Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2023

“This is an opportunity to expand our understanding of the issues facing today’s appraisal industry and to get a clearer picture of how current practices and the appraisal regulatory system impact lending in this country.” I think not many people understand how this byzantine system works,” Chopra said. housing market in the future.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

In early November, 30-year fixed mortgage rates began a nosedive, declining from near 8% to below 7% in a matter of months before once again starting to rise at the start of 2024. at the end of April, according to HousingWire ’s Mortgage Rates Center. Non-QM mortgages include loans that cannot be purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Mortgage fairness for Black and Native Americans is no better today than it was 30 years ago, according to a new mortgage fairness report. The report, issued by “fairness-as-a-service” solution firm FairPlay AI , was based on a study of more than 350 million mortgage applications from 1990 to 2021. in 2021 from 1990.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

The requirement also applies to mortgage lenders, legal experts say. The CFPB, a government watchdog agency, said lenders aren’t absolved from adverse action notice requirements under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act if they use complex algorithms, which Rohit Chopra, the director of the CFPB, has dubbed “black-box models.”.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Cyberattacks are on the rise in recent weeks, as sanctions on Russia push its economy to the breaking point , and mortgage lenders may have unique vulnerabilities. As the mortgage world becomes more technologically interconnected, the risks to cybersecurity, data and infosecurity increase. government.”.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In September, Biden’s administration also called on state and local governments to “reduce zoning and financing barriers to these kinds of housing – housing that allows families to achieve homeownership and build wealth.”. How Freddie Mac is addressing affordable housing challenges.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2023

” At that time, historically low rates spurred the mortgage market to $4 trillion in volume — and the perception among the rank-and-file was that Home Point Capital ‘s wholesale lending business Homepoint was a great place to work. It just seemed so awesome working at a company that just came public.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

It’s a problem, it’s real, it’s documentable,” said Shannon Johnson, Touchless Lending product manager at Tavant. In March , Fannie Mae released an update to its Seller’s Guide that outlined more options for property valuations, including value acceptance (formerly appraisal waivers), value acceptance plus property data and hybrid appraisals.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The mortgage industry is no stranger to disruption since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid evolving market conditions, today’s mortgage lenders continue to seek new and innovative ways to leverage advanced automation—the great accelerator. Support strategic decisions with risk management and MSR valuation solutions.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2021

The government agency also said it plans to retire all temporary selling flexibilities on May 31, 2021. ” “Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, FHFA has actively monitored the pandemic’s impact on mortgage market participants’ use of the temporary selling policies,” the FHFA said in a release.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2021

Mortgage servicers are staying busy. Leveraging our own real estate data and analytics to amplify our broker- and appraisal-based valuation services, Clear Capital delivers highly-accurate information with rapid turn-times and a robust quality control process,” said Kenon Chen, EVP of corporate strategy.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 20, 2021

December 16, 2021 — Deephaven Mortgage today announced an alliance with Incenter Appraisal Management to give Non-Agency/Non-QM brokers a new competitive advantage by offering remote appraisal services for Deephaven’s loans. However, the challenges of appraiser shortages and appraisal backlogs are slowing down lending.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

For independent mortgage banks [IMBs], the uncertainty of the direction the banking calamity will take and its impact on the housing-finance market remains an open question. Federal Reserve lending to banks through its discount window and the new Bank Term Lending Program created in the wake of SVB ’s failure stood at a combined $152.6

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The company says it will use the funding to “aggressively” build new products for mortgage lending and banking industries, expand its US operations and scale its staff with a focus on machine learning and data science teams. Ocrolus has onboarded over 75 corporate team members in 2021 and plans to hire even faster in 2022.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

Real estate still relies on a “system” unable to integrate production across the silos of media, brokerage, lending, insurance and trading. The result is higher costs, lower productivity, unmeasured quality, and systemic exposure as government monopolies take most of the risk and make most of the money.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Mortgage industry executives are echoing the sentiment that Ginnie Mae’s risk-based capital requirement is currently the main concern for companies holding mortgage servicing rights (MSR). Government and conforming loans held for sale would have a 20% risk weight. Obviously, it’s been delayed.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2021

The provisions are the Biden administration’s latest effort to combat the racial wealth gap, which Fudge called attention to during recent remarks to the Mortgage Bankers Association. How hybrid title and valuations help increase lending efficiency. Streamline by combining services. Presented by: Altisource.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For most real estate agents, working with a reliable lending partner is essential to a smooth and successful transaction. Finding reliable lending partners takes time and some trial and error, but once established is often the lifeblood of LOs. “You’ve The lender and LO can make or break the transaction.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

The plans establish a flexible framework for the government-sponsored enterprises to address barriers to sustainable housing and close the racial homeownership gap. Both plans rely heavily on special purpose credit programs , which allow lenders to target lending to protected classes without violating the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. . “A

