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Angelo Mozilo, the ‘face of the financial crisis,’ dies at 84

Housing Wire

Mozilo avoided working with subprime loans until the late 1990s, when after noticing that his firm was losing business to competitors, Countywide embraced the type of subprime mortgage lending that eventually led to the housing crisis in 2008. And they did it at a massive scale. Mozilo settled with the SEC in October 2010 for $67.5

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Redfin acquires Bay Equity, pink slips 121 staff

Housing Wire

Redfin announced Tuesday layoffs of 121 employees as it shakes up its mortgage department, including purchasing a lending company. The acquisition is intended to enable Seattle-based Redfin to expand its loans products nationally, as it wants to be a one-stop-shop for brokerage and lending.

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CSBS takes aim at nonbanks with proposed rule

Housing Wire

In the fallout of the housing collapse of 2007- 2009, the U.S. Nonbanks are intermediaries that originate loans to the terms of the ultimate investor. These investors included the GSEs, the Ginnie Mae programs, larger bank portfolios, and Wall Street firms. Nonbanks do not set the rules of lending.

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Home-equity niche will benefit from a private-label lift

Housing Wire

“Securitization of HELOCs had been a small part of the RMBS [residential mortgage-backed securities] market in the pre-financial crisis period, but issuance was still relatively commonplace until 2007,” states a fall 2022 DBSR Morningstar report focused on the securitization market for HELOCs. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Hours before its IPO fizzled, Guild Mortgage agreed to pay $25M to settle federal lawsuit

Housing Wire

Those loans, originated between 2007 and 2011, defaulted and led to claims to the FHA for mortgage insurance. Through Guild Holdings, the lender’s management and the private equity investors planned to issue 8.5 million shares of Class A stock, priced between $17 and $19. It would have raised approximately $153 million.

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Fed pauses rate hikes in June. But how long will it last?

Housing Wire

The Federal Reserve (Fed) maintained the federal funds rate in the 5% to 5.25% range on Wednesday, following 10 consecutive hikes that brought rates to a level never seen since 2007. However, 60% of these investors bet officials will impose a rate hike at the July 26 meeting. What’s next?

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ReverseVision acquired by Constellation Software

Housing Wire

This acquisition expands our footprint in the digital mortgage ecosystem, and we are thrilled to have them join us as we continue to develop innovative and streamlined technology solutions in the lending space.”. The company also serves “100%” of reverse mortgage investors, according to the sale announcement.