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July 15: Mortgage jobs & opportunities; differences between broker & mini-corr; jumbo deals & lender financing alternatives

July 15, 2014 by Rob Chrisman

About Rob Chrisman

Rob Chrisman began his career in mortgage banking – primarily capital markets – 35 years ago in 1985 with First California Mortgage, assisting in Secondary Marketing until 1988, when he joined Tuttle & Co., a leading mortgage pipeline risk management firm. He was an account manager and partner at Tuttle & Co. until 1996, when he moved to Scotland with his family for 9 months. Read more...

Some of the big topics here at the CMBA Western Secondary conference are margins, compensation, and compliance. Reports show that bank tellers earned an average of $25k in 2012 and other bankers earned 50% more. I have certainly heard my share of stories about how a lender noticed a pleasant, intelligent teller, and brought that person into residential lending with good success. How about techniques on compensating compliance personnel?

 

On a much larger scale, a well-capitalized group of strategic/financial investors is seeking a mid-Atlantic retail mortgage bank for an acquisition. The residential mortgage bank should be full-service, Mid-Atlantic based, retail-focused, and licensed in MD, DC, VA, and PA at a minimum.  FHA/VA endorsements optimal. Principals only; send a note of interest to me at [email protected]. (Please excuse any delays in responding as I am attending the Western Secondary conference in San Francisco.)

 

Private Mortgage Insurance company Genworth Financial is seeking a Product Manager located at its headquarters in Raleigh, NC. The Product Manager will be responsible for leading cross-functional teams to develop new products and modify existing products, using the New Product Introduction (NPI) process. They will be responsible for the on-going management of established products, ensuring products are positioned appropriately in the market by adhering to and improving upon the existing commercialization process, and working closely with Customer Experience, Account Development Managers, Finance & Risk to evaluate products and lead strategic initiatives to enhance performance and profitability. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of mortgage industry experience, 5+ years of product management experience, and a background in developing and driving strategic business initiatives across multiple functions. Candidates should contact Kristin Miller or apply online at Genworth using job number GMI16788.

 

And Peoples Bank (KS) is searching for Loan Officers in Orlando, Tampa, Ft. Lauderdale, & Jacksonville. Peoples is a federally-charted (FDIC) community bank that was founded in the mid-1800’s, has a solid mortgage banking culture which has evolved over 30 years, and which will close $1.5 billion in 2014 in all 50 states. Peoples Bank has Fannie/Freddie approvals, significant warehouse spread, proven and tested compliance practice, scalable state-of-the-art Information Technology platform and a solid back office which delivers consistently competitive service levels (like consistent 72 hour underwriting turn times). Combine that with company provided leads, a dedicated purchase division and aggressive compensation plans – and the questions remains: Please visit Peoples for more information and to submit resumes.

 

Non-bank LOs know that the NMLS Resource Center came out with its Release Notes for the July 28, 2014 NMLS Release (2014.2). They are focused on detailing general enhancements and System maintenance updates.

 

Vendor and counterparty vigilance is becoming the name of the game – it isn’t enough to police your own company’s activities and financial health; you must also do the same for key companies that your business relies upon. Law firm Buckley Sandler tell us, “On July 1, the Federal Reserve Board announced a joint enforcement action with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation against a state bank that allegedly failed to properly oversee a nonbank third-party provider of financial aid refund disbursement services. The consent order states that from May 2012 to August 2013, the bank opened over 430,000 deposit accounts in connection with the vendor’s debit card product for disbursement of financial aid to students. The agencies claim that during that time, the vendor misled students about the product, including by (i) omitting material information about how students could get their financial aid refund without having to open an account; (ii) omitting material information about the fees, features, and limitations of the product; (iii) omitting material information about the locations of ATMs where students could access their account without cost and the hours of availability of those ATMs; and (iv) prominently displaying the school logo, which may have erroneously implied that the school endorsed the product. The regulators ordered the bank to pay a total of $4.1 million in civil money penalties. In addition, the Federal Reserve is seeking restitution from the vendor, and, pursuant to the order against the bank, may require the bank to pay any amounts the vendor cannot pay in restitution to eligible students up to the lesser of $30 million or the total amount of restitution based on fees the vendor collected from May 2012 through June 2014. The consent order also requires the bank to submit for Federal Reserve approval a compliance risk management program in advance of entering into an agreement with a third party to solicit, market, or service a consumer deposit product on behalf of the bank.”

