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loanDepot settles with Hsieh, nominates Steve Ozonian to the board 

Housing Wire

loanDepot announced Monday it will promptly increase the size of its board from eight to nine members to accommodate Ozonian, who has been the CEO of the Williston Financial Group since 2017, and his term will last from 2023 to 2026. Like its peers, California-based loanDepot has been challenged by the surging mortgage rates landscape.

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The Fed pauses its rate hikes for now, will it last?

Housing Wire

The FOMC also said it would continue to reduce its holdings of Treasury securities and agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities. In fact, mortgage applications picked up in the week leading up to the Fed meeting, signaling a wave of optimism. However, at Mortgage News Daily , mortgage rates were higher on Tuesday, at 7.30%.

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HUD outlines reverse mortgage wish list in budget proposal

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are a few key priorities related to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and its Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program. Of that total, $220 billion is estimated for standard forward mortgages and $17.9 federal government. billion is for HECM.”

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Appraisal Institute Counters Flawed Appraiser Bias Narrative

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non-lender appraisals, forms to reports modernization, AMCs, earthquake risk, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. == == Rare Coastal Contemporary Manchester, MA, for $9M Excerpts: 5 bedroom, 4.5 Mortgage applications increased 3.3 bath, 5,258 sq.ft.

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Meta rolls out new system to address housing ad discrimination

Housing Wire

However, Meta will be subject to court oversight and regular review of its compliance with the settlement through June 27, 2026. The parties announced Monday that they had agreed on the new Variance Reduction System’s compliance targets. The company will extend the system’s use to U.S.

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2024 Updated UAD and URAR – What does It Mean for You?

Appraisal Today

The overall timeline has not changed; however, we wanted to provide the industry with more milestone details to help in development, testing and training to prepare for the new UAD and Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (URAR). To see the timeline (from 2018 to 2026) PDF, Click Here Too large to include in this newsletter.

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Despite Falling Rates, King County Housing Market Flops to End Forgettable Year

Will Springer Realtor

There is little doubt the inventory shortage will continue through 2024 – as mortgage rates remain too high for many consumers – and that means great pressure to push prices higher. One option developing in Washington is the reshaping of zoning laws to allow more housing on parcels of land once zoned for one home. But by how much?