Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Reverse mortgage software solutions and loan origination system (LOS) provider ReverseVision announced on Thursday morning that it has been acquired by a division of Toronto-based Constellation Software , a holding company that bought another mortgage LOS in 2019. Leadership at Constellation Mortgage Services, Inc.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2022

The most recent layoff came on Tuesday when the California-based lender eliminated several hundred positions, including loan officers, mortgage underwriters, processors and training specialists, multiple former employees said. billion in mortgages in 2021. billion in mortgages in 2021. from the first six months of 2021.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2020

Vaccine development is progressing with some promising early results. We didn’t have a boom in cash-out loans either, so the equity has not been whittled down like what we saw from 2003-2006. August is upon us, and the growth in the rate of new infections appears to be slowing. What can we expect post COVID-19? Already a member?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

Anderson, who has had a variety of roles in housing for over two decades , was a senior business manager at Fannie Mae from 2003 to 2007. She also briefly worked at the Department of Housing and Urban Development as an attorney in the Office of General Counsel, from 2010 to 2011. Presented by: FundingShield.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

In a cyclical mortgage industry, hedging is key to maintaining a buffer against losses. Since launching as a call center in 2003, the California lender has expanded into the outside distributed retail model with a target on the purchase mortgage market, serviced its own loans and developed its tech stack in-house.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2022

HousingWire: As businesses of all types begin to rely more heavily on automation, is the mortgage industry doing enough to keep pace? increase in total labor productivity in the US from 2003 through 2022, largely through business process improvement and automation. In 2003, the typical underwriter achieved 115 closed loans per month.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Growing up in Savannah, Georgia, as the daughter of a builder and developer, she learned the processes involved in new home construction from her dad. Through every step, from finding a title agent to getting a mortgage worked out, she explained what needed to be done in clear and concise terms, and maintained professional transparency.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are a few key priorities related to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and its Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program. Of that total, $220 billion is estimated for standard forward mortgages and $17.9 federal government. billion is for HECM.”

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The Collateral Risk Network (CRN) announced today its formal endorsement of the gross living area measuring standard developed by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The CRN applauds NAHB and the Home Lab for their efforts in developing this standard.”. ANSI Z265 has been adopted by the states of Kentucky and Mississippi.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

9 up until the early part of February as mortgage rates fell from 7.37% to 5.99%. To combat higher mortgage rates, builders have been cutting prices and buying down rates to move product. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Suppose mortgage rates had broken below 5.75%. percent (±20.4

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

As a consequence, the number of real estate, mortgage and general housing tech firms to make the annual Inc. Mortgage origination platform Maxwell , which was in the top 200 last year and a HW Tech 100 award winner in 2021, was ranked No. The past year hasn’t been particularly good for tech or housing. The company was No.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 13, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non lender appraisals, liability, markets with few sales, Bias, unusual homes, mortgage origination A California Winery With a 91-Acre Vineyard for $12,995,000 Red Soles Winery, a 91-acre vineyard. August 9, 2023) — Mortgage applications decreased 3.1

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2022

Bank of America will pay a penalty smaller than the average down payment on a Fannie Mae -backed mortgage, after one of its mortgage loan officers allegedly violated the Fair Housing Act. billion and mortgage originations of $16 billion in the first quarter of 2022 — will pay just $15,000 to settle the claims HUD lodged against it.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Given this pre-foreclosure paradox, mortgage servicers and government policymakers are forced to walk a thin line: nudging distressed homeowners toward making a choice that’s in their best interest while also arming them with the knowledge and resources they need to be protected in the pre-foreclosure marketplace.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2021

Department of Housing and Urban Development declared Wednesday that the Federal Housing Administration will once again back mortgages for immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. are eligible to apply for mortgages backed by the FHA. are not eligible for FHA-insured mortgages.” .”

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On Q Financial

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced on January 19, 2021, that the FHA would once again back mortgages for DACA recipients. In 2003, the FHA Housing Handbook stated, “non-U.S. are not eligible for FHA-insured mortgages.” Loan example is based on a 30 year fixed FHA mortgage loan with 3.5%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The National Association of Mortgage Brokers inaugurated Kimber White as its new president during the virtual NAMB National 2020 conference. White is a partner at RE Financial Service and has been an active member of the mortgage industry for more than 30 years. HousingWire: What’s the biggest challenge for mortgage brokers right now?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2021

Time is a funny thing in the mortgage business, moving in cycles like the economy. Warren Buffett, one of the biggest investors, divested all GSE holdings between 2003 and 2005. mortgage market was a sure bet, they could get AAA ratings on these private label securities that executed better than agency execution. The bailout.

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