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The secondary market and real estate investing. Also includes Ginnie, GSE, and private MBS coverage from the loan-level transaction vendor space up to waterfall management of SPVs.

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    MBA Secondary: The industry's appetite for non-QM is growing

    In a tough market, harder loans present new opportunities
    May 23, 2018
    Sarah Wheeler
    One thing that stood out at the MBA Secondary Marketing conference this year was the growing appetite for non-QM loans. It’s a tough market, and the easy loans where borrowers neatly line up with qualified mortgage standards are harder and harder to find. That’s one reason the non-QM market is predicted to grow by 400% over the next year.
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    Quicken Loans sister company In-House Realty acquires ForSaleByOwner.com

    This is Rock Holdings fourth fintech acquisition in under 18 months
    May 23, 2018
    Jeremiah Jensen
    In-House Realty, which like Quicken Loans is a subsidiary of Rock Holdings, announced this week that it purchased ForSaleByOwner.com, a real estate site where homeowners can market their home. In-House Realty is a digital platform for matching consumers with real estate agents, and the move to acquire ForSaleByOwner.com appears to be part of a larger move to develop a one-stop shop for homebuyers and sellers.
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    MBA Secondary: Can Fannie and Freddie help fix the housing shortage?

    Manufactured housing, construction products are on the agenda
    May 23, 2018
    Sarah Wheeler
    Desmond Smith, senior vice president and head of customer delivery at Fannie Mae, and Kevin Palmer, senior vice president of single-family credit risk transfer at Freddie Mac, outlined their agencies’ efforts to make the entire mortgage process simpler and easier. And that’s a good thing since the agencies facilitate the lion’s share — maybe even the elephant’s share — of the secondary mortgage market.
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    MBA Secondary: Predicting the future of housing finance policy

    Will new FHA, FHFA leaders get to implement any changes before the next election?
    May 21, 2018
    Sarah Wheeler
    With several key housing appointments still vacant and uncertainty building around legislative direction after the upcoming mid-term elections, forecasting the future of housing finance is tricky. But a panel of eminent industry leaders gave it a try at the Mortgage Bankers Association Secondary Marketing conference on Monday.
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    Fifth Third Bancorp to buy MB Financial for $4.7 billion

    Fifth Third is buying out MB Financial's shareholders for $4.7 billion
    May 21, 2018
    Jeremiah Jensen
    Fifth Third Bancorp announced today it is merging with Chicago-based MB Financial. Fifth Third has been investing heavily in the Chicago area during the last two years, and this is the bank's latest move in its push for Chicago investments.
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    Monday Morning Cup of Coffee: Inside the housing economy's monster news weekend

    Your MBA / Fed / Fannie / Freddie / Kilauea / California housing update!
    May 21, 2018
    Jacob Gaffney
    The MBA Secondary mood is so.... Plus, Texas jobs are booming, with no end in sight. New York and San Francisco startups promise to find people to co-live with each other. Plus, Fannie and Freddie risk-sharing bond performance updated. And, this person claims to have single-handedly caused the housing crisis in California. Plus, even more.
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This month in
HousingWire magazine

Cover Story
May 2018

Larger than life: Casey Crawford at Movement Mortgage

He wears t-shirts to his televised interviews; not very CEO. He played sports at a high level, but rarely brings it up and when he does he talks about it as a mere chapter in his life. Honestly, who plays a Super Bowl and doesn’t describe it as the defining moment in their personal journey? Casey Crawford, that’s who. His family is a big part of his life of course, but he talks about his even larger family — his coworkers — in terms that are just as glowing.

Feature

How can we revive the private label MBS market?

Brent Nyitray
Brent Nyitray
 InvestmentsLending
One of the things that has bedeviled mortgage financing post-crisis has been the absence of the private label mortgage backed securities market. During the peak years, private label MBS issuance topped $1 trillion. In 2017, only $70 billion of private label RMBS were issued, although that is a big increase from 2016.

Commentary

The mortgage industry's digital future

Mark Wai
Digital technology has disrupted businesses and industries from publishing to public transportation, so can the mortgage industry be far behind?  Actually, anyone who’s applied for a mortgage recently will have recognized that things are already changing fast.