Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. It sets up a domino effect [for market activity].”

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2023

announced on Thursday that the Optimal Blue product, pricing and eligibility engine (PPE) has added investor content from 54 state-based housing finance agencies (HFAs). Optimal Blue , a division of Black Knight, Inc. Black Knight, Inc.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

Executives at both Stewart Information Services and First American Financial bemoaned the challenging housing market environment as they discussed their respective firms’ first quarter 2023 earnings with investors Thursday morning. Given the success of our early testing, we expect to deploy it in two markets within the next year.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

The securitization was completed on May 15 and marked Point’s second rated securitization and third overall deal in the secondary market, with all securities receiving ratings from Morningstar DBRS. This has broadened the investor base to include insurance companies and money managers seeking new investment-grade securities.

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Inman

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Master the new construction niche, and grow your business by building relationships with builders and developers in your market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2022

This data line lags the current housing market as it’s a few months old. I developed a specific home-price growth model for the years 2020-2024 which said that if home-price growth grew at 23% for five years we would be fine, with total housing demand —both new and existing homes together — getting to 6.2 million or higher.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Read on to learn more about what Doug Duncan – Fannie Mae’s senior vice president and chief economist — and Mark Palim – Fannie Mae’s vice president and deputy chief economist – had to say about the housing market, the Fed’s interest rate cut timeline and their views on overcapacity in the industry. labor force are not vigorous.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2021

In the intervening years, the makeup of the RMBS market has changed significantly and, today, Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac , and Ginnie Mae are responsible for approximately 99% of RMBS issuance. In fact, the secondary market for the securitization of mortgages requires data to be shared among parties in order to rate the underlying assets.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Real estate investors purchasing distressed properties at foreclosure auction have been telegraphing a possible housing market slowdown for the last six months. A deeper dive into foreclosure buyer behavior shows which markets are most likely to see a home price correction in the next six months. Price Correction Risk by Region.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The Impact Shares Affordable Housing MBS ETF, also known as OWNS, is an exchange-traded fund with the ambitious mission of seeking to tap the capital markets to address long-standing affordable-housing and racial-wealth gap issues in U.S. million shares outstanding at a market price of $17.80 CCM has invested over $3.9

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2021

Competition for home buyers is tougher than ever right now, as tightened housing stock supply continues to plague the housing market. Using a 3-month bank statement program, borrowers who would not otherwise qualify due to lost or nontraditional income may be able to buy a new home and place their own on the market. Jumbo products.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

California-based fix-and-flip lender Anchor Loans launched a third-party originator (TPO) channel to serve mortgage brokers, banks, private and non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) lenders and other referral partners whose clients are home builders, developers and investors.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite mass layoffs in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation, mortgage professionals still see opportunities in the market. Industry workers didn’t pull back on investing in professional development, with the majority (51%) spending money to reach potential clients. in events to garner business.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

Bond credit-rating organization Moody’s Investors Service has reaffirmed its “above-average” rating for the reverse mortgage servicing performance of Celink , which is the current holder of the U.S. The SQ represents Moody’s view of a servicer’s ability to prevent or mitigate asset-pool losses across changing markets.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

As the market shifts, interest in non-QM lending from traditional lenders and brokers has increased. We recently spoke to Bao Huynh, Director of Business Development at LoanScorecard, about these changes and the challenges of originating non-QM loans. HousingWire: How is the shift from refi to purchase affecting the non-QM market?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Through the development of improved and sophisticated systems, protocols and technology, these operations leaders are driving their companies to growth and success. Take a look at the full list of winners below to see their accolades and achievements that are helping to move the housing market forward.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2023

Founded in 2013 by Brew Johnson, Brett Crosby and Alex Perelman, Peer Street developed a marketplace connecting lenders and borrowers seeking capital to investors looking for real estate-related debt. The business attracted investor Michael Burry, one of the featured players in “The Big Short.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Sam Valverde Speaking to attendees during a keynote speech, Valverde said that the government-owned company had “a reputation of being less than transparent,” according to the reporting, and wanted to “sensitize” the reverse mortgage market to its plans for the new product. The announcement was reportedly met with applause from attendees.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

What happens when the Federal Reserve begins pulling back in a serious way from the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market that it has helped to prop up through billions of dollars in bond purchases since the start of the pandemic in 2020 — to the point where it now holds a $2.7 You don’t know what investor demand is going to be.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

