Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

While the family’s income has been cut by almost half and inflation has increased their expenses, Wilen’s primary concern is his mortgage. In 2015, the family paid $250,000 for a 2,900-square-foot house in Ormond Beach, Florida. “They’ve had a manageable budget due to mortgage forbearance. .

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Appraisal Today

MAY 10, 2024

New FHA ROV Policy By Dave Towne, May 3, 2024 Excerpts: Up until recently, there has never been a standardized policy for mortgage loan related Reconsideration of Value (ROV) requests after an appraisal has been submitted. Now there is, per the attached PDF HUD/FHA mortgage letter. The mortgage loan officer handling the loan?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The complaint filed in federal court on Wednesday alleges that from at least 2015 to 2021, Lakeland failed to provide mortgage lending services to Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Newark. million consent order with Trident Mortgage Co., Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

With a deadly combination of low housing inventory, reduction in refis and surging mortgage rates, consolidation in mortgage tech is expected. Businesses and entire industries tanked during the pandemic, but it created an ideal environment for mortgage tech companies, some of which rode the wave to banner years and historic growth.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2021

Unlike lenders or servicers for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , Ginnie Mae issuers are responsible for passing along payments to investors after borrower equity, federal agency and mortgage insurance resources are exhausted. If those issuers fail, Ginnie Mae is ultimately responsible for making those investor payments.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 21, 2023

2 Lenders require appraisers to carry E&O insurance because they routinely seek to hold appraisers responsible for loan losses. Among the DOJ’s findings, from 2015 to 2021, all but one of the 101 mortgage lenders PNB employed in the lending area were white. Mortgage applications decreased 8.8

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This will provide “an ongoing source of capital so that state and local housing finance agencies (HFAs) can continue to offer FHA insured multifamily loans at reduced interest rates to create and preserve high-quality, affordable rental homes,” according to the White House.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Behind him, the recent financial crisis still cast a cautionary shadow over new business development, but ahead he saw opportunities for a client-centric, tech-focused family of companies in the title insurance and real estate settlement services industry. Now, at WFG’s 10-year anniversary, this vision holds even more relevance.

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on barndominiums, liability, declining prices, non-lender marketing, Freddie bad appraisal practices, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. The only appraisers who get sued are those performing appraisals for mortgage lending. Excerpt: 1.

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Zillow

JUNE 1, 2018

Mortgage rates and tax benefits are the same as primary residences. Likewise, local lenders will be comfortable with appraisals and lending in rural areas. You can use your second home anytime you want, but lenders won’t let you rent the home. Investment property. You can rent the home and use it when it’s not rented.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

government, insurance companies and financial institutions as well as asset-backed security issuances and transactions in the private-label residential mortgage-backed securities (MBS) sector. The SEC report also examines market-share information for residential mortgage-backed securities, or MBS. billion — or 68.1%

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Bradley, SRA, CDEI In September of 2015, FHA revised Handbook 4000.1 Appraisers Riding the Waves of Up and Down Mortgage Rates Appraisal Business Tips Humor for Appraisers Click here to subscribe to our FREE weekly appraiser email newsletter and get the latest appraisal news!! How does the FHA define appliances? By Daniel A.

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Appraisal Today

OCTOBER 14, 2022

While that number may seem high to some, in the context of lending and property complexities, that is a 54% improvement in performance cited earlier in this article (from 35% 10 years ago). NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Few people have it.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2022

The three agencies in charge of such reviews — the Federal Reserve , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency — have not denied a single bank merger in 15 years. And HUD can bring lawsuits claiming bias in mortgage lending. But there was a catch.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2021

Department of Housing and Urban Development declared Wednesday that the Federal Housing Administration will once again back mortgages for immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. are eligible to apply for mortgages backed by the FHA. are not eligible for FHA-insured mortgages.” .”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will be closely scrutinizing what it described as “junk fees” imposed on borrowers when closing a mortgage. Its new priority has provoked strong criticism from the mortgage industry. And, as they are fixed, they have an “outsized impact on borrowers with smaller mortgages,” it added.

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Patch of Land

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Congress has opportunities to address some of the challenges financial technology firms face in the lending sector. The pace of financial technology innovation in the alternative lending space is nothing short of phenomenal, but it has meant headaches for lenders and vendors waiting for regulation to play catch-up.

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On Q Financial

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced on January 19, 2021, that the FHA would once again back mortgages for DACA recipients. are not eligible for FHA-insured mortgages.” However, in 2015, the Obama Administration deemed the “lawful residency” language unclear. History of FHA Loans for DACA Recipients.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Independent mortgage banks have been “completely blindsided” by the increase in enforcement activity, said Daniella Casseres, who leads the mortgage regulatory practice group at law firm Mitchell Sander. As some independent mortgage banks have found out, a modern-day redlining allegation does not need to prove intentionality.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2022

During her visits, one thing stood out to Golding, who served as the Department of Housing and Urban Development ’s principal deputy assistant secretary from 2015 to 2017. Industry stakeholders have some ideas for how to further that goal, starting with more clarification on some FHA lending programs.

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