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FHFA releases fair lending final rule

Housing Wire

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) this week released its fair lending final rule, following up on a proposal made last year in alignment with plans first laid out in 2022 by the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The effective date for this provision is Feb. These include having served nearly 2.6

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Mat Ishbia talks the ‘loser mentality,’ the controversial ‘ultimatum’ and the years ahead

Housing Wire

Mat Ishbia is optimistic about the mortgage market. The Pontiac, Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) CEO believes that 2022 and 2023 are equally challenging years, but the market will improve in 2024. Meanwhile, 2025 and 2026 will be off the charts. Mat Ishbia: In the 2022 and 2023 markets, rates went up a lot.

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What the Biden tax plans mean for the housing market

Housing Wire

The changes to the corporate tax rate were “permanent,” while the changes to the individual provisions were limited to 10 years and are scheduled to snap back to their prior levels in 2026. MSRs are booked as a balance sheet asset when loans are sold into the secondary market and show as book earnings at that time.

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Home Point, soon to be defunct, delivers $28M loss in Q1

Housing Wire

Home Point’s gain-on-sale margin attributable to correspondent and wholesale channels, prior to the impact of capital markets and other activity, was 97 basis points in the first quarter of 2023, compared to 86 bps in the previous quarter and 61 bps in the same quarter in 2021. Home Point’s servicing portfolio totaled $88.4

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6% mortgage rates are back (for select borrowers)

Housing Wire

A top-tier borrower with a 780 FICO score and a 25-30% down payment for a single-family vanilla 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was quoted 6.875% on Thursday, said Larry Steinway, senior vice president of mortgage lending and branch manager of Revolution Mortgage. “We We are definitely seeing an uptick in demand.

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Mr. Cooper extends deadline to acquire Home Point Capital’s outstanding shares

Housing Wire

In addition, Mr. Cooper is assuming $500 million in outstanding Home Point 5% senior notes due in February 2026, per the deal announced in May. Cooper’s agreement to acquire Home Point Capital, which also includes the payment of $324 million in cash. Heisman Merger Sub , a subsidiary of Mr. Cooper Group, is paying $2.33

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Frank Martell talks loanDepot’s restructuring, path to profitability and M&As 

Housing Wire

In fact, loanDepot recently showed the market that it’s considering acquisitions by appointing industry veteran Dan Hanson as executive director of enterprise partnerships and acquisitions. Amid a shrinking market, Vision 2025 was extended into 2026 and beyond, Martell said. How will loanDepot recover this market share?