Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Many analysts who cover the mortgage industry believe that the worst of the current cycle may be in the rearview mirror. In 2022 and 2023, quickly rising mortgage rates and shrinking volumes sent shockwaves through the industry and prompted massive job cutbacks. According to data from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In loanDepot’s program, dubbed AccessZERO, the down payment assistance is structured as a 10-year fully amortized repayable second mortgage. The program is available nationwide through the retail channel for first-time and repeat homebuyers applying for FHA 30-year, fixed-rate purchase loans.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2023

Add Moon Mortgage to the list of fintechs offering crypto-backed mortgages. Since 2021, other fintechs have launched crypto mortgage products, including Toronto-based Ledn and Miami-based Milo. Moon’s crypto mortgage product has a minimum loan amount of $1 million. .” Six months after raising $3.5

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2023

Three veteran sales executives at Movement Mortgage have parted ways with the South Carolina-based lender to join the competitor Summit Funding, sources told HousingWire. Another national sales director, Ignacio Metcalf, left Movement last year and joined Princeton Mortgage as its national sales director in May. division, to Summit.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2022

The rise in mortgage-related fraud over the past three years was largely due to a surge in online and mobile-only mortgage transactions. Firms with 50% or more retail transactions could have a higher cost of fraud and larger volume of average monthly attacks, according to the firm’s True Cost of Fraud report.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2022

It’s a tough time for mortgage lenders. A rapid rise in mortgage rates and a big drop in origination volume has led to thousands of industry job losses over the last six months. Nonbank lenders such as Pennymac , Mr. Cooper , loanDepot , Guaranteed Rate , Fairway Independent Mortgage , Interfirst Mortgage Co.,

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Purchasing a home is one of the biggest investments most people will make in their entire lives, but the complexity of securing a mortgage can be a grueling and fractured process for first-time homeowners. Digitalization in the home lending industry does not always require companies to entirely invent new technology solutions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Polly, a software-as-service mortgage-technology firm that operates a loan-trading platform , has raised $37 million through a new funding round, its third since launching in 2019 — bringing the total raised from investors to $57 million. Building the next generation of tech: Three ways to digitize home lending.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As we continue to grow our portfolio, we’ll use equity as well as debt … a lot of the banks that he works with also do commercial lending. Healing Realty Trust brought on Jared Chupaila, a former CEO of Brookfield Properties ‘ retail real estate vertical where he oversaw the company’s U.S. That’ll be a big part.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

The Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failures that occurred over the last week have caused even more uncertainty within the mortgage industry. Meanwhile, mortgage lenders are still trying to calm down their investors and business partners. ” The latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) survey proved Deitch right. .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Just before its stock debuted at a disappointing $15 a share, Guild Mortgage settled a federal lawsuit that claimed the lender knowingly breached legal requirements when it originated and underwrote FHA loans. Those loans, originated between 2007 and 2011, defaulted and led to claims to the FHA for mortgage insurance.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Head of Neighborhood and Community Lending. Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group. Managing Director and Global Head of Mortgage Services. Matic Insurance. Mortgage Champions. Sales Boomerang and Mortgage Coach. Senior Executive Vice President, President of Residential Servicing and Correspondent Lending.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Tuesday Making Sense of Wild Housing Data for 2023 Speaker: Logan Mohtashami, Lead Analyst, HousingWire Watch Now Sponsored by: Busting the Top Myth in Mortgage Through Ai Speakers: Pavan Agarwal, CEO, Sun West Mortgage Company Diego Sanchez, COO, HousingWire Watch Now Fireside chat: Guaranteed Rate Affinity and Coldwell Banker Bain Speakers: Karen (..)

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Texas-based mortgage lender Click n’ Close announced on Tuesday that its primary technology partner, Alabama-based mortgage banker Barr Group Mortgage, has completed the first eNote transaction using the Click n’ Close non-delegated correspondent eNote program.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Chicago-based mortgage originator Interfirst Mortgage Co. Interfirst was founded in 2001 as a retail originator but expanded to the wholesale channel in 2008 and the correspondent channel in 2011. The holding company will invest in finance, insurance, and real estate businesses. The originations went from $14.1

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Investors have largely shunned nonbank mortgage stocks, and analysts believe the hard times are still ahead. Driven by a desire to achieve greater scale and gain access to cheaper capital, nonbank mortgage lenders dove headfirst into the public markets during the Covid-19 boom. How could they resist? Finance data.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

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. Presented by: First American Data & Analytics.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

Though its overall mortgage strategy has apparently not changed, Rocket Mortgage is undoubtedly ramping up its initiative to hire local loan officers to win purchase business. Kostegian added that about 5,000 approved insurance agents can also originate a mortgage with Rocket, Lazerson wrote.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

