Appraisal Buzz

JULY 31, 2024

a360inc , a technology solutions provider to law firms, title agencies, mortgage lenders and investors, has acquired ProVest , a market-leading service of process and litigation information services provider to the creditors’ rights legal industry. The post a360inc’s Investor Group Acquires ProVest appeared first on MortgageOrb.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Real estate investors are buying more properties, but paying less for them, according to a report from RealtyTrac released Thursday based on ATTOM Data Solutions home sales data. In the second quarter of 2021, investor purchases accounted for 15.4% of all home purchases nationwide, compared with 11.5% of the market. of the market.

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2024

Over a quarter (26%) of retired investors continue to pay off their mortgage, and precisely one-quarter of the cohort are continuing to pay down credit card debt, according to a new survey from the Nationwide Retirement Institute. But such investors are also taking further action to shore up their retirement stability.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 13, 2024

The CFPB has found that investors are targeting people of faith with predatory mortgage products that set the borrower up to fail,” said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra. The post CFPB Acts Against Contract-for-Deed Investors Targeting Low-Income Borrowers first appeared on The MortgagePoint. To read the full advisory opinion, click here.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

The opposite trajectories of their stock prices seem to reflect investor appetites for their different business models. Last December, Zillow netted 105 million unique visitors, according to Comscore data cited in Zillow’s investor materials. Zillow For years, Zillow has dominated online home listings.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

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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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

Dubbed “Investors Flex,” the non-QM product for real estate investors, offered purchase and refinance loans up to $2 million that could be used to finance up to 20 properties by using each property’s monthly rental income to qualify.

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Real Estate News

APRIL 9, 2024

A pair of new reports look at the role investors played in the housing market last year and offer insights into their current outlook and pain points.

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Inman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Investors who fund most mortgages have already priced in several rate cuts, so further declines could depend on what next week's "dot plot" says about expectations for the pace of future cuts.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

trillion MBS portfolio helps fuel widening interest-rate spreads in the MBS market by creating additional MBS supply to be absorbed by investors. That increased supply, in turn, puts downward pressure on bond prices while expanding yields for investors, who will seek higher coupons on new issuance. trillion in U.S. The bulk of U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Before the acquisition by Mr. Cooper was completed in August, Home Point Capital agreed to settle for $5 million a class action lawsuit filed in 2021 by investors claiming the company made false and misleading statements related to its initial public offering (IPO).

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Real Estate News

JULY 29, 2024

Since the beginning of the year, fewer investors appear to be jumping into the market, and many report dissatisfaction with managing tenants and properties.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 3, 2024

Let me explain — in 2021-2022, many investors purchased properties at high prices, using 2 and 3-year bridge loans. Meeting their mortgage and investor obligations will be difficult for these aggressive operators. Investors should conservatively underwrite how interest rates will affect their investment. Some will make it.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging that the company misled investors about the delinquency rates in a 2018 private-label securitization involving fix-and-flip loans. The post SEC claims Angel Oak Capital Advisors deceived investors appeared first on HousingWire. has agreed to pay $1.75

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Michael Gifford and David Zvaifler‘s home equity investment company, Splitero , lost its main investor, Redwood Trust , HousingWire has learned. He added that Splitero was looking for other investors and hinted that the company would have some good news to share soon.

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Real Estate News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

While overall activity softened last quarter, real estate investors flocked to Chicago and cities in California in the hunt for lower-priced properties.

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Inman

AUGUST 13, 2024

billion in "residential transition loans" for sale to investors. Kiavi has packaged up more than $5.1 The latest deal — the first to be evaluated by a credit rating agency — was oversubscribed and bumped up to $400 million.

