Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. It sets up a domino effect [for market activity].”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

Investors provide capital necessary for many families to fulfill their aspirations of living in a house whether renting or owning. housing stock; yet, they bring some unique characteristics to the market. How can investors help with homeownership? Let’s switch gears and consider how investors help with home ownership.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

The housing market has been on a topsy-turvy roller-coaster ride in recent years that has been particularly neck wrenching since this past fall, fueled by stubbornly high inflation and a still-strong jobs market. Treasury market — jumping to as high as 121 in mid-April after ending March near 85.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2022

In 2022’s changing market, non-QM has been a hot topic for many. HousingWire recently caught up with Steven Schwalb, managing partner of Angel Oak Lending, about the changes investor appetite has gone though for non-QM. HousingWire: What is the investor appetite for non-QM and how has that changed over the past few years?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2023

Rate lock volume jumped 43% in March on the back of seasonal tailwinds, falling interest rates and stronger purchase market performance. by the end of the month, Black Knight’s Optimal Blue mortgage market indices showed. Most borrowers are expected to see mortgage insurance premiums (MIPs) reduce to 55 bps from 85.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2021

SoFi co-founder Mike Cagney’s latest digital mortgage operation Figure Lending closed on a $100 million funding facility from JPMorgan Chase this week. In a statement, Figure said the $100 million loan facility represents another push toward growth in mortgage lending. Mike Cagney, SoFi. billion across these deals.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Simply put, it looks at all the insured loans in the single-family business and factors in expected interest rates, home price forecast, default rates and severity rates over the entire duration of these loans, some of which will be on the books for 30 years. Just look at HUD’s own data on FHA lending: 1.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

Non-QM lender Acra Lending is projecting mortgage originations will increase in 2023 to about $2.6 The consolidation in the non-QM lending space, which has allowed Acra to expand its market share. “So, Athas Capital and Sprout Mortgage , among others, as examples of non-QM lenders who have exited the market. •

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Aiming to take the company public next year, Healing Realty Trust will tap into Banosian’s network of big banks as well as investors to grow its portfolio. So we’ll look for him to leverage his relationships into access to investors. Shant has an incredible network. We have a $25 million open series A funding round right now.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2023

Its consumer deposits have an average account size of less than $200,000, compared to the standard insurance amount by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of $250,000. Investors fearing withdrawal requests may pressure these banks’ balance sheets – as happened at SVB and Signature – are selling their stocks.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

” Republic collapsed after it failed to raise $75 million in capital from investors and exited the mortgage lending space. The volume almost doubles the acquirer’s presence in the Philadelphia market, with combined deposits of nearly $8.6 FDIC), the appointed receiver, explained in a statement.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2022

Lending is lending. Product, Pricing and Eligibility: Whether you’re lending for virtual real estate, automobiles or a student loan, you’ll probably want to clearly define your product, its pricing and of course eligibility for said product/rate. But we do live in a world of disclosures when lending money.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2022

The Federal Housing Finance Agency ’s announcement last week that it will hike upfront fees for high-balance and second-home loans effective April 1 will provide a boost for the private-label securities market, according to executives at one of the leading sponsors of private-label securities. billion, bond-rating agency records show.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Publicly traded lending software firm MeridianLink has acquired OpenClose , a fintech company that specializes in residential mortgage software solutions for banks, credit unions and mortgage lenders. In April, MeridianLink paid roughly $28 million to acquire StreetShares , which provides lending technology to banks and credit unions.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Watch Now The challenge and power of updating your brand Speaker: WeiLing Jang, Chief Marketing Officer, CoreLogic. Watch Now Wednesday CEO Playbook Loan Depot Speakers: Frank Martel, CEO, loanDepot.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2023

million in a seed round, the Miami-based cryptocurrency lending platform announced on Tuesday that it launched a product that allows investors in Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDC to use their assets to secure funding for real estate purchases. “The use case for crypto has to go beyond investment potential. Six months after raising $3.5

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

Add Homepoint to the list of lenders entering the non-QM market in 2022 amid a fall in origination volume. . The wholesale lender is preparing to launch two non-qualified mortgage products this year, including bank statement and investor cash flow loans. million. . . million. . .”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

AI-generated image of two lawyers scrutinizing title insurance joint venture agreements. Campbell is now something of a JV guru, having completed over 80 joint ventures with real estate or lending firms. Image was created using MidJourney. Why not create one entity to ensure a smoother process?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Among this impressive list of submissions, companies like 2022 TECH100 honoree Voxtur are working to improve the entire lending lifecycle. The company also made headlines in October for its decision to offer an Attorney Opinion Letter product for VA direct and VA-backed home loans as a compliant alternative to title insurance.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2021

