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What happens when borrowers have more control of the lending process?

Housing Wire

Yet borrowers have had limited agency in the lending process to date. FormFree, the ATP fintech led by HousingWire Tech Trendsetter Brent Chandler , is launching a blockchain-based exchange for consumers to take control of the lending process. The smart contract presents the borrower’s lending request to the exchange.

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VRM takes a tailored approach to servicing and lending challenges amid uncertainty

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The complexities of serving borrowers under the CARES Act require lenders, servicers and investors to partner with a mortgage services provider who has the expertise and national network to provide high-touch support to its clients. We are a solution provider,” said Keith Murray, president and CEO of VRM.

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Non-QM lender Athas Capital Group ‘bows out like gentlemen’

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Industry veterans Alim Kassam, Brian O’Shaughnessy and Kevin O’Shaughnessy founded Athas Capital Group and its in-house financing arm Rama Capital when the financial crisis hit the country in 2008. Since 2008, it has funded over 14,000 loans, reaching $5.5 Since 2008, it has funded over 14,000 loans, reaching $5.5

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What will housing credit look like in next recession?

Housing Wire

today and why they’re so different than the period of 2002-2008. However, the current housing market is much different than the credit boom-and-bust cycle of 2002-2008, and it’s vital to understand why. However, we aren’t going to see the credit availability collapse in the same way we did in 2008.

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Opinion: The ripple effect on the U.S. housing market from China’s real estate crisis

Housing Wire

in 2008 and 2009. Lax lending standards and cheap credit, plus a popular belief that real estate values never decline, created a massive bubble. Investors who have been burned by events in China may also start seeing ghosts in other markets and decide the risk profile is just too unfavorable. In the U.S.,

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3 questions lenders should ask before implementing non-QM

Housing Wire

“I think non-QM could be another money-making product for all of these originators,” said Keith Lind, executive chairman and president at Acra Lending. When you’re dealing with investors, mistakes cannot happen.”. 1 it was underwritten correctly, and two it fits a credit box of an investor that’s willing to buy it,” Lind said.

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The risk of zero-down loans while the Fed talks recession

Housing Wire

People’s first reaction was to wonder if this was 2008 all over again. Well, it isn’t 2008, but this type of loan does have risk — and it’s the risk that is traditional among all late economic cycle lending in America when the loan requires low or no downpayment. We have a much better housing ecosystem now for sure.

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