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Inman

AUGUST 16, 2024

Pulling the reins on institutional investors and rental management platforms. Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled the housing policy for a Harris-Walz Administration at a campaign stop on Friday. Her first priority?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

Digital title provider Doma has finally gone public, but has already had to pay out nearly $300 million to early investors who redeemed their shares. But investors in Capitol exercised rights to redeem nearly 30 million public shares in the company in connection with the merger. V , the blank-check company that Doma was to merge with.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2022

HousingWire recently caught up with Steven Schwalb, managing partner of Angel Oak Lending, about the changes investor appetite has gone though for non-QM. HousingWire: What is the investor appetite for non-QM and how has that changed over the past few years? Do they need a pre-closing investor review? Of that volume, $6.2

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A Rocket Companies ’ investor filed a stockholder derivative complaint on Monday that accuses the company’s chairman of using non-public information to sell stocks and avoid material losses. The lawsuit, first reported by Reuters, was filed in the Delaware Chancery Court by an investor, Christopher Vargoshe. per share on May 6.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Mortgage Capital Trading (MCT) announced the appointment of Jennifer Kennelly as the new senior director of its investor services team. MCT said Kennelly will help investors expand their reach with sellers in a more efficient way, without having to navigate barriers to entry and optimizing execution options.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

Finance of America Companies (FOA), parent company of industry-leading reverse mortgage lender Finance of America Reverse (FAR), released a new “ investor update ” this week to update shareholders and other stakeholders on different elements of its reverse mortgage business including its strategic initiatives, business model and an update on its integration (..)

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2023

National mortgage loan subservicer Cenlar FSB announced on Thursday that it has named the Thomas Donatacci as its investor relations officer. He is expected to strengthen Cenlar’s relationships with stakeholders in this role, including agency investors, shareholders, clients, and rating agencies.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

Let’s talk about this as well as other institutional investors right now. A couple weeks ago a viral story came out about a fund called BlackRock who was reported to be buying everything in sight and paying 20-50% above market value. This is a longer post, so scroll topics (or digest slowly). Market update on […].

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 15, 2022

The number of homes purchased by real estate investors in the first quarter declined 11.5% from Q3 of 2021, when investor purchases hit a record high, according to a new report from Redfin. The post Investor Impact: Marketshare Shifts in Q1 appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. from Q4 of 2021 and 16.5%

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Real Estate News

APRIL 13, 2023

A survey by Bright MLS found that investor properties accounted for more listings this spring, possibly due to fears of a looming recession.

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Real Estate News

MAY 23, 2023

Seeking steady rent growth and affordable price points, investors were drawn to cities in the Midwest and Southeast.

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Inman

MARCH 18, 2024

Jon Gray described the current market as a "bottoming period" that should inspire investors to get moving on new purchases and said investors who move fast stand to be rewarded once prices recover.

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Inman

MAY 7, 2024

Enviable weather, ocean views and a lengthy list of landmark tourist destinations have made Florida a treasure chest for short-term rental investors.

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Inman

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Although 26 percent of low-cost homes were purchased by investors during the last three months of 2023, the share of homes bought by investors fell.

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Investors 160

Inman

MAY 20, 2024

Investors Christian Gore and Itay Simchi shared 10 U.S. cities where they would never invest in real estate.

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Inman

MARCH 12, 2024

Zillow Chief Economist Skylar Olsen said these markets are ideal cities for real estate investors to purchase properties in the coming years.

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BiggerPockets

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

News that the Federal Reserve is about to start cutting interest rates has electrified the real estate industry, with homeowners and investors eagerly waiting to see how low rates will […]

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Inman

APRIL 9, 2024

Five investor-agents, each of whom has achieved success on both sides of the equation, shared their actionable insights and winning formulas for nailing a pivotal but tricky professional shift.

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Inman

AUGUST 31, 2023

Phoenix, Las Vegas and other Sunbelt metro areas saw the biggest slowdowns in investor activity as high rates and low demand cooled activity nationwide, according to reports.

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Inman

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Think a smaller firm can't compete with the huge institutional investors? According to Michael Zaransky, there's more to deal-making than the number on the bottom line.

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