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FHFA releases fair lending final rule

Housing Wire

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) this week released its fair lending final rule, following up on a proposal made last year in alignment with plans first laid out in 2022 by the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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Positive signs abound for 2024 housing market: ICE

Housing Wire

in November, which at first glance suggests an accelerating housing market. peak prior to the housing market downturn in 2006. “If On HousingWire’s Mortgage Rate Center , the 30-year conforming fixed mortgage rate was at 6.908% as of Feb. and slightly less than the 33.8%

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Fintech Maxwell acquires digital lending platform Revvin 

Housing Wire

Maxwell , a Wells Fargo -backed mortgage fintech, announced Wednesday that it has struck a deal to acquire the digital lending platform Revvin ( formerly known as MortgageHippo ) to enhance its point-of-sale technology. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

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July: Market Update for Housing Marketers

Housing Wire

Articles about rates, housing inventory and inflation were among our most popular, including: Purchase mortgage rates fall same week as Fed rate hike New home sales make it clear, housing is in a recession The nation’s housing market is on a correction course. This theme wasn’t limited to white papers.

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Figure Technologies launches wholesale lending platform

Housing Wire

Mike Cagney’s Figure Technologies rolled out a wholesale lending platform that will give loan originators access to the company’s home equity line of credit (HELOC) offering. Cagney’s attempt to bring blockchain technology to mortgage lending at scale dates back to August 2021. last year.

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory falls even lower

Housing Wire

2021: 66,836 2022: 67,567 2023: 49,045 Compare our current new listing data to weekly new listing data in previous years when we had a more normal housing market: 2015: 94,470 2016: 86,608 2017: 78,886 The NAR data going back decades shows how difficult it’s been to get back to anything normal on the active listing side.

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Wells Fargo conducts another round of layoffs in home lending business

Housing Wire

Wells Fargo , the largest depository mortgage lender in America, issued pink slips to employees in its home lending business on Tuesday following its decision to exit the correspondent channel. “I Wells Fargo’s correspondent lending business was already in a freefall.

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