Washington Mutual, Seattle, has hired J.P. Morgan Chase veteran Taj Bindra as its new executive vice president for finance and servicing operations of mortgage banking.Mr. Bindra, 42, was formerly chief financial officer and executive vice president for Chase Home Finance. He will be responsible for managing WaMu's mortgage servicing rights management, capital market activities, and servicing operations. He will be located in Seattle and report to Craig Chapman, president of WaMu's commercial and mortgage banking businesses. In his capacity as chief financial officer for the mortgage banking business, Mr. Bindra will also report to WaMu CFO Tom Casey.
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Heading into this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the Fed's core indicators are painting a different picture of the economy than real-time measures, injecting more uncertainty into Wednesday's FOMC meeting than usual.
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The RMBS deal expects to pay coupons of 4.53% on the A1A through B4 notes, virtually all the notes in the capital structure.
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The agency proposed to repeal a regulation that requires FHLBanks to submit formal notices before engaging in new business activities that carry unmanaged risk.
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So far this year, the volume of closed-end second and home equity line of credit securitizations is near last year's $29 billion, Bank of America Securities said.
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Home price growth is accelerating as inventory stalls—Chicago and Pittsburgh lead mid-tier gains at 4.2%, while Denver and Las Vegas see supply-driven price corrections.
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The industry leaders are sparring over refinance business from a Mr. Cooper portfolio, and UWM contends it didn't specifically try to harm its rival.
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