Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

California-based Impac Mortgage Holdings is repositioning itself as a mortgage brokerage and voluntarily giving up its seller-servicer designation with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Non-qualified mortgages will continue to be the dominant product in the broker channel, the company said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Industry-leading lender Movement Mortgage will become an “early adopter” of FICO Score 10 T, the updated credit scoring model designed to take advantage of trended data information to help expand mortgage approval rates.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Policymakers and the mortgage industry must reckon with historical and present-day barriers that lock would-be homebuyers of color out of the market altogether,” according to the report published on Monday. In terms of adopters, government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), large mortgage lenders and fintech firms have used AI.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Mortgage Technology introduced two new tools, Validate ROV and Validate Selector, to its growing suite of property valuation solutions, the company announced on Monday. Regulators are paying close attention to valuations for many valid reasons.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Rocket Pro TPO , the wholesale arm of Rocket Mortgage , on Monday raised agency conforming loan limits to $750,000, ahead of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) decision expected in November. Companies are pressured to launch new initiatives to attract brokers and land more purchase businesses due to high mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) has launched a new service to handle all the title work for its brokers on refinancings. mortgage lender announced the service on Thursday during an annual meeting with its broker partners in Pontiac, Michigan. The top U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (V.A.) loans but only for refinances.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Department of Labor (DOL) on Tuesday announced a new rule that governs retirement advice, requiring more financial advisers to follow stricter fiduciary standards when dispensing advice about retirement-focused investments. The financial adviser community is a highly-sought referral source for reverse mortgage professionals.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Many analysts who cover the mortgage industry believe that the worst of the current cycle may be in the rearview mirror. In 2022 and 2023, quickly rising mortgage rates and shrinking volumes sent shockwaves through the industry and prompted massive job cutbacks. According to data from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Wholesale lender The Loan Store launched a consumer rewards program designed to help mortgage brokers offer competitive mortgage rates. Founded in 2019, The Loan Store offers mortgage products including conventional, jumbo, VA and non-QM loans.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

These shifting dynamics are causing the California state government to work to ensure that certain issues that can stem from such a demographic development — particularly for health care, housing and social services — are addressed in a comprehensive statewide initiative called the “Master Plan for Aging.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2022

Some Federal Housing Administration -approved mortgage servicers have routinely flouted the agency’s loan modification program, according to Washington, D.C. 21 letter that a number of mortgage servicers employed by FHA-approved lenders failed to adequately implement loan modification options the FHA introduced in July.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Just before its stock debuted at a disappointing $15 a share, Guild Mortgage settled a federal lawsuit that claimed the lender knowingly breached legal requirements when it originated and underwrote FHA loans. Those loans, originated between 2007 and 2011, defaulted and led to claims to the FHA for mortgage insurance.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Pueblo County, Colorado, which encompasses an estimated population of about 170,000 people in and around the city of Pueblo, is sounding the alarm over potential fraud by creating a new alert system designed specifically to protect property owners. The reporting explicitly mentions reverse mortgages as a potential source of a fraudulent lien.

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Housing Wire

JULY 7, 2023

The Homeowners Assistance Fund (HAF) — a program designed to offer financial help to homeowners impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic — has kept more than 300,000 homeowners in their homes by curing defaults and keeping them out of foreclosure , according to data released this week by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. “As

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

When Curtis Mangus of Premier Mortgage Resources in Meridian, Idaho looked into pivoting into reverse after serving decades in the traditional mortgage business, he asked his managing partner at the lender about its reverse mortgage department. You are the reverse mortgage department,” he said. The partner smiled. “

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2022

Getting a mortgage is becoming an increasingly digital experience, with lenders and borrowers benefiting from saved time and fewer hiccups. HousingWire: We hear lenders talk a lot about eClosings but what other aspects of the mortgage process have been improved by the digital revolution within the industry?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Mortgage tech company Xactus announced that its valuation solution Appraisal Firewall X has met federal requirements and is capable of fulfilling Fannie Mae property data collection orders. ” Fannie Mae’s program is part of its ongoing efforts to modernize the valuation component of the mortgage industry. .”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

Six federal agencies have requested comment from the public on a newly-proposed rule that is designed to “ensure the credibility and integrity of models used in real estate valuations.” And the design and development of the models and algorithms can reflect the biases and blind spots of the developers.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2023

While the FDIC — an independent government agency that insures bank deposits and overseas financial institutions — declined to comment on Mayopoulos’ role, his career has been focused on financial and legal expertise. an FDIC-operated “bridge bank” meant to protect all depositors of the now shut-down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