30, according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The modest uptick in demand over the last month signals that there will likely be more competition in a market that remains starved for inventory.” The 30-year, fixed mortgage rate averaged 7.22% for the week ending Nov. on Thursday.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

F2 Finance wants to scoop up a share of a “fragmented” fix-and-flip market as a lack of housing inventory sharply limits transactions. America’s fix-and-flip short-term property market is estimated to be worth as much as $68 billion a year, according to F2 Finance. Morgan , Citibank and Wells Fargo, according to Faes.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2022

The real estate market is cooling down. Reports released this week by several respected market observers point to less good and increased bad and ugly ahead for the housing market. Moody’s Investors Service , in a housing-market report released this week, puts some ugly back into the home-sales figures for May, however. “At

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

Change is five years into its mission as a Community Development Financial Institution ( CDFI), a mission that has seen Change soar to become the nation’s largest non-QM lender. We also have been able to educate the capital markets, which helped to scale the financing, gain high rating agency acceptance and create significant investor demand.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

With this capital infusion, the company aims to accelerate its product development, grow its team and pursue market penetration with real estate brokerages, MLS associations and other proptech companies nationwide. “We TTV Capital , Moderne Ventures , Erez Capital and other venture capital firms led the round of investment.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2022

Publicly traded mortgage tech company Blend Labs isn’t changing its strategy to survive a shrinking mortgage market, even though a drop in originations is sapping its revenue stream and forcing it to trim its workforce. For investors, a warning: it means that profitability will take some time to achieve. .

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

A total of 84 staff were affected at five offices in Pasadena, Roseville, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village and Moorpark, California, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARN) alert submitted to the California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) in late December. “To 15 and reviewed by HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

But according to him, the firm has invested in new construction, land, and condominiums in a challenging mortgage market. Potempa brought his team of 38 professionals — including processors, business development staff, support staff and about 15 loan officers — to E Mortgage on March 25. Right now, we have 200 different investors.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The bonds are secured by “long-term, low-rate” loans made primarily to developers of low-income multifamily apartment complexes. BlackRock Financial Market Advisory had preliminary conversations with investors about the bonds, the report said, citing unnamed sources.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

A large portion of those loans, once repurchased from the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) at par, were later resold for much less in the so-called “scratch and dent market. It makes sense that the investors are asking lenders to ward off as many problems as possible [via QC efforts] before a loan is made.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

We are excited to expand our impact and better serve our target market borrowers.” Change is a community development financial institution (CDFI) that is certified by the U.S. Treasury Department , given to specialized organizations that provide financial services to low-income communities and others who lack financing options.

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Listing Spark

JUNE 7, 2024

In the past decade or so, buying a fixer-upper, updating it, and then selling it for a nice profit attracted seasoned real estate investors and newbies alike. Many professional and amateur investors wanted a piece of the quick-profit pie. But those ideal market conditions no longer exist. However, the markets are flat.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

Seattle -based proptech company Flyhomes announced Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of startup ZeroDown and is launching an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered home search portal to bring “conversational real estate search and research to the market.“ How does the job market here compare to other cities?”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Stubborn inflation and high interest rates continue to wreak havoc on the mortgage-origination market, but there is one asset class in the housing market that is arguably flourishing in these hard times – home equity. billion in the fourth quarter of 2021,” a recent market assessment by ATTOM shows.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Then, the mortgage industry showed why it is called a cyclical business: in the second half of 2021, the Federal Reserve signaled an increase in interest rates and an easing of the purchase of mortgage-backed securities, choking the refi market. “We know that the mortgage industry is about boom and bust,” said Woodward. “It

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

Minneapolis-based CarVal Investors , a global alternative investment manager and long-time player in the mortgage market, has launched a real estate mortgage investment conduit, or REMIC, that plans to work with loan originators around the country to develop and acquire innovative nonagency mortgage products.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A group of investors led by Colorado-based fund manager Proprietary Capital has completed the acquisition of multichannel lender American Financial Resources (AFR), the parties announced on Monday. Since its foundation in 1997, Proprietary Capital has developed a platform to invest in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

While revenue rose at eXp World Holdings during the first quarter of 2024, the firm was still unable to turn a profit due to the challenging housing market. In Q1 2024, the company reported a $15.6 million loss compared to a net gain of $1.5 million in Q1 2023.

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