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Reverse purchase financing: The financing option no one is talking about

Housing Wire

2 However, these potential clients will also face challenges — namely market volatility, unpredictable interest rates and limited purchasing power due to increasing debt. That’s where reverse purchase financing comes into play, the funding option specifically designed for older Americans. What is reverse purchase financing?

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CreditXpert’s predictive analytics platform helps more applicants qualify for mortgages

Housing Wire

From there, lenders can work with their clients to increase credit scores and lower long-term financing costs, building trust along the way. For instance, an applicant with an initial credit score of 640 who is looking to finance $300,000 over 30 years would qualify for an interest rate of 6.13%, making monthly payments $1,823.

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Rocket goes local: Testing the waters or shifting its strategy? 

Housing Wire

But more than 80% of Rocket’s volume during those years came from refinancings, data from Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) showed. Also in 2021, Rocket decided it needed to have some loan officers on the ground who are in close contact with real estate agents. Its parent Rocket Companies rode the wave to a stunning $9.4

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What’s in store for non-QM in 2024?

Housing Wire

MW: Non-QM provides a source of financing solutions that caters towards homeownership of a growing population of underserved borrowers in the United States. Our client development team spends a lot of time at conference forums and in retail branches educating loan officers. HW: What are the strengths of the non-QM sector?

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Interfirst, the phoenix of mortgage, lays off hundreds

Housing Wire

In November, Interfirst issued pink slips to hundreds of non-commissioned loan officers at its call centers in Charlotte, North Carolina and Rosemont, Illinois, according to WARN notices in both states. I think 99% of the loans that I was writing there were refinances. 375% below the market.”

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Non-QM lenders hunt for LOs as consumer-direct model falters

Housing Wire

According to Evan Kidwell, chief operating officer at Griffin Funding , a consumer-direct lender that launched non-QM operations in November 2020, the company is willing to hire newbie LOs and processors and give them on-the-job training. “If If you’re willing to learn and you’re coachable and trainable, that works too.”.

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Will new products stop the bleeding for mortgage lenders? 

Housing Wire

During the second-quarter earnings season, executives from publicly traded mortgage lenders detailed their forays into jumbo loans, non-qualified mortgages, reverse mortgages, home equity products and even personal loans. Jumbo loan volume increased 3.1% At Finance of America , reverse mortgages have been a ??

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