Inman

JUNE 27, 2023

Perez helps real estate investors plan ahead to minimize their tax burden. Tax strategist David A. Here he shares his insights with author Bernice Ross.

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APRIL 22, 2022

Publicly traded mortgage tech company Blend Labs isn’t changing its strategy to survive a shrinking mortgage market, even though a drop in originations is sapping its revenue stream and forcing it to trim its workforce. For investors, a warning: it means that profitability will take some time to achieve. .

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APRIL 17, 2024

The portfolio of loans examined included residential, commercial investor and business purpose loans. Q1 was a period where we saw some market improvements and volumes increasing as the winter lull thawed,” Ike Suri, the CEO of FundingShield, said in a statement. “Q1 up 60% compared to non-attorney only states. billion in 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

This article is part of our 2022-23 Housing Market Forecast series. For fix-and-flip investors, 2023 promises to be a very challenging year. The market shifted abruptly in mid-2022 as soaring mortgage rates pummeled affordability, removing many prospective homebuyers from the market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Stone Point and Insight Partners are highly respected investors who recognize the value and potential of CoreLogic’s digital content, solutions and market-leading platforms that power the housing economy,” CoreLogic President and CEO Frank Martell said. “We The investors dropped their takeover bid on Nov.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The current market downturn for mortgage lenders may be shorter than the previous cycles, mainly due to the recent rounds of workforce layoffs imposed by nonbanks. Nonbanks have more than 60% market share of mortgage industry production — and they are more likely than banks to move quickly to reduce capacity.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2022

a Denver-based insurtech title insurance provider controlled by insurance giant Munich Re , has been authorized to underwrite title insurance in California, the second largest title insurance market in the country. American Digital Title Insurance Co. , American Digital Title is a subsidiary of Digital Partners U.S. Holding Corp.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Consider the residential client disappointed at the lack of inventory , or the commercial investor with many vacancies in a once-thriving property. But as history has proven, although the market fluctuates in the short term, it reaches new heights in the long term. Legal disputes. Natural disasters. Public relations crises.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Goodwin Procter , a global law firm, acted as legal adviser for the deal, but further terms were not disclosed. HomePace products address a critical and sizable market need, and will be a powerful tool in our arsenal. HomePace, founded in 2020