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Reverse purchase financing: The financing option no one is talking about

Housing Wire

But unlike financing with a traditional mortgage, monthly principal and interest payments are not required on the loan, so long as the homeowner keeps up to date with real estate taxes, homeowners’ insurance and property maintenance. The 6% limit also includes payment of the Up-Front Mortgage Insurance Premium (UFMIP).

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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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Silicon Valley’s ‘bridge bank’ resumes mortgage originations 

Housing Wire

Silicon Valley Bank resumed mortgage originations on Tuesday via its newly established “bridge bank” — just four days after California state regulators took possession of the financial institution and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) as receivers. The company’s average mortgage loan was about $1.45

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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. The nascent mortgage company, however, has only one loan officer registered and no loan origination volume so far, according to the mortgage tech platform Modex.

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FHA borrowers hit first, hardest by sinking economy

Housing Wire

Over the past 14 years, FHA has insured 9.1 trillion to first-time homebuyers, according to the agency’s most fiscal 2022 annual report to Congress on the state of its mutual mortgage insurance fund (or MMI Fund). A strong backstop for FHA loans. million in mortgages valued at $1.7

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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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First Citizens Bank to acquire Silicon Valley Bank

Housing Wire

The North Carolina-based First Citizens announced on Monday an agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to acquire all of SVB’s deposits and loans that were moved to an FDIC-created bridge bank after the collapse. “We of the production was conventional loans and 49% consisted of purchase loans.