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Mortgage professionals are no exception – whether you find yourself tweeting for work or in your free time, you may also want to follow accounts for people and organizations that are relevant to the industry in order to stay up-to-date on the latest news about the housing market. economy and specializes in the housing market.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

The Mortgage Bankers Association supports the legislation. Last week, Mark Jones, CEO of Amerifirst Home Mortgage and a member of the MBA, testified before the House subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, and encouraged the subcommittee to align VA’s appraisal processes with other housing entities. Sponsored Video.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2022

through its Angel Oak Mortgage Trust conduit, recently unveiled its latest private-label securitization (PLS) offering — a deal slated to close in early August backed by 788 predominately non-QM loans valued at $362 million. through its affiliated companies, including real estate investment trust, or REIT, Angel Oak Mortgage Inc. .

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The year ahead for the mortgage-servicing rights market is shaping up to be a lucrative play for investors, lenders and others looking to purchase MSR assets. Independent mortgage banks (IMBs) leaning on MSR sales, however, now face a supply-demand imbalance, market observers say. These differences can cause volatile MSR values.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2020

Shockingly, the gap is wider than it was in 1968, when the federal government first outlawed racially based housing discrimination. The most abhorrent racist practices, such as redlining, are officially prohibited, yet bias creeps into mortgage lending in myriad ways. It’s a serious challenge.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) this week announced a new policy enabling mortgage borrowers to “request a re-assessment of the appraised value of their property if they believe that the appraisal was inaccurate or biased.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2020

AmeriHome on Thursday became the latest mortgage lender to file for a public offering, the latest to do so amid a coronavirus pandemic that has helped spur record origination volume this year. AmeriHome uses the bank Cenlar to subservice 99% of its mortgage loans. And the servicing portfolio – where it earns fees between 25 and 56.5

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

Market speculation that Wells Fargo is contemplating a huge bulk sale of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) may well be a case of a rumor that is all hat and no cattle. trillion all-agency MSR market, according to mortgage-data analytics firm Recursion. Or it could signal a future MSR-market stampede. of the entire $8.4

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

A $250 monthly child tax credit from the federal government for each child also helps the household. While the family’s income has been cut by almost half and inflation has increased their expenses, Wilen’s primary concern is his mortgage. “They’ve had a manageable budget due to mortgage forbearance. .

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2021

The seven rescissions will be effective Thursday, April 1, with the government agency noting that it intends to exercise the full scope of its supervisory and enforcement authority provided under the Dodd-Frank Act. In one of its key decisions, the CFPB said it will roll back its leniency on reporting Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data.

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AmeriMac

MARCH 15, 2024

One of the key regulatory changes was the implementation of the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) in 2009. These guidelines aimed to address concerns about inflated property valuations and the influence of lenders on appraisers. These changes mandated the use of independent appraisers and helped increase the demand for AMCs.

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McKissock

JANUARY 6, 2023

There are appraisal jobs available in the lending sector, such as staff appraisers, review appraisers, fee panel managers, and with experience and time on the job, chief appraiser and valuation compliance officer jobs can be found. You should also consider non-QM lenders (non-qualified mortgage lenders).

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McKissock

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Appraisers are bound to follow federal and state laws and regulation, USPAP, and guidelines issued by government agencies, government-sponsored enterprises, and lenders, or else face civil penalties, criminal penalties, or loss of license. CE course: Avoiding Mortgage Fraud for Appraisers.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on Tuesday issued a request for feedback from the public on how it can increase access to small balance mortgages through its single-family mortgage insurance programs. Due to high fixed origination costs, many mortgage lenders shy away from offering mortgages under $150,000.

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Clear Capital

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The mortgage industry has seen an increase in loan repurchases throughout 2023, and industry experts fear that the number of loan repurchases may continue to rise. According to HousingWire , independent mortgage banks (IMBs) are heavily affected by loan repurchases, which can be quite costly for lenders. What is a loan repurchase?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The CAPE aPCR tool can be applied across the valuation spectrum—from adding condition validation to an automated valuation model (AVM), to driving appraisal workflows. The common understanding of valuation, inspection and even property value is shifting, as more and more technology-enabled alternatives are emerging.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced Wednesday that it may propose a rule to regulate the use of automated valuation models (AVMs) by lenders and appraisers. The government watchdog is concerned that automated valuation models may reflect bias in design and function. CFPB Director Rohit Chopra disagrees. “It

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 15, 2024

Unlike the standardized expectations of urban and suburban properties, rural properties often present unique characteristics that require a nuanced approach to valuation. It is not hard to learn the valuation factors. Kiedrowski The most recent statistics show Value Acceptance accounts for up to 40% of all mortgage approvals.

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