 

Ballard Spahr provided some elucidation on the recent CFPB/min-correspondent proposals, specifically with regard to the questions that brokers will need to answer. “To provide guidance, the CFPB sets forth a number of questions that it may ask to assess whether a company using a mini-correspondent structure is actually acting as a creditor, or is acting as a mortgage broker. The CFPB notes that the questions in the guidance are not exhaustive and that no single question is necessarily determinative of how the CFPB may exercise is supervision and enforcement authority. The questions reflect areas that likely are of concern to the CFPB, including whether the warehouse line arrangement that the mini-correspondent uses to fund loans is bona fide and whether the mini-correspondent is actually performing the functions of a creditor.  Among the various questions are the following. Is the warehouse line of credit provided by a third-party warehouse bank? Is the warehouse bank providing the line of credit one of, or affiliated with any of, the mini-correspondent’s investors that purchase loans from the mini-correspondent? How thorough was the process for the mini-correspondent to get approved for the warehouse line of credit? Does the mini-correspondent have more than one warehouse line of credit? Does the mini-correspondent’s total warehouse line of credit capacity bear a reasonable relationship, consistent with correspondent lenders generally, to its size (i.e., its assets or net worth)? What changes has the mini-correspondent made to staff, procedures, and infrastructure to support the transition from mortgage broker to mini-correspondent? What training or guidance has the mini-correspondent received to understand the additional compliance risk associated with being the lender or creditor on a residential mortgage transaction? What entity (mini-correspondent, warehouse lender, investor) is performing the majority of the principal mortgage origination activities?”

 

Who actually closes the loan is important. Speaking of the closing process, my STRATMOR colleague Garth Graham has a great point on why it’s so important to attend closings. Often, loan officers think they are too busy and that closing is a waste of time.  But the person who is NOT at closing is going to get blamed, and too often it’s only the closing agents and the Realtors who are present at the closing table.  And it’s also a great chance for getting referrals and reinforcing the relationship.  Read GET TO CLOSING for more insights.

 

Financing is all the rage! What happened to good old warehouse arrangements? America First Multifamily Investors announced that it has entered into a second long-term secured debt financing facility with Freddie Mac utilizing Freddie Mac’s Tax-Exempt Bond Securitization or “TEBS” program. Proceeds from the TEBS Financing totaled approximately $94.7 million which was used to repay a portion of the outstanding balance due on the Partnership’s Tender Option Bond facilities. The TEBS Financing is a securitization of 13 of the Partnership’s mortgage revenue bonds and essentially provides the Partnership with a long-term variable rate debt facility at interest rates that will reflect prevailing short-term tax-exempt rates. The effective interest rate to be paid on the TEBS Financing is equal to the weekly Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”) floating index rate plus certain credit, facility, remarketing and servicing fees (the “Facility Fees”).

 

And lenders are setting up alternative funding arrangements. The latest news comes from PennyMac, which is entering into a $550 million loan repo facility with Bank of America to help fund newly originated mortgages. It sells the mortgages to BofA, for PennyMac to potentially later repurchase, in a deal fully guaranteed by PennyMac, for loan that Penny purchased from correspondent lenders and were pledged for sale and/or securitization, according to documents filed with the SEC.

 

Fannie Mae announced a $2bn risk-transfer deal – its largest risk sharing MBS sale to date. And BlackRock plans to auction off $3.7 billion, in an “all or nothing” deal, of legacy subprime mortgage-backed securities today. Redwood plans to sell its second prime RMBS of the year, Kroll said in a presale report, backed by high quality, prime jumbo mortgage loans. It will have an aggregate loan balance of $306 million, an average loan balance of $699k, with the top originators being Homestreet ( 21.5%), FRB (13.3%), and PrimeLending (9.9%). The servicers include Cenlar (81.9%), FRB (13.3%), and PHH (4.8%), with most of the production coming from California, Washington, and Texas. Interestingly, “only” 87% of loans fall under the scope of the QM. No one ever said non-QM loans are bad loans, and in this pool the weighted average LTV is 71% and the weighted average credit score of the mortgage pool is 768.

