Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

New changes from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Ginnie Mae , which insure and guarantee loans, could help open an untapped market for lenders looking to expand their businesses and improve access to credit for buyers of manufactured homes. Yet help might be on the way.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Knox, which launched in 2019 and won the HW Tech100 award in 2022, analyzes market data to help homeowners price properties and generate income from their investments. The product is designed specifically for homeowners who require in-hand leases to qualify for mortgages on new home purchases. Knox’s lending arm.

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Housing Wire

JULY 7, 2021

Mortgage servicing, origination and transaction-based services company Mr. Cooper Group announced on Tuesday the sale of its reverse mortgage servicing portfolio – operating under the Champion Mortgage brand – to Mortgage Assets Management (MAM).

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. The mortgage industry has been moving in the direction of being more digital. mortgage market by origination volume, according to HMDA data.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. billion, according to a review of bond-rating and industry reports. billion. “So

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

With Wise Pelican, you can try both — it’s a fantastic resource for beautifully designed postcards and letters. If you want to think outside the box, consider partnering with an ambitious insurance agent who offers both rent and homeowners insurance. House-hacking is a great way to build wealth and pay down your mortgage.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

For one, the mortgage servicing industry adopted some COVID-era, rescue-type packages where a house does not go into immediate foreclosure. But more broadly, since the Great Recession in 2008, there has been a greater implementation of standardized loss-mitigation measures designed to prevent a foreclosure crisis.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 14, 2024

He is also a Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in the Department of Urban Planning and Design. Department of Labor’s Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report (Thursday) Brookings Institution’s Global Economy and Development “State of the Global Economy: Are the Clouds Clearing at Last?”

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 18, 2023

Designed and built by world-renowned contractor, Matt Construction, interior designers Meyer Davis and architects Shubin + Donaldson, no expense was spared in constructing this exceptional estate over a six-year period. Confirm that you are covered by your appraisal E&O insurance policy for hybrid and desktop appraisals.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

As the engines of the housing and mortgage markets continue to sputter due to higher interest rates and fewer buyers, industry innovators are looking for ways to get their company’s wheels off the ground. An originator since 1999, Read got his real estate license in 2014 and opened up his real estate brokerage in 2019.

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Very similar to the old mortgage broker days. NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on estate/trust appraisals and Fannie changesunusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = Designed in 1996. My health insurance company does not have this policy and allows annual mammograms.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

Freddie Mac notched record credit-risk transfer (CRT) issuances of some $15 billion during the first half of this year, protecting $358 billion in single-family mortgages. billion, protecting $151 billion in single-family mortgages. For the second quarter alone, Freddie Mac also posted record CRT issuance of $6.5 to $1,017.81

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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

JUNE 14, 2024

For example, GSEs will not purchase or securitize a mortgage on a mobile home manufactured before June 15, 1976. Likewise, HUD will not issue FHA mortgage insurance on a pre-1976 mobile home. In 2019, fashion maven Betsey Johnson sold her small pink house here for $1.9 home purchases over 1980-2017.

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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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Assurance Financial

MAY 4, 2022

In today’s economic climate, many homeowners may find it challenging to make their large monthly mortgage payments. Especially for first-time homeowners, an unwieldy mortgage payment may feel stressful and overwhelming. What Are Mortgage Refinancing Closing Costs? Downloadable Guides. We hope you find this information helpful.

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Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2021

While mortgage rates are at an all-time low, people looking to buy their first home — particularly millennials, who accounted for half of all new home loans in 2019 — have a limited and aging stock of houses to choose from. But, even then, today’s homebuyers aren’t spoiled for choice.

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Quicken Loans

JULY 15, 2021

If you’ve already explored other avenues of tackling your debt such as refinancing your mortgage or taking on a second job, it may seem that a bankruptcy could be your only option. Life insurance policy: This will end up being $13,400 in loan value, accrued dividends or interest. Chapter 7 Bankruptcy.

