Origination

He has been president since 2002 and will become CEO on Dec. 7.

Refinancings drop below 70% of loan acquisitions for the first time in years.

Conduit lenders also are originating a larger share of multifamily loans because of the GSE cap.

Housing economists expect home prices to end 2013 up nearly 7% year-over-year, but this trend is not projected to sustain this pace through 2018.

Refinancings made up just 28% of loan production in September.

Single-issuer Ginnie I pools have been the mainstay of the Ginnie MBS program for decades.

The company plans to market bonds backed by some of its more than 21,000 rental properties.

Only 8% of the GSE’s loans have LTVs above 100%.

Just because you are a people person, it doesn’t guarantee sales success.

Higher interest rates—up to 5.4% by the end of the year—will take some affordability out of the market.