 

But wait, there’s more! Credit Suisse is in the market with a new $368 million jumbo RMBS. These loans come from Quicken, First Republic, Caliber, and Sierra Pacific.

 

Up until recently there had been only about 50 prime transactions issued since the market “re-started” in 2010, with most of that volume placed over the past 24 months. Given the lack of commercial lending opportunities there has been strong portfolio demand for high quality mortgage assets, and challenging securitization incentives. But a growing source of supply in 2014 has come from GSE risk transfer programs, noted above. Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have issued multiple transactions in 2014 and all indications suggest they will continue to be active for the remainder of the year. According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s 2014 Scorecard for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, each is expected to execute credit risk transfers on residential mortgages of at least $90 billion of unpaid principal balances. This represents a three-fold increase from last year’s scorecard.  In addition, the GSE’s are encouraged to explore other transactions types, which can include a senior/sub structure or other alternatives. We’re also seeing very strong demand for non-traditional mortgage transactions, including non-performing loans, re-performing loans, and single family rental securitizations.

 

Investors have little to complain about, as the performance of the pools has been excellent. Heck, they’re filled with creampuff loans, right? The most recent stats I saw said that of the 20,000 loans securitized since 2010, only one loan is currently more than 60 days delinquent. Recent issuances contain higher FICO scores (771), lower combined loan-to-value ratios (68% versus 70%) and more loans that are fully documented (100% versus 64%) than deals that came to market prior to 2005.

 

And lenders/investors are also pushing the envelope. AmeriHome Mortgage Company is rolling out a new Core Jumbo Product. For information on this product and other opportunities, visit Amerihome. I spent some time with AmeriHome yesterday at the CMBA conference, and they have a lot of expansion plans in the works!

 

Athas Capital Group has lowered rates and fees and expanded subprime guidelines. Some opportunities available for clients include OO LTV’s to 80%, NOO to 75% with only a 650 FICO, 12 or 24 months personal bank statements available, Asset depletion program, and Stated income available for business purpose loans.

 

Cole Taylor Mortgage recent bulletin included Jumbo Loan Guideline Enhancements. Several helpful enhancements and clarifications have been updated which include: allow new subordinate financing, acreage over 10 acres up to 20 acres allowed in certain circumstances, increase in maximum LTV for specific programs and terms, and decreased minimum allowable FICO on some products.

 

Carrington Mortgage Services announced FICO Reduction to 550 on Government Programs.

 

Impac Mortgage Corp. Wholesale offers FNMA HomePath loans with credit scores as low as 620, up to 95% LTV for primary residences and up to 90% LTV for second homes and investment properties. “5-10 Financed Properties, Fixed Rate Loans – Fully Amortizing, No Appraisal Required- the Sales Price is Used to Determine LTV/CLTV/HCLTV. No Mortgage Insurance, gifts acceptable and condos allowed.”

 

Lastly, on the earnings front, JPMorgan Chase reported second quarter 2014 net income of $6.0 billion on revenue of $25.3 billion. Mortgage banking net income was $709 million, a decrease of $433 million from the prior year, driven by lower net revenue and a lower benefit from the provision for credit losses, partially offset by lower noninterest expense. Mortgage application volumes were $30.1 billion, down 54% from the prior year and up 15% from the prior quarter. And period-end total third-party mortgage loans serviced were $786.2 billion, down 6% from the prior year and 2% from the prior quarter.

 

There is not much pushing rates one way or the other, resulting in another quiet day for rates Monday although MBS prices worsened about .125. There was no news, unlike today which includes the June Retail Sales number (expected +.3%), the July NY Fed manufacturing survey, and the June Import Price Index. Later we’ll have Fed Chair Janet Yellen giving her version of Humphrey Hawkins testimony. The “benchmark” 10-yr closed Monday with a yield of 2.55% and in the early going is at 2.53%, and agency MBS prices are better by about .125.

 

 

Mortgage lending is a team activity, right?

 

 

Rob

 

(Copyright 2014 Chrisman LLC. All rights reserved. Occasional paid job listings do appear. This report or any portion hereof may not be reprinted, sold or redistributed without the written consent of Rob Chrisman.)

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