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Assurance Financial

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Even so, millennials account for more than half of all new mortgages. Then in 2019, the number rose to 12.3%. There are many loan programs designed to assist first-time homebuyers. With a fixed-rate mortgage, you’ll have greater predictability in your costs year over year. and the rate for baby boomers is 78.8%.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 10, 2024

Climate-resilient housing, which is designed and constructed to withstand and adapt to the impacts of climate change, is increasingly recognized as a critical priority for our region. INSURANCE FOLLOW-UP The top item in last month’s newsletter struck a chord with readers. The average mortgage holder paid $4.90 King ranked No.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 26, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on appraisal “modernization”, bias hearing, bad appraiser, USPAP, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. == Appraiser pleads guilty in $1.3B Varies widely around the country. == Mortgage applications decreased 4.6 billion tax fraud scheme.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) published a new draft version of a Mortgagee Letter (ML) on Thursday that would update the mortgage insurance requirements on single-family homes with accessory dwelling units (ADU). On the West Coast , Seattle saw a 250% ADU construction increase from 2019 to 2022.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The first makes permanent a pandemic-related policy that exempts affordable housing from the design review process. King County acknowledged receiving a little under $1B in federal aid for homelessness and housing since 2019, yet the local homeless rate rose 14% this past year. >> The rate of homelessness in the U.S.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 13, 2023

urban centers remain mostly higher than in 2019. The national office vacancy rate stands at 16% through March , up from 11% at the end of 2019 – just before life changed for you, me and the world. In a recent survey by Houzz, 79% of construction and design businesses reported experiencing moderate to severe labor shortages.

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The Robert Weiler Company

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

NOI is a figure – not a calculation – that is, the amount of income the asset yields after operating expenses (including vacancy and loss) and before the mortgage is paid. That’s because it’s a design most adaptable to various uses and future expansion as business needs evolve. The good news here is that the news is, well – good.

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Houston Properties

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Contact me for a list of recommended mortgage providers and what (who) to avoid. Contact Paige Martin at Paige@HoustonProperties.com for great mortgage banking recommendations. The Sienna Plantation Golf Club offers an 18-hole Arthur Hills and Mike Dasher-designed golf course. annual insurance costs. 20% down payment.

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Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

And the mechanism behind it is if I have an offer that is accepted as a Ribbon-backed offer, I go to closing and if for some reason the lender is unable to finance the mortgage on time, we’ll step in, we’ll buy the home on behalf of the consumer. Sellers always prefer a cash offer over a mortgage-backed offer.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

“That’s a triple whammy hitting potential homebuyers,” notes Len Kiefer, deputy chief economist at Freddie Mac, which buys many of our mortgage loans from lenders. People are looking at higher prices, there’s slim pickings in inventory and now we have higher mortgage rates.”. The new fees will take effect on April 1. “As

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2020

In 2019, White families had 8 times the wealth of Black families ($188,000 vs. $24,100), and five times more wealth than Hispanics ($36,100). Quicken Loans Mortgage Services is proud to partner with a diverse set of brokers, which broadens the pool of potential clients they serve together. of the average home price.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

Home prices are overheating, mortgage rates are inching up from the start of the year and the supply of homes is in an unseasonable valley – far from its Mt. Today, 37% of all buyers are Millennials and they comprise about 54% of all mortgage applications. An insurance company offered a good example of just how bad it has gotten.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2022

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), within the department of Housing and Urban Development , provides mortgage financing for borrowers the conventional market doesn’t serve, yet it has been understaffed for over a decade. Nearly two-thirds of career staff are nearing retirement age, which could deepen an institutional brain drain.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2023

The bill, 2023-H 6082Aaa (given additional letters in its designation to reflect that it has been amended), is part of a broader package of 14 bills sought by the speaker in an effort to address housing issues and spur additional production according to reporting at The Providence Journal.

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