Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2023

Thursday, March 23 marks the one-year anniversary since the Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) released its action plan to curb instances of bias in the housing appraisal process. Led by U.S. FHFA, along with HUD, [the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Lenders that adopt artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) into the mortgage lending landscape want to see operational efficiency, Fannie Mae ’s mortgage lender sentiment survey showed. Top recommended AI application ideas included compliance, underwriting and property valuation.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2022

On the servicing side, a default servicer will work with a number of third-party vendors to gather collateral valuation, title information, property inspections and field services reports. Servicers, especially those who service government-insured loan products, are under statutory time constraints that give them very little wiggle room.

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Appraiserblogs

JANUARY 8, 2024

The seeming destruction of the appraisal profession by the federal government, GSEs and lending stakeholders is a collective action problem. Appraisers are responding to new GSE and lending dictates with reactions based on our own personal well-being. Or so it seems.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2023

At the top of the list of housing issues the Bureau will aim to address is a rule related to automated valuation models (AVMs). Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the regulator’s agenda will address issues relevant to the housing industry.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

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.”. The requirement also applies to mortgage lenders, legal experts say.

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McKissock

MARCH 24, 2022

On March 23, 2022, the Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) released a report entitled “Action Plan to Advance Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity.” Pages 5 and 6 of the report set forth 21 recommendations, termed “Agency Actions to Advance Valuation Equity.” Stay tuned.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

This was “likely attributable to massive government stimulus and other support programs designed to stabilize the housing market during the COVID-19 pandemic,” according to the report. Bias in lending is a challenge that the mortgage industry has been struggling with, as seen from a handful of suits.

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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 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. Presented by: Freddie Mac.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

A National Association of Realtors (NAR) committee head recommended Friday that the federal standards governing real estate appraisals loosen up. Gregoire also said his committee is “actively working” with the NAACP and Urban Institute to address biased appraisals that widen the home valuation gap. We were wrong,” Oppler said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Broad in reach and deep in functionality, the PPE manages many core functions in mortgage lending, such as decisive product eligibility and sophisticated pricing strategies, as well as automating the rate-lock process. Support strategic decisions with risk management and MSR valuation solutions.

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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

JANUARY 31, 2021

Clear Capital’s suite of field valuations, real estate analytics, and platform technology solutions help servicers prevent fraud, check the accuracy of completed appraisals and broker price opinions (BPOs), conduct portfolio valuation analysis and updates, and help with disposition analysis on distressed loans.

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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. At the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, the FHFA began easing standards on property appraisals that allowed drive-by and desktop valuations in certain circumstances.

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Simonson Real Estate

AUGUST 24, 2020

It was here that I had the opportunity to moderate the Banking and Construction Lending Update discussion with Patricia Gnetz of U.S. Based on lender interviews and market reports, appetite for lending on each of the property types generally falls into in the following ranking (in order of best to worst). We had a great discussion!

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2021

How hybrid title and valuations help increase lending efficiency. Developers, lenders or local governments could compete for the funds through an application process. HUD plans to launch a “first-of-its-kind interagency effort” to combat inequity in appraisals , according to a White House press release. Presented by: Altisource.

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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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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 10, 2022

Here’s a brief look at valuation risk through the eyes of a lender or an Appraisal Management Company. Risk 3: Valuation risk. Risk 5: Fair Lending Risk. This has always been a risk lenders face, but never has it seemed more important to government regulators than today. But they still see risk pretty much everywhere.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

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 we expect that stress on smaller banks could result in a tightening of lending standards ,” the research report says. No, it’s not.” In the U.S,

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

But, to date, it’s not been altered,” said Michael Carnes, managing director of the MSR Valuation Group at the Mortgage Industry Advisory Corporation (MIAC). Government and conforming loans held for sale would have a 20% risk weight. . “That’s the ‘elephant in the room’ right now.

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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

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. Bank Home Mortgage and Planet Home Lending declined to comment.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Rick Hill, vice president of industry technology at the Mortgage Bankers Association , said that lending is a critical component of the nation’s infrastructure, which is one reason it is more susceptible to being attacked. “We government.”. Escalating tension between the U.S.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 20, 2021

However, the challenges of appraiser shortages and appraisal backlogs are slowing down lending. Deephaven was founded in 2012 and led the rebuilding of the non-government mortgage market. Please visit [www.deephavenmortgage.com]www.deephavenmortgage.com for additional information. About Incenter Appraisal Management.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

. “[The MBA urges the subcommittee to] consider directing the VA to not only modernize and streamline its current processes, but also align them with those of the FHA and the housing Government Sponsored Enterprises — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — to the greatest extent possible,” he said.

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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. This makes it more important than ever to consider how the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Now retired, Mohtashami has years of direct lending experience and his astute analysis of economic data allows him to present a unique, informed and unbiased perspective on the financial markets. Burns specializes in real estate market research, housing analysis, strategic planning, financial analysis and valuation.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

For these reasons, the enterprise should not accept MSR valuations provided by seller/servicers without an independent evaluation.” The window to burn cash is closing Luddon said he believes FHFA’s recent advisory bulletin focused on the valuation of MSRs wasn’t issued at this time “randomly.” “It

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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. In addition, Home Point sold its delegated correspondent business to Planet Home Lending.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2022

The technical picture for nonagency RMBS since late last year has been a headwind for valuations year to date,” the Angel Oak white paper states. surging rates and surging volatility), but also a robust new issuance calendar, particularly in the non-qualified [non-QM] mortgage subsector, has further weighed on [MBS] valuations. “Not

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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. “Our

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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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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

An announcement on Thursday from HUD and a new Mortgagee Letter (ML) published Wednesday by the FHA clarifies that the policy applies to all Title II single-family programs, including the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) reverse lending program.

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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. They all handle land and building acquisitions and dispositions, as well as condemnation valuations.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Its MSR portfolio contains 41% government and 59% conventional loans as of June 30. billion valuation in the fourth quarter. And on the same day that AmeriHome’s S-1 hit the wires, it was reported that Texas-based lender Caliber Home Loans could go public next week at a valuation north of $2 billion.

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Birmingham Appraisal

AUGUST 2, 2023

Whether you’re a homeowner looking to make improvements, an agent who needs a pre-listing appraisal, or an attorney or accountant who requires a certified appraisal, a well-qualified and experienced appraiser is essential for accurate property valuation.

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