began swirling around the industry that the company is pondering a sale. Read More

New York Regulator Rejects Fidelity-Stewart Title Merger

The New York Department of Financial Services last week rejected Fidelity National Financial’s application to acquire control of Stewart Information Services’ NY-based title insurance company. Read More

FDIC Final Rule Allows for Private Flood Insurance

Federally regulated financial institutions must accept private flood insurance on loans secured by properties in special flood hazard areas, according to a partially approved inter-agency final rule. Read More

Conventional Lenders Slip; Angel Oak, Citadel Excel

Almost across the board, conventional and government lenders took it on the chin in terms of originations last year, but two of the largest producers of non-qualified mortgages — the Angel Oak family of companies and Citadel Servicing Corp. — excelled. Read More

Mortgage Grapevine

Non-QM galore, GSE earnings… Read More

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