No wonder why PennyMac doesn’t talk much about its nonperforming loan business anymore. It’s safe to say that the publicly traded REIT is now a gorilla in the correspondent purchase market. How much of a gorilla? The firm was the fastest growing correspondent buyer in the third quarter, according to figures compiled by National Mortgage News and the Quarterly Data Report. How fast? Answer: a growth rate of 3,893%. That’s not a misprint. Nationwide, the firm ranked sixth with quarterly purchases of $6.2 billion. Now, if only we could see some warehouse numbers from them…
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Total application volume fell by over 13.000 units on a month-to-month basis, with declines in purchase and refinance activity, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said.
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The financial industry has largely welcomed moves like the removal of a previously proposed increase for a broad multiplier but questioned mortgage details.
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. encouraged banks to heed Fincen guidance expanding the PATRIOT Act's safe harbor for voluntary information sharing between banks to combat fraud.
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The Request for Information follows Pres. Trump's March 13 executive order, "Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit," the Bureau said.
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Community lenders, mortgage bankers and homeowners associations want more time to gear up for certain changes but officials see reasons to stay on track.
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Retail lender Rate separately launched yet another non-mortgage brand, with outdoor saunas and other furnishings following a high-end performance wear line.
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