Interactive Mortgage Advisors of Denver is peddling a $1 billion portfolio of Freddie Mac servicing rights, the second $1 billion-plus offering of the past two weeks. MIAC of New York recently announced that it was offering a $1 billion pool too. One of the biggest stumbling blocks to selling bulk packages is the "contingent liabilities" issue - that is, loan buybacks and other concerns. Meanwhile, a new report from The Washington Post blames the underwater mortgage phenomena for causing Americans to stay put. "With many people locked in homes by underwater mortgages, only 1.6 percent of Americans moved between states in a one-year period that ended in March 2009 - a labor stagnation not seen in half a century."
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The promotion offers rate cuts as much as 25 basis points on new-home purchases as well as rate-and-term and cash-out refinance loans from May 4 through May 17.
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"In looking at eight currently available proprietary RM products, there is a distinct relationship between HECM growth rates and proprietary product availability," Reverse Market Insight said.
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The top bullet point in Two Harbors' rejection notice is the Mizuho credit facility does not constitute committed financing for UWM to pay for the deal.
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The combination adds to a wave of broader merger and acquisition activity that includes an ongoing bidding war over RoundPoint Mortgage owner Two Harbors
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The litigants, with some of the industry's deepest pockets, may be filing the rare cases to flag and potentially punish bad brokers, one expert said.
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Market watchers think Jerome Powell will maintain a low-key presence on the Fed board as he awaits the release of an inspector general report examining cost overruns at the central bank's headquarters.
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