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Private-label securities are in demand as investors bet Fed peak is reached

Housing Wire

And so [investors] can start having greater conviction in the future path of interest rates and in the health of the mortgage market.” The pool of non-QM borrowers includes real estate investors, fix-and-flippers, foreign nationals, business owners, gig economy workers and the self-employed.

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Home equity products light up a dark housing market

Housing Wire

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 appears that securitization market has arrived.

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Refinance volume has “dried up,” Old Republic says

Housing Wire

While other “big four” title insurers discussed the “transitional period” in the housing market during their first quarter 2022 earnings calls with investors, Old Republic International Corp. ’s As expected, the firm’s title insurance segment did not have the greatest quarter. Presented by: Acra Lending.

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Rate lock volume jumps 43%, reflecting a rate-sensitive market

Housing Wire

“This continues to be an incredibly rate-sensitive housing market, and March’s rate lock activity perfectly illustrates this dynamic,” Andy Walden, vice president of enterprise research at Black Knight, said. by the end of the month, Black Knight’s Optimal Blue mortgage market indices showed. before dropping to 6.4%

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Wells Fargo to pay $250 million for “reckless practices”

Housing Wire

Wells Fargo has been slapped with a $250 million civil money penalty by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for “unsafe or unsound practices” pertaining to their home lending loss mitigation program this week. As the housing market changes, so does lending fraud.

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Verification solutions provider Xactus acquires MassiveCert

Housing Wire

Xactus will add flood services to its list of verification solutions with the acquisition of MassiveCert , a software company that provides flood zone determinations for insurance, lending and real estate. Up until now, Xactus obtained data from third parties. Servicers, are you prepared for hurricane season?

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loanDepot moved $225M out of Signature, maintains credit lines

Housing Wire

The Company still maintains fully insured custodial deposit accounts at Signature,” the document says. “We It is now controlled by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Several investors expressed concern about the bank’s exposure to crypto. Regarding its liquidity, loanDepot had $863.9

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