Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

CBC Mortgage Agency – a federally chartered housing finance agency – will offer two temporary rate buydown features for its down payment assistance (DPA) program for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans. United Wholesale Mortgage and Rocket Mortgage offer lender-paid temporary rate buydown options in addition to seller-funded buydowns.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2023

Mortgage credit availability dropped to its lowest level since 2013 in July as receding origination volumes led to lower profitability for many lenders. The trade group’s monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index fell by 0.3% Simultaneously, liquidity concerns persisted for some jumbo lenders. last month.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Mortgage credit availability increased slightly in August but remained close to the very low levels last seen in January 2013, according a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. The trade group’s monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index picked up by 0.3% in August.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

There were a total of 361 consumer complaints submitted to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) related to the reverse mortgage industry during the calendar year 2023, according to a consumer complaint database maintained by the Bureau. the parent company of Liberty Reverse Mortgage/PHH.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

Nierenberg joined the company in 2013 and has recently repositioned it from a real estate investment trust (REIT) into a leading global asset manager. Nierenberg has been the president and CEO of Rithm since November 2013 and chairman since May 2016. Morgan , Bear Stearns , and Lehman Brothers. In 2023, Rithm announced a $532.7

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

Mortgage rate buydowns and a limited supply of existing homes have buoyed housing demand for many months despite elevated interest rates. Meanwhile, homeowners who bought in January 2000, January 2006 and January 2013 have received boosts of $414,000, $338,000, and $343,000, respectively. Overall, U.S. homeowners held $31.8

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2023

Mortgage credit availability barely increased in June as the industry continues to operate at reduced capacity. This is a consequence of persistently high mortgage rates resulting in lender consolidation as well as a decline in mortgage applications , the Mortgage Bankers Association said. last month.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

After three weeks of unchanged rates, the average mortgage rate for a 30-year fixed loan jumped 8 basis points to 2.81%, reaching its highest point since mid-November, according to Freddie Mac ’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. Increasing lending and servicing capacity – regardless of mortgage rates. for the week ending Feb.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Benchmark Administration (IBA) , will take on a new role as president of ICE Mortgage Technology starting on March 1. Bowler will be in charge of ICE’s business segment, which is focused on automating elements of the mortgage industry and delivered a revenue of $1.1 Timothy Bowler, president of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2022

To say that mortgage rates have been on a wild Mr. Toad’s ride in 2022 is an understatement. People thought the mortgage rate drama in 2013-2014 was a lot when rates went from 3.5% People thought the mortgage rate drama in 2013-2014 was a lot when rates went from 3.5% We saw this in 2013-2014 and 2018-2019.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

Perhaps more than any other financial product, mortgages offer a wide array of specific consumer protections including RESPA, TILA, TRID, LO Comp, HOEPA, servicing rules, and many others,” CHLA said in a statement regarding the document. The Right to Robust Competition in Mortgage Services Market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Since the weaker CPI data was released in November, bond yields and mortgage rates have been heading lower. The question then was: What would lower mortgage rates do to this data? However, mortgage rates have fallen more than 1% since the recent highs, so it’s time to look at the data to explain how to interpret it.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

Finance of America Companies (FOA) President Kristen Sieffert is bullish on the prospects for the reverse mortgage industry’s leading lender in 2024, particularly after the company went through a series of major changes last year, including the acquisition of American Advisors Group (AAG). We had some in the market, pre-2008.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2022

promoted Brian Ralston to executive vice president and chief mortgage banking officer. In his new position, Ralston will lead the mortgage banking division’s strategies and oversee origination and servicing operations of the wholesale, non-delegated and delegated correspondent channels, and warehouse lending.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami joins the HousingWire Daily podcast to talk about why low mortgage rates need to end. During the interview, HW+ Managing Editor Brena Nath interviews Mohtashami on his most recent article , “We need higher mortgage rates to cool the housing market.”. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In 2013, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) began requiring borrowers to pay the Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP) for the life of an FHA loan. People have equated FHA insurance to that of private mortgage insurance used by the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), which is not life-of-loan.

