Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

North Carolina-based mortgage lender Premier Lending Inc. Premier Lending is adopting FICO’s updated credit-scoring model “to continue to drive the company’s innovation strategy forward and help make more homeownership dreams a reality,” the company stated in a release. “By

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2023

The waivers come as thousands of government-backed mortgages on the island have been impacted by the disaster, according to data released by the office of Hawaii Gov. Additionally, 1,300 Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgages including two public housing and two senior living buildings have been impacted, as well as 927 U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2023

banks have tightened their lending standards for residential real estate (REE) loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOC) in the second quarter amid the collapse of regional banks and a cascade of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve to tame inflation. A 40%-plus net share of all U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2023

Under the latest rumored changes to Basel III regulations , large depository institutions would see residential mortgage capital requirements that far exceed international standards, according to a report by Bloomberg. Residential mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by the government-sponsored enterprises wouldn’t be affected by the change.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

billion in new mortgages for apartment buildings with five or more units in 2022, a reduction of around 1% when compared to 2021 levels. This is according to an annual report of the multifamily lending market compiled and released by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

loan officer Timothy Potempa has departed Dallas-based multichannel lender OneTrust Home Loans to join E Mortgage Capital , bringing his team of about 40 people and more than $300 million in annual production to the company headquartered in California. 7 loan officer in the country last year with a mortgage production volume of $326.5

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Nonqualified mortgage (non-QM) wholesale lender A&D Mortgage has obtained licenses to originate loans in Arkansas and Mississippi, the company announced on Thursday. This strategic move aims to enhance the company’s conventional lending services.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2023

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has finalized the rule on small business lending, which fulfills a mandate from Congress and aims to increase transparency while mitigating discrimination. For decades, the government has assembled data pursuant to Congressional mandates on residential mortgages,” the CFPB said. “For

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Lending standards tightened in October, largely due to higher mortgage rates and the worsening outlook for the economy, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said. The mortgage credit availability index (MCAI) fell by 0.5% last month, marking eight consecutive months of decline. In October, ARMs made up 13.1%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

loans from mortgage services and place them in its portfolio at a fixed 2.5% the new program starts on May 31 and will result in a government subsidy reduction of approximately $1.5 The program ended in October 2022, when mortgage rates were higher. Department of Veteran Affairs (V.A.) interest rate. According to the V.A.,

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

Tech-focused real estate brokerage Radius , flush with $14 million in venture capital raised this past April, has launched a mortgage lending arm in California that it plans to roll out to additional markets sometime next year. Is now a good time to invest in real estate automation technologies?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

District Court for the Northern District of Texas , Ginnie Mae has filed its response to a lawsuit brought against it by Texas Capital Bank (TCB) saying the warehouse lender lacks standing and discounts the authority the government has to extinguish a lender from its reverse mortgage-backed securities program.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Mortgage giant Fannie Mae extended its relaxed lending and appraisal standards put in place due to COVID-19 into the new year. The relaxed lending standards allowed the GSEs to use “appraisal alternatives to reduce the need for appraisers to inspect the interior of a home for eligible mortgages.” 31, 2021. “We

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

billion in the next five years for lending and investments to low- and moderate-income (LMI) clients and census tracts, with 30% of the total tied to mortgage lending. First Financial Bank’s plan also includes investments in small-business lending and donations to organizations that create and preserve affordable housing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Virginia-based mortgage bank Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC has acquired the assets of Arizona-based JFQ Lending, LLC to explore the direct-to-consumer channel. Full-service mortgage company Prosperity, a subsidiary of HomeServices of America , originated about $8.5 billion in June 2022 to $460 million in December 2022.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The availability of mortgage credit increased in January, according to a report issued by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) based on data sourced from ICE Mortgage Technology. The MBA’s Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) increased in January to 92.7, The MCAI for conventional loans increased by 1.3%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Lending standards tightened in August amid a worsening economic outlook and signs of cooling in home-price growth. The mortgage credit availability index (MCAI) fell marginally by 0.5% in August from the previous month, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). billion in 2022 from last year’s $4.4

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2023

Recent home price declines are leading to decreased tappable equity, but there are still opportunities in home equity lending, according to a report published by Home Equity Lending News. And as instant online automated approval and closing continues to elude home equity lending, attention has turned to artificial intelligence.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2021