Change in uninsured losses As of late, however, the uninsured losses are being absorbed by other stakeholders in the housing finance system, including mortgage lenders, mortgage servicers, private mortgage insurers, government agencies, capital markets investors, and the government-sponsored enterprises.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Fannie Mae announced on Wednesday that it will launch new programs and resources designed to tackle the homeownership gap experienced by the Latino community , designed to “to provide responsible access to housing and long-term sustainable homeownership opportunities.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with Christian Mills, head of Financial Advisor Relations at Reverse Mortgage Funding, about the ways a reverse mortgage can create a stable cash flow for homeowners in the midst of a volatile housing market. CM : Firstly, reverse mortgages, whether government-insured or proprietary, are non-recourse loans.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Citing the research, Kasper added that there is “no need to have federal government involvement in a practice that each state knows how to handle best. The disclosure requirement is designed to address a persistent hurdle for renters and buyers when they complete a real estate transaction, according to a May 2022 letter from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2023

The new rule partially aligns small business lending standards with the lending standards for the mortgage industry, including the requirement for lenders to the submit data points required by Congress in addition to data points already included in lender files. The CFPB has been examining this issue intermittently for several years.

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MARCH 29, 2021

Buying a Home As a Government Employee Are you a government employee preparing to buy a home? With the right resources, you can ensure a successful investment and one in which you may save tens of thousands of dollars thanks to being a government employee. Who Is a Government Employee?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

When a manufactured home is titled as personal property, a mortgage cannot be used, so the next best option is to take out a personal property loan, known in the industry as a “home-only” or “chattel” loan. Demand for home-only financing is strong; in 2019, there were more than 200,000 home-only loan applications.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The mortgage industry must be proactive in examining programs that can help borrowers recover from — and remain resilient to — disasters like these. The mortgage industry immediately recognized the need to help borrowers who were impacted by COVID-19 and would be unable to make their mortgage payments as a result.

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Eppraisal

JULY 7, 2023

In the previous two blog posts, we discussed fixed-rate mortgages and adjustable-rate mortgages, which are widely used in the United States. In this final installment of our three-part series, we will explore government-insured mortgage loans. What are Government-Insured Mortgage Loans?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

And the grind may not end anytime soon, Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Bob Broeksmit told attendees in a fiery speech at the trade group’s annual conference this week in Philadelphia. At a time when you desperately need stability, your own government is sowing the seeds of profound instability.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Forbearance declined across the board this week as government agencies and industry stakeholders chart a path out of forbearance and into loss-mitigation. 10, 2021, per the latest report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. As government forbearance plans wind down, the focus is increasingly shifting to loss-mitigation efforts.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

Unlike HELOCs, reverse mortgages and jumbo reverse mortgages are designed specifically to help seniors manage their cash flow. They also offer senior homeowners more flexibility – most notably, through optional monthly mortgage payments 1. And with a HECM, seniors cannot be locked into any possible payment spikes.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

The requirement also applies to mortgage lenders, legal experts say. The CFPB, a government watchdog agency, said lenders aren’t absolved from adverse action notice requirements under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act if they use complex algorithms, which Rohit Chopra, the director of the CFPB, has dubbed “black-box models.”.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2023

Government-sponsored enterprise Fannie Mae this week released new updates to its appraiser independence requirements (AIR), and also established new property data independence requirements (PDCIR) simultaneously. Fannie Mae published a new frequently asked questions (FAQ) document related to AIR this week.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

A rising player in the world of crypto-mortgages and blockchain-enabled financing, LoanSnap, plans expand its reach in the market by opening its lending platform to licensed mortgage brokers across the country in the near future. Jacob is not alone in seeing the potential upside for crypto-mortgages and AI-enabled traditional loans.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

She created NAF’s Latino Focus and New American Dream initiatives, which is designed to boost homeownership and mortgage industry career awareness among Hispanic and Black communities. After being promoted to chief operating officer in 2012, Bunce oversaw the creation and expansion of the company’s mortgage servicing division.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Mortgage fairness for Black and Native Americans is no better today than it was 30 years ago, according to a new mortgage fairness report. The report, issued by “fairness-as-a-service” solution firm FairPlay AI , was based on a study of more than 350 million mortgage applications from 1990 to 2021. in 2021 from 1990.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2020

e-Closing platform Pavaso announced on Monday it has been awarded the Remote Online Notarization Compliance Certification through the Mortgage Industry Standard Maintenance Organization – making it the fourth company to receive the specialized certification.

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