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2022

Just how bad was the mortgage market in June , when rates climbed north of 6%? The company’s monthly mortgage originations report also revealed that 82% of locks in June were purchases, the lowest share of refis since the company began tracking data in 2018.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

ConsumerDirect Mortgage rebranded itself to Real Genius and announced the launch of a modern mortgage application platform to simplify a borrower’s experience. Additionally, the lender promises borrowers a “personalized approach” and “access to veteran mortgage professionals.”.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2022

Mortgage rates trended down in July from their peak above 6% in June, but that wasn’t enough to spur mortgage lending activity. Lenders continue to face tightening profit margins as mortgage rates stay substantially higher than they were last year. Rate lock volume in July fell 14.4% The decline was led by 16.9%

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Inman

JUNE 14, 2023

Mortgage lenders tightened standards for the third month in a row in May, with mortgage credit availability falling to the lowest level since January 2013.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2021

Globally speaking, things look much different roughly a year later – jobs are returning by the millions, a series of viable vaccines are being deployed across America, stimulus checks have hit bank accounts and mortgage rates are ascending rapidly from nearly a year of historic lows. in 2021, 3.6% in 2022 and 4.1% in 2021, 4.5% in 2021, 4.5%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Nonbank mortgage servicer Ocwen agreed to pay $1.5 Franklin said he fell behind on his mortgage payments and, between 2011 and 2015, received numerous phone calls from Ocwen, who was servicing his mortgage, to collect the payments. In 2013, the CFPB accused Ocwen of “engaging in significant and systematic misconduct.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

Volly , a mortgage tech company that offers customer relationship management and point-of-sale services for lenders, announced Wednesday the acquisition of mortgage and real estate tech startup Home Captain for an undisclosed amount. The post Mortgage tech firm Volly scoops up Home Captain appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In a lawsuit filed last week, a mortgage brokerage claimed that one of its former loan officers stole a database containing client names and information and brought it with him to a new job at NEXA Mortgage. In the federal lawsuit, Smart Mortgage alleges that Noe downloaded Dropbox on his company computer without authorization on Feb.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2021

The Federal Open Market Committee left future economic policies virtually unchanged at its Wednesday meeting, indicating that short-term mortgage rates will stay low for years to come. The Fed also once again applauded the housing market for its resilience throughout the pandemic – thanks to low mortgage rates and such high demand.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Nearly a year after a federal judge dismissed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ‘s mortgage servicing misconduct suit against Ocwen Financial Corp. , It may be now that Ocwen wishes it had negotiated a more thorough, more comprehensive release in [December] 2013, but it did not.”. Last March, U.S. Ocwen, in a Jan.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 11, 2021

Brian Carlsen has been promoted to vice president of risk management at Cherry Creek Mortgage , a nationwide, full-service mortgage lender. Carlsen is a 28-year veteran of the mortgage industry. He joined Cherry Creek in 2013. Carlsen was heavily involved in opening Cherry.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Interfirst Mortgage , the retail mortgage business he founded in 2001, had grown to $14.5 By July 2013, things were going so well that Godin and his wife purchased a lakefront mansion in Winnetka, Illinois, for nearly $13 million , a record for the posh Chicago suburb. In 2012, Dmitry Godin was seemingly on top of the world.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Jonathon Haddad, president of Next Door Lending , will replace Katie Sweeney as the chairman and CEO of the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts (AIME). Before that, Haddad spent about six years at Quicken Loans , starting as a senior mortgage banker in 2013 and ascending to regional vice president.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Like many players in the non-Qualified Mortgage space, Deephaven Mortgage was forced to halt operations in 2020 when liquidity dried up. million security backed by non-QM mortgages that have seasoned for an average of nine months, a presale report from S&P Global Ratings showed. That was then, this is now. in Q3 2020.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The Mortgage Collaborative, the mortgage industry’s independent cooperative network, has begun releasing details on a significant virtual event they will host for their members during the first three weeks of December. The post The Mortgage Collaborative brings its own fresh take on virtual events appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2021

Wisconsin-based Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. One of Fairway’s electronic signs at the stadium reads “Home.com, by Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation.” Headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, Fairway is a full-service mortgage lender with more than 400 branches nationwide. The company funded $65.8

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

If you go and look at headlines from 2013-2014 — everything was revolution and transformation and technology was going to lower costs. Within mortgage companies, even those that have huge scale versus small scale, they’re offering really the same borrower experience and the same loan officer experience. SW: How do you fix that?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

in 2022, with nearly 70 mortgage lenders and brokers making it on the list. HW: Since founding Griffin Funding in 2013, the housing market has seen astounding changes. 5,000 mortgage company CEO to speak at HW Annual Oct. Don’t miss more of Lyon’s great insights when he takes the stage Oct. Earlier this week, Inc.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

First American offers an integrated suite of staff and network appraisal products and services, including standard appraisals, collateral inspection services and hybrid valuations through First American Mortgage Solutions’ Appraisal Management Company (AMC) and the First American Staff Appraiser Company.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2021

The Housing Policy Council sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday expressing its opposition to delaying the implementation of the Final QM Rule and expiration of the 2013 QM Rule, set to take effect on July 1, 2021. 1, 2022 and opened up a comment period.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Lending standards tightened in October, largely due to higher mortgage rates and the worsening outlook for the economy, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said. The mortgage credit availability index (MCAI) fell by 0.5% This caused it to reach its lowest level since March 2013, according to the MBA. in September.

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