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No two mortgage servicing rights portfolios look the same, and buyers have strong opinions about the kinds of deals they want to do. Here are some factors that can swing MSR transaction values, according to Matt Maurer, managing director at MountainView Capital Holdings.
November 23
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The Federal Housing Administration's annual financial report demonstrates the outsized influence of reverse mortgages on the performance of its insurance fund, fueling a debate about whether those loans belong there.
November 23
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People's United Financial in Bridgeport, Conn., has dismissed three employees in the wake of alleged fraud on commercial real estate loans.
November 23 -
The reform law's Qualified Mortgage and risk-retention rules have restricted access to credit, sowing demand for niche products offered by nonbank lenders.
November 23
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Commercial mortgage underwriting standards have already loosened dramatically this year, but it seems that some borrowers are still trying to get away with a little more.
November 20 -
Higher mortgage rates and other macroeconomic challenges may dampen lending under the Federal Housing Administration's single-family program, but they will produce a net benefit to the insurance fund. Here's why.
November 20
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The New York Department of Financial Services has ordered NewDay Financial to surrender its New York State license, as the fallout continues from its exam-cheating scandal.
November 19 -
Prospect Mortgage, a Sherman Oaks, Calif., nonbank lender, has agreed to pay $10.1 million in borrower restitution and penalties for violating federal and state laws, California's Department of Business Oversight said Thursday.
November 19 -
Fannie Mae has transferred the credit risk on a $12 billion pool of mortgages to reinsurers.
November 19 -
The House passed two controversial regulatory relief bills Wednesday evening ahead of the looming yearend budget fight.
November 19
