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Mortgage lending volume in 2020 likely to break records

Housing Wire

Fannie Mae , the world’s largest mortgage financier, said mortgage lending this year probably will reach an all-time high of $3.9 trillion in refinancings, the highest level since 2003 and more than double the level seen in 2019, the mortgage giant said in a forecast on Tuesday. in 2020 and 2.7%

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Premier Lending Inc. adopts FICO Score 10 T 

Housing Wire

North Carolina-based mortgage lender Premier Lending Inc. Premier Lending is adopting FICO’s updated credit-scoring model “to continue to drive the company’s innovation strategy forward and help make more homeownership dreams a reality,” the company stated in a release. “By

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FFIEC Releases 2020 Data on Mortgage Lending

Appraisal Buzz

million apps recorded in the marketplace in 2020. The post FFIEC Releases 2020 Data on Mortgage Lending appeared first on theMReport.com. The post FFIEC Releases 2020 Data on Mortgage Lending appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Will mortgage lending get tighter in the next recession?

Housing Wire

As recession talk becomes more prevalent, some people are concerned that mortgage credit lending will get much tighter. One of the biggest reasons home sales crashed from their peak in 2005 was that the credit available to facilitate that boom in lending simply collapsed. The short (and long) answer is no, not a chance.

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Banc of California sues Sprout Mortgage, Planet Home Lending 

Housing Wire

A recent lawsuit filed by Banc of California is claiming that mortgage lenders and servicers Sprout Mortgage (now defunct) and Planet Home Lending owe $1.5 Mortgage industry veteran Michael Strauss, Sprout’s founder, is also listed as a defendant. million related to the proceeds of two notes it owned and funded.

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How 2020 raised the stakes for the mortgage industry

Housing Wire

Prior to 2020, the mantra around the mortgage industry going back to 2016 was that launching a new “digital experience” was the equivalent to table stakes in poker. The message was clear: if you weren’t already invested in new digital mortgage experience, then your competition already beat you to the sale.

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2021 means new challenges for mortgage lending

Housing Wire

As we think about coming out of this first month of the year, we’ve quickly realized this year is going to be anything but planned or what we in the mortgage lending industry are used to. But for others, low mortgage rates gave way to pre-approved borrowers struggling in a very competitive seller’s market.

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