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What’s influencing the increase in REO acquisitions?

Housing Wire

HousingWire recently spoke with Michael Chew, SVP of Fulfillment, Asset/Rental Management at Consolidated Analytics , about REO assets, the economic factors influencing the increase in REO acquisitions and how technology can help with REO asset management. HW: What role can technology and analytics play in the REO asset management space?

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Hot home-equity market fueling securitization deals

Housing Wire

New York-based Unlock Technologies , a fintech operating in the shared-equity market, and real estate investment firm Saluda Grade , have closed a $180 million private-label securitization (PLS) backed entirely by Unlock-originated residential home-equity agreements (HEAs).

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Home-equity niche will benefit from a private-label lift

Housing Wire

“After that time, HELOC production waned as defaults spiked and home values plummeted, and HELOC securitizations effectively stopped for nearly a decade. Those 17 deals were backed by home-equity collateral valued in total at $3.9 Saluda is the borrower, and they face Barclays,” Craft explained. “The

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State of the mortgage industry half-time report

Housing Wire

According to Jim Park , executive chairman of The Mortgage Collaborative , who has stayed at the forefront of the growing technology in real estate, 12% of first-time homebuyers used some form of crypto towards their down payment last year. Innovations in technology. The future isn’t human versus machine on home values.

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The Latest Technologies Home Inspectors Use for More Thorough Inspections

Eppraisal

It's a security blanket of sorts for you to be sure there aren't safety hazards and major defects in the home. Contracts to purchase homes have clauses in them that allow buyers to have a professional inspection performed, typically within the first five to ten days of signing the contract.

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SmartZip Review: Can data improve your prospecting game?

Housing Wire

Exclusivity: No Trial period: No Contract requirements: Annual contract required SmartZip is a lead generation, marketing and CRM solution founded in 2008. This snapshot can give you insight into how home values are performing for the market you want to focus on. Automated marketing: Yes.

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Home equity is the bright gem of the housing market

Housing Wire

ATTOM , a real estate data provider, reports, however, that the “severe contraction across the lending industry in the fourth quarter of 2022 even hit HELOCs” in terms of origination volume. said Peter Silberstein, chief capital officer, at Unlock Technologies , a fintech operating in the shared home-equity investment space.