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Northpointe Bank to shutter its correspondent lending business

Housing Wire

Northpointe Bank , a regional bank headquartered in Michigan, will walk away from its correspondent lending business to focus on its retail lending, mortgage warehouse financing division and specialty loan servicing business. The rising rate environment also had an impact on Northpointe’s origination in 2022.

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Why now is not the time for FHA premium cuts

Housing Wire

In its most recent annual report to Congress, November 2020, the Federal Housing Administration ( FHA ) published its “capital ratio,” a measure of capital reserves to insurance-in-force held within the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMI Fund). By way of example, seller-funded down payment loans prevalent in the early 2000s had a $16.5

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4 Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Got an FHA Loan

Realtor

But in the middle of this process, someone asked us how much our mortgage insurance would be. “Mortgage insurance?” You’re on the hook for mortgage insurance for the life of the loan. Let’s get into the first thing you’ll have to factor in with an FHA loan: mortgage insurance.

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4 Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Got an FHA Loan

Realtor

But in the middle of this process, someone asked us how much our mortgage insurance would be. “Mortgage insurance?” You’re on the hook for mortgage insurance for the life of the loan. Let’s get into the first thing you’ll have to factor in with an FHA loan: mortgage insurance.

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Rumors, rumors everywhere, but no Wells Fargo MSR deal — so far

Housing Wire

Wells Fargo officials have not commented on the rumors, so speculation is likely to persist over whether the lending giant is about to launch a potentially market-disrupting MSR offering. Ginnie Mae backs securities issued against government-insured loans originate through programs such as the Federal Housing Administration.

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Appraisal Risk, Reviews, and Revisions

Appraisal Today

While that number may seem high to some, in the context of lending and property complexities, that is a 54% improvement in performance cited earlier in this article (from 35% 10 years ago). Excerpts: Completed in 2013, the 50,738-square-foot compound has six bedrooms, 8.5 Lenders want fire insurance for all mortgage loans.