Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

Rumors this week that regulators would increase residential mortgage capital requirements for larger depositary banks, far exceeding international standards under the Basel III rules, have raised alarms for industry executives, analysts and trade groups. To understand the context, U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2021

In 2016, Brad Sullivan’s Mortgage Financial Services ruled the roost in housing with a rank of 733. Griffin Funding was the fastest housing sector grower in 2017. And Nationwide Mortgage Bankers posted an insane average three-year growth rate of 16,396% in 2020. 2020 total volume for refinances and purchase mortgages totaled $3.83

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

It also launched its lending division, Orchard Home Loans, in July. Its rival, Knock , shifted its focus to lending around the same time. Since its launch in 2017, Orchard has raised $255 million in total equity. The customer uses the mortgage to finalize the purchase of their new home.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2023

The DOJ complaint, filed in federal court, claims that the bank failed to provide mortgage lending services from 2017 through at least 2021 in neighborhoods in and around Tulsa , including those that were the site of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. In 2022, settlements were made with Trident Mortgage Co.,

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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

AUGUST 14, 2020

The Community Home Lenders Association (CHLA) recently used the opportunity to submit a comment letter on proposed GSE capital levels to instead focus mostly on pending unresolved issues that are critically important to small mortgage lenders. CHLA did this not because capital levels aren’t important; they are. Scott Olson Guest Author.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

The creation of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) in 1975 required lenders to track and report loan-level data to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in an effort to reduce redlining, and finally, in 1988, amendments made to the Fair Housing Act of 1968 deemed it illegal. Presented by: Ylopo. Per Redfin, 58.1% and Chicago.

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2022

That’s partly because, according to a joint notice of proposed rulemaking from bank regulators on Thursday, banks’ performance would be judged by where they lend, not just where they have branches. Honestly we don’t know if that is coming or not,” said Ricard Pochkanawala, senior policy council at the Center for Responsible Lending.

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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

MAY 7, 2023

We had a lot of drama over the week between Federal Reserve meetings and banking stress, and mortgage rates and purchase applications both fell. Mortgage rates fell last week as we started the week at 6.73%, got as low as 6.43% to end the week at 6.5%. Mortgage rates fell to a low of 6.43% then ended the week at 6.5%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. Earlier this year, Orchard began the initial pilot of its integrated mortgage offering in Texas markets. Knock this year shifted into lending ).

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

As the world adjusts to its new normal, mortgage professionals are having to do the same thing. Additionally, the company’s mortgage insurance best-ex solution, OptiMIze, automatically delivers the best MI pricing available leveraging PennyMac’s highly competitive negotiated MI rates.

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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. Will Gordon cut mortgage premiums?

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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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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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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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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on AMCs, appraisal business, real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. =. Architect Adam Dayem designed the unique 2,500-square-foot residence, which was completed in 2017 after several years of construction. 2,500 sq.ft.,

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Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

” This has been a very hot and important topic within the lending space for the last year or so, we’ve talked about it on this podcast before Kenon. And then they can conveniently and peacefully get their mortgage two weeks, a month, two months later. Sellers always prefer a cash offer over a mortgage-backed offer.

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