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Ocwen improves overall reverse mortgage performance despite volume contraction

Housing Wire

parent company of PHH Mortgage Corp. and Liberty Reverse Mortgage , reported an overall improvement in its business performance for the first quarter of 2024 — including better reverse mortgage performance attributed to servicing and higher gains on loans held for sale. Ocwen Financial Corp.,

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What’s in a Sales Contract? Insights from a Seasoned Appraiser

McKissock

Why must an appraiser be given a copy of the sales contract? Secondly, the appraiser is likely familiar with the local real estate contract forms, customary terms, and conditions of real estate transactions in the area, and might be able to identify irregularities and comment on them. When should we analyze the contract?

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Polly adds Total Expert to its API integration roster

Housing Wire

Through this API integration, users can populate MLS and non-MLS rate flyers in a short period of time using “real-time, scenario-specific mortgage offers” delivered through Polly’s cloud-native Product and Pricing Engine (PPE), according to a prepared statement.

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Fractional home-equity lender Point raises $115 million 

Housing Wire

The venture capital investment is in addition to $1 billion in separate capital commitments from investors that Point has lined up to help fund what it calls home-equity investment (HEI) contracts. “We Homeowners, in turn, get to cash out a slice of their home equity with no payments due until the contract matures.

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What’s The Leaven Causing Home Prices to Rise Today?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

On many of my appraisals at that time, my opinion of value would not support the contract price. Perhaps they were drinking the Kool-Aid that some are drinking today, that market value is whatever the purchase price is. Don’t drink the Kool-Aid that any contract price is reflective of market value.

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Pennymac launches two MSR-backed private offerings

Housing Wire

PFSI), which ranks as one of the top five mortgage lenders nationally, are seeking to raise more than $700 million in the debt markets through the sale of notes secured by mortgage servicing rights. The notes are backed by Ginnie Mae mortgage-servicing rights, according to a presale report by Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA).

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PLS deals backed by jumbo loans plummeted in June

Housing Wire

June was a rough month for jumbo-mortgage securitizations, with only two private-label offerings brought to market valued at roughly $821 million. The two jumbo-loan deals that did make it out of the gate last month were issued by Rocket Mortgage and J.P. Morgan Chase via the Rocket Mortgage Trust and J.P.

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