From leading mortgage companies and real estate firms to spearheading groundbreaking initiatives and driving policy reforms, these honorees are making an indelible impact on housing.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

New York-based nonbank mortgage lender RealFi (formally known as Residential Home Funding Corp. However, two former employees said the company communicated it’s shutting down its mortgage lending business. The company’s executives held a conference call with employees on Dec.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2022

Sprout Mortgage. Cherry Creek Mortgage. First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation. Enact Mortgage Insurance. Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. Thrive Mortgage. Association of Independent Mortgage Experts. Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group. United Wholesale Mortgage. Mortgage Cadence.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Mortgage lenders have imposed new rounds of layoffs in the fourth quarter, reflecting a dreadful landscape for originators. . This week, the latest Freddie Mac weekly survey data showed that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage increased to 7.08%, up 13 basis points compared to last week. Rates averaged 2.98% this time last year. “As

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

mortgage lender, recently participated in two M&A deals. In March 2023, Flagstar surprised the market amid the banking crisis by acquiring some assets, liabilities and deposits of Signature Bank from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ). “We are what we call a one-stop shop mortgage model,” he said. .

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2022

Some of the nearly 360 comments came in late on Thursday, a day before the deadline imposed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency , the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Numerous organizations criticized the agencies for not proposing to grade banks based on data about their minority lending.

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2022

That’s partly because, according to a joint notice of proposed rulemaking from bank regulators on Thursday, banks’ performance would be judged by where they lend, not just where they have branches. Honestly we don’t know if that is coming or not,” said Ricard Pochkanawala, senior policy council at the Center for Responsible Lending.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2021

Regions Bank is looking to make a big dent in the home improvement lending space , striking a deal to acquire EnerBank USA for $960 million in cash. EnerBank funds most of its loans on its balance sheet through FDIC -insured brokered CDs; it also charges fees to the contractors. It will maintain its headquarters in Salt Lake City.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

Better faced the deterioration of the mortgage market due to surging rates. Better plans to be a mortgage marketplace that sells its technology platform to other companies. “For things like homeowner’s insurance , title insurance, and realtors, we’ve now just become a marketplace.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2023

and created a refi boom for mortgage lenders like Better. But Better’s debut came at a low point in the mortgage market, with mortgage rates at their highest levels in more than two decades and historically low levels of home sales. At that time, the company was valued by its investors at $7.7

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2021

Blend’s white-label technology is what powers mortgage applications on the websites of traditional banks such as Wells Fargo and U.S. It checks income, it verifies identities and has become a key consumer-facing processing tool for some of the largest mortgage lenders in the country.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

” Better is partnering with other businesses to offer services such as homeowner’s insurance and to provide access to a network of real estate agents, rather than offering these products and services directly to borrowers. is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange on Thursday under the ticker symbol “BETR.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In the early 20th century, Black Americans faced significant barriers to homeownership, including racial segregation, discriminatory lending practices, and exclusionary covenants that prevented them from buying homes in certain neighborhoods. Today, homeownership among Black Americans still lags significantly behind other demographics.

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The Surfing Appraiser Riding the Waves of Up and Down Mortgage Rates By Mark Buhler Excerpts: Riding the waves of the appraisal profession can result in a range of outcomes and emotions over time. Click here E&O Insurance Tips Many appraisers are very slow now. They may allow you to come back as an insured appraiser.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 10, 2024

New FHA ROV Policy By Dave Towne, May 3, 2024 Excerpts: Up until recently, there has never been a standardized policy for mortgage loan related Reconsideration of Value (ROV) requests after an appraisal has been submitted. Now there is, per the attached PDF HUD/FHA mortgage letter. The mortgage loan officer handling the loan?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2021

RoundPoint Mortgage has added three new senior executives to its management team, as it prepares to ramp up its retail operations. The mortgage subservicer’s board of directors appointed Patrick McEnerney as chief executive officer. Prior to his stint at HUD, Gormley was regulatory counsel for the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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Appraisal Today

JULY 14, 2023

Most, including Bill Gates’ mansion is across Lake Washington from Seattle. == Three Dangerous Insurance Mistakes Appraisers Should Avoid by Isaac Peck, Senior Broker at www.OREP.org 1. Appraiser E&O insurance is written on a “Claims Made” basis. I still hear from appraisers who let their insurance lapse.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2023

history, respectively — also threatens liquidity channels for the independent mortgage banks (IMBs). The nation’s warehouse lenders are a lifeline of liquidity for the nonbank mortgage sector, providing IMBs with lines of credit and other financing that serve as key ingredients in the sausage-making of mortgage origination.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

This is because surging mortgage rates , upcoming regulatory changes and regional bank collapses have forced large depositories to pull back. Our analysis of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data focuses on conventional, non-conforming first-lien mortgages used to purchase or refinance single-family dwellings. billion), U.S.

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