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Mortgage Coach, Polly team up amid a rapidly shrinking industry

Housing Wire

Mortgage Coach, founded in 2009 and based in California, offers an interactive borrower education platform that lets loan officers guide borrowers through a visual presentation of their loan options. The goal is to help drum up business for lenders during an extremely challenging time in the industry. .

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New York poised to expand CRA rule to nonbank lenders

Housing Wire

“Omitting non-depository lenders, who currently hold a substantial portion of the mortgage lending market, from CRA monitoring leaves communities vulnerable to fair lending abuses in the New York State residential loan market,” the bill states. The state conducted the first nonbank CRA exam in 2009.

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Did Michael Strauss, accused of fraud, just start a new mortgage company?

Housing Wire

There were no severance packages, and even health insurance was canceled retroactive to May 2022, leaving some on the hook for huge medical bills. In 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged two former executives at American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. Shocked employees didn’t receive their last paychecks.

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RON is here to stay – Here’s what you need to know

Housing Wire

In addition to complying with state laws, you must make a plan on how to train and certify staff and comply with the rules and expectations set by your underwriting and lending partners. Before you do anything, you should ask your underwriter whether they will insure RON closings at all. How should you prepare for RON?

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The Apple Peeled - Ask the Experts: Market Dynamics with Jonathan Miller

Miller Samuel

The 10-year Challenge (2009 vs. 2019). Some analysts are even comparing the current cycle to the last downturn and the housing bubble in 2009, but Miller outlined quite a few differences between then and now. In 2009, the average discount from listing was 10.2%. And, in-turn, when the market falls, it will fall forever.

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How owner finance investing works and how to navigate it (with Brandon Smith, 13+ years of investing and lending experience) – Real Estate Real Fast EP9

Listing Spark

Brandon Smith, who has over 13 years of investing and lending experience, specializes in owner financing and has developed a successful system for sourcing deals and minimizing risk. Where can you find good sources of lending. It usually involves wrapping the existing mortgage and obtaining title insurance from a title company.

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Help for troubled borrowers is on the way. But will it come soon enough?

Housing Wire

The recent experience with state distribution of rental assistance and unemployment insurance is perhaps a preview of the challenges ahead. States, overwhelmed with claims and understaffed, also had problems paying unemployment insurance. Up to the task? billion at its peak in February 2021.

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