The IPO gives the cloud-based software company the ammunition to grow market share , develop new products and dive deeper into various sectors within fintech, including consumer banking and auto. Over the last two years, Blend has acquired its own mortgage insurance firm and title insurance firm (the latter in a $422 million deal).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In today’s competitive real estate market, an increasing number of real estate investors are turning to private money lenders to help them close deals faster, enhance property valuations, and increase their returns. If your state requires a lending license, make sure a the lender is licensed.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2022

While other “big four” title insurers discussed the “transitional period” in the housing market during their first quarter 2022 earnings calls with investors, Old Republic International Corp. ’s As expected, the firm’s title insurance segment did not have the greatest quarter. Presented by: Acra Lending.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. This setup lets a consumer compare quotes from several insurers, including Progressive, with only one click. market for homeowners’ insurance.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2022

Market conditions have forced countless LOs, including Dicker, to find creative solutions to lock down home purchases for clients whose purchasing power has diminished greatly in the past six months. But any market that pushes some businesses to the brink of insolvency also will create opportunities for others. And he’s far from alone.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

VP, Marketing. Aslan Home Lending Corporation. Mortgage Investors Group. JMAC Lending. EVP, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer. SVP, Chief Operating Officer of Investments & Capital Markets. Synergy One Lending. Mortgage Insurers. VP, Strategic Communications and Marketing.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

Struggling digital mortgage lender Better.com is teaming up with secretive big data firm Palantir to create a proprietary loan platform that is says will enable Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac and mortgage investors to make “richer and deeper data-driven mortgage capital allocation decisions.”.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

Large banks have historically been the rulers of the jumbo market. Economic conditions, however, are opening up space for new entrants eyeing market share. Their retreat opens up opportunities for rival firms to grab market share. Part I explains the jumbo market’s decline.) Part I explains the jumbo market’s decline.)

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The rapid collapse of four regional banks that began last March shocked regulators and investors alike. Since the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insures only up $250,000, the banks’ wealthier customers panicked and demanded all of their money immediately. 1, the company had lost 45% of its market value.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

Bush and a vice president at Goldman Sachs before starting at the lender in 2021, listed several alleged violations related to lending practices. Investors looking to support low-income families would not purchase the lender’s loans if they knew they were provided to wealthy individuals or celebrities, the lawsuit states.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Stone Point and Insight Partners are highly respected investors who recognize the value and potential of CoreLogic’s digital content, solutions and market-leading platforms that power the housing economy,” CoreLogic President and CEO Frank Martell said. “We Strategies lenders should adopt from direct to consumer lending.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Accomplice led the round with participation from repeat Orchard investors FirstMark , Revolution Growth , First American , Juxtapose and a syndicate of new investors. It also launched its lending division, Orchard Home Loans, in July. Its rival, Knock , shifted its focus to lending around the same time.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Polly, a software-as-service mortgage-technology firm that operates a loan-trading platform , has raised $37 million through a new funding round, its third since launching in 2019 — bringing the total raised from investors to $57 million. Building the next generation of tech: Three ways to digitize home lending.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2021

The most salient Ginnie Mae responsibility is managing the government guarantee of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) that lenders issue to fund their origination of Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Veteran Affairs (VA), and Rural Development insured mortgages. Ginnie Mae currently oversees guarantees totaling around $2.1

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Wells Fargo has been slapped with a $250 million civil money penalty by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for “unsafe or unsound practices” pertaining to their home lending loss mitigation program this week. As the housing market changes, so does lending fraud. Presented by: First American Data & Analytics.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Their collective expertise spans the entire spectrum of the sector, encompassing areas such as lending, tech, real estate, appraisal, compliance, operations, sales and so much more. The following list of honorees comprises many more examples of exceptional leadership from some of the industry’s most accomplished women.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2022

But that engine could stall if action isn’t taken to increase the supply of affordable housing and expand opportunities for lending to underserved families. Action must be taken to provide adequate credit access to homebuyers and encourage the housing market to expand opportunities for American households. of GDP in 2020.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2022

housing market crashed in 2008. During his two-year tenure, Calabria emphasized releasing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from conservatorship, severing their federal connection, and reducing their market relevance and presence. However, this approach depends on assumptions of perfect markets and fair lending, which are not automatic.

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