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Many lenders are loosening requirements for prospective home buyers

Many lenders are loosening requirements for prospective home buyers

By Michele Lerner February 22 Will I or won’t I? An essential concern shared by prospective home buyers who need to finance their purchase is whether they will qualify for a mortgage for the amount and terms they require. Pushback against overly tight credit after the housing crisis, a shrunken...
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Oakleaf Attends SFIG Vegas 2018

Oakleaf Attends SFIG Vegas 2018

Oakleaf President, Chris Milner, and Managing Directors, Wes Mesirow and Brad Davis, are attending SFIG's Annual Conference February 25-28th in Las Vegas, NV. This is the world's largest capital markets conference and includes attendees from all areas of the structured finance industry. If you see...
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Women in Housing & Finance Panel Discussion Featuring Oakleaf's Mary Pat Denney

Women in Housing & Finance Panel Discussion Featuring Oakleaf's Mary Pat Denney

On Wednesday, February 21st at 6:00pm EST, Women in Housing & Finance will be hosting a panel discussion with successful senior executives in the housing and finance industry, including Oakleaf's Mary Pat Denney. The discussion will be focused on providing career advice to mid-level...
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Brad Davis Joins Oakleaf as Managing Director

Brad Davis Joins Oakleaf as Managing Director

Chris Milner
Founder, CEO and President
We are excited to announce that Brad Davis has joined The Oakleaf Group as Managing Director of Business Development. Brad joins Oakleaf’s leadership team in a dedicated business development capacity, building our pipeline, bringing in new business, and building out Oakleaf’s business development...
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We've Moved!

We've Moved!

Chris Milner
Founder, CEO and President
The Oakleaf team has moved into a brand-new office space in Bethesda, Maryland. It has been an exciting transition and we’re thrilled to now have all of our team members under one roof! Please see below for our new address and look out for information regarding our Office Warming Party in the new...
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Arch Mortgage Insurance Secures $368 Million of Indemnity Reinsurance from a Rated Insurance-Linked Note Transaction

Arch Mortgage Insurance Secures $368 Million of Indemnity Reinsurance from a Rated Insurance-Linked Note Transaction

AMILTON, Bermuda--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Arch Capital Group Ltd. [NASDAQ: ACGL] announced today that its mortgage insurance (MI) business obtained $368 million of indemnity reinsurance from Bellemeade Re 2017-1 Ltd., a special purpose insurer. The reinsurance is for a portfolio of MI policies issued by...
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Mary Pat Denney Featured as Women in Housing & Finance’s Member Spotlight

Mary Pat Denney Featured as Women in Housing & Finance’s Member Spotlight

Oakleaf Managing Director, Mary Pat Denney, has been chosen as this month’s Women in Housing & Finance Member Spotlight. Click here to read Mary Pat’s full interview where she discusses her inspiration, the best advice she’s ever received and much more!
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Fitch: Improvements Needed in U.S. RMBS Diligence

Fitch: Improvements Needed in U.S. RMBS Diligence

The private label U.S. RMBS market should establish a new due diligence working group to drive grading, process and standardization improvements, according to Fitch Ratings in a new report. This was an overriding conclusion and one of several takeaways from Fitch's U.S. RMBS roundtable event held at its New York office earlier this month with leading third party review (TPR) firms.
Fitch Ratings, New York, 19 October 2017 The private label U.S. RMBS market should establish a new due diligence working group to drive grading, process and standardization improvements, according to Fitch Ratings in a new report. This was an overriding conclusion and one of several takeaways from...
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Oakleaf’s Vinod Panicker to present at CECL 2017 Conference

Oakleaf’s Vinod Panicker to present at CECL 2017 Conference

Oakleaf Managing Director, Vinod Panicker is set to present at Center for Financial Professional’s CECL 2017 conference in New York City October 11th-12th, 2017.
Oakleaf Managing Director, Vinod Panicker is set to present at Center for Financial Professional’s CECL 2017 conference in New York City October 11th-12th, 2017. CECL 2017 will bring together over 20 senior risk professionals from leading financial institutions to provide a beginning to end...
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Fannie Mae joins Freddie in allowing appraisal-free purchase mortgages. 

Fannie Mae joins Freddie in allowing appraisal-free purchase mortgages. 

Allows property inspection waiver on some low LTV loans.
Kelsey Ramírez Fannie Mae is now following suit in the appraisal-free arena by allowing property waiver inspections on some purchase loans. Last week, Freddie Mac extended its appraisal-free mortgage program to its purchase loans, announcing it will go into effect on September 1, 2017. Shortly...
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