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Angelo Mozilo, the ‘face of the financial crisis,’ dies at 84

Housing Wire

Mozilo avoided working with subprime loans until the late 1990s, when after noticing that his firm was losing business to competitors, Countywide embraced the type of subprime mortgage lending that eventually led to the housing crisis in 2008. And they did it at a massive scale. Mozilo settled with the SEC in October 2010 for $67.5

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Redfin acquires Bay Equity, pink slips 121 staff

Housing Wire

Redfin announced Tuesday layoffs of 121 employees as it shakes up its mortgage department, including purchasing a lending company. The acquisition is intended to enable Seattle-based Redfin to expand its loans products nationally, as it wants to be a one-stop-shop for brokerage and lending.

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CSBS takes aim at nonbanks with proposed rule

Housing Wire

In the fallout of the housing collapse of 2007- 2009, the U.S. There are a few lessons to remember here: Nonbanks did not create the unsustainable mortgage market. Nonbanks are intermediaries that originate loans to the terms of the ultimate investor. It sets minimum thresholds so as to relieve the smaller market participants.

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Home-equity niche will benefit from a private-label lift

Housing Wire

“Securitization of HELOCs had been a small part of the RMBS [residential mortgage-backed securities] market in the pre-financial crisis period, but issuance was still relatively commonplace until 2007,” states a fall 2022 DBSR Morningstar report focused on the securitization market for HELOCs.

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Fed pauses rate hikes in June. But how long will it last?

Housing Wire

The Federal Reserve (Fed) maintained the federal funds rate in the 5% to 5.25% range on Wednesday, following 10 consecutive hikes that brought rates to a level never seen since 2007. Real wages also continue to fall, suggesting that the Fed has cooled, if not broken, the labor market. increase in April. What’s next?

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Private-label RMBS deals continue their hot streak

Housing Wire

billion hit the market in the first two weeks of 2022, HousingWire reported last week , but that’s already old news. And it’s likely that even more deals will come to market prior to month’s end. Morgan, which accounted for some 18% of the market by volume in 2021. A total of 10 private-label deals valued at nearly $5.4

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Hours before its IPO fizzled, Guild Mortgage agreed to pay $25M to settle federal lawsuit

Housing Wire

Those loans, originated between 2007 and 2011, defaulted and led to claims to the FHA for mortgage insurance. The settlement occurred just before Guild and its private equity owners McCarthy Capital Partners made a debut on the public markets. million shares of Class A stock, priced between $17 and $19. Instead, Guild sold just 6.5

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