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Panorama Mortgage Group launches 1% down payment loan program

Housing Wire

Our 1st Gen loan program is a game-changer, designed to bridge the gap and pave the way for underserved communities to build generational wealth through homeownership.” Founded in 2007 in Las Vegas , Panorama originated from Alterra Home Loans , which carved out a niche by catering to first-time Hispanic homebuyers.

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Fairway makes new reverse mortgage investments, rejoins NRMLA

Housing Wire

Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation announced on Tuesday a series of reverse mortgage maneuvers designed to increase the company’s investment in the space. The division’s leadership team will now also include Dan Ventura, who has served at Fairway since 2007 and last year was appointed as VP of reverse mortgage operations.

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ALTA promotes first chief information officer

Housing Wire

Romeo also will continue to oversee the education department, NTP Designation program, legal publications and the ALTA Registry. Last year, ALTA added a key feature to its ALTA Registry : a designation that clearly identifies title and settlement company locations that can perform remote online notarization closings.

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UBS agrees to pay $1.4B to settle RMBS fraud case

Housing Wire

According to the DOJ, the United States filed a complaint alleging that UBS “defrauded investors” by making false and misleading statements to buyers of 40 RMBS issued in 2006 and 2007 relating to the characteristics of the loans. In addition, UBS knew that property values associated with the loans were unsupported, the DOJ claimed.

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Brian Covey to speak at Engage Marketing June 17

Housing Wire

His mortgage career was affected by the 2007 market crash just as he was raising toddlers with his wife Nicole. . The challenges of helping consumers become homeowners in this housing market is why we’ve designed our virtual event around “All Eyes on Purchase.”

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory falls even lower

Housing Wire

In 2007, when sales were down big, total active listings peaked at over 4 million. Today, even though sales are trending at 2007 levels, we are at 980,000 total active listings, per the last existing home sales.

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New CFPB guidance takes aim at ‘zombie mortgages’

Housing Wire

This latest guidance stems from the actions of predatory mortgage lenders observed in the run-up to the 2007-08 financial crisis, where some homebuyers were entered into mortgages they could not repay, the CFPB said. “In “We are making clear that threatening to sue to collect on expired zombie mortgage debt is illegal.”

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