Houston-based nonbank mortgage lender Cornerstone Home Lending is buying Roscoe State Bank , a traditional depository bank headquartered in Roscoe, Texas. The merged organization is to be known as Cornerstone Capital Bank, and the mortgage division will continue to be known as Cornerstone Home Lending. It funded $4.2

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

While most have their eyes on the horizon, HousingWire’s dedicated reverse-centric publication, Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD), will look back one more time at a year of challenge. While that story was certainly an attention-grabber, the bigger industry surprise was the exit of Open Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over insider-lending allegations brought against the bank and its former top executive, Ronald Paul. The bank, which operates a mortgage-lending unit, along with its holding company, Eagle Bancorp Inc., The lender’s residential mortgage-loan portfolio stood at $72.8

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on Thursday it has extended relaxed lending and appraisal standards put in place due to COVID-19 another month for both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 31, 2021, however, the government entity is now pushing that back to at least Feb. 28, 2021. .” 14, the CDC has reported over 1.7

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2022

“Until recently … the appraisal industry seems to have escaped the type of regulation and scrutiny faced by other participants in the mortgage market,” the authors wrote. Apart from questions of governance, the report found significant gaps in the Appraisal Foundation’s fair housing requirements and training.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Though regulators have the power to ding lenders for violating fair lending law, none of the agencies can give a special purpose credit program their blessing. The watchdog agency provided clarity for the kind of research and data that go into creating a targeted lending program.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2021

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on Thursday that it has again extended relaxed lending and appraisal standards for both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. However, the government agency is now pushing that back to at least April 30, 2021. In a statement issued on Feb. As of March 11, the CDC reported close to 95.7

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The non-QM mortgage market, which encompasses most home loans not backed by a government-sponsored guarantee, is expected to reach the $25 billion mark this year in private-label securitization volume. . Through July 2021, AOMS [Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions] has originated $1.52 million,” the report states.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2021

ECOA prohibits reverse redlining — targeting minority communities for predatory lending — but Congress amended the statute in 1976 to allow for special purpose credit programs. It could be a sustainable lending product for a community where a lender has had poor penetration. A special purpose credit program can take many forms.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2023

Mortgage credit availability dropped to its lowest level since 2013 in July as receding origination volumes led to lower profitability for many lenders. The trade group’s monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index fell by 0.3% Meanwhile, the Conventional MCAI, which does not include loans backed by the government, decreased 0.5%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

HousingWire recently sat down with Steve Meirink, executive vice president and general manager, Compliance Solutions, Wolters Kluwer’s Governance, Risk and Compliance Division, to discuss the impact of digital technology on mortgage and the future of digital lending in an era of accelerated innovation and digital transformation.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Mortgage credit availability increased slightly in August but remained close to the very low levels last seen in January 2013, according a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. The trade group’s monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index picked up by 0.3% in August.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

After the release of proposed new rules for the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) program late last year, the reverse mortgage industry expressed a lot of excitement. Certner cited fair lending concerns and the potential of undue borrower influence.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The commissioner also discussed the rise in mortgage loan assumptions. “We’re hoping to have a final policy [for the payment supplement partial claim] out before the end of the year, although I will say keep your fingers crossed that we don’t face any lapse in appropriations that would shut down the government.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2023

When individual mortgages are originated by lenders like banks or credit unions , they may bundle groups of these mortgages together into financial vehicles called mortgage-backed securities (MBS) that are then sold to investors on a secondary market. If too many mortgages default, the MBS can lose significant value.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

Banks moved to ease lending standards for most mortgage loan products during the second quarter, according to a loan officer opinion survey published this week by the Federal Reserve Board. The post Mortgage lenders are loosening standards on jumbos appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

mortgage industry recently had to remind itself of this fact when a CNN analysis found that the nation’s largest credit union, Navy Federal, has the widest disparity in mortgage approval rates between white and black borrowers of any major lender. Is the mortgage industry offering fair access to loans?

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2023

Mortgage credit availability barely increased in June as the industry continues to operate at reduced capacity. This is a consequence of persistently high mortgage rates resulting in lender consolidation as well as a decline in mortgage applications , the Mortgage Bankers Association said. last month. last month.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Cautious optimism is prevalent in the mortgage industry for 2024 as industry professionals anticipate the recovery of lost origination volume. The Loan Atlas niche is served by its coaching faculty, consisting of 19 top mortgage originators and executives from various lending companies, according to Braheem.

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