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FSOC recommends more regulation and liquidity for nonbank servicers

Housing Wire

In 2022, they originated nearly two-thirds of mortgages, compared to 38% in 2008. Meanwhile, they owned servicing rights on 54% of mortgage balances in 2022, up from 4% in 2008. The attention on nonbank mortgage companies have increased since their expansion following the financial crisis of the late 2000s.

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Truist taps David Smith as next head of mortgage business

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Smith, whose experience includes leadership roles at companies such as Keller Williams and CitiMortgage , will oversee the strategy and execution of originations, fulfillment, servicing and warehouse lending. Prior to joining Truist, Smith led the mortgage lending, insurance and title businesses affiliated with Keller Williams.

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RealFi lays off employees without paying salaries, severance: sources 

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However, two former employees said the company communicated it’s shutting down its mortgage lending business. The FDIC was the receiver of Washington Mutual Bank after it failed during the 2008 financial crisis. It wasn’t immediately clear what restructuring Mosiello was referring to.

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Opinion: Setting the record straight on IMBs

Housing Wire

The report also points out how IMB critics bootstrap legitimate concerns about largely unregulated nonbank financial products like crypto or payday lending to claim similar risks for IMBs, even though mortgages are more extensively regulated than any other financial product in the wake of the 2008 crisis. Another 2008?

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IMBs have a duty to serve lower-income communities

Housing Wire

Bank CRA obligations cover far more than their mortgage lending. IMBs have expanded because of the warehouse lending and short-term credit provided them by the nation’s depositories and because they can sell their loans into the government-guaranteed agency secondary market ( Ginnie Mae , Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac ).

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New York poised to expand CRA rule to nonbank lenders

Housing Wire

“Omitting non-depository lenders, who currently hold a substantial portion of the mortgage lending market, from CRA monitoring leaves communities vulnerable to fair lending abuses in the New York State residential loan market,” the bill states. The key to implementing non-QM products.

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How 2020 raised the stakes for the mortgage industry

Housing Wire

Sure, new online lending operations like SoFi, Better and a handful of others are taking advantage of their lack of traditional infrastructure. Digital lending is easier for companies that were born in the cloud. The cloud has helped to accelerate online and virtual processes extending into every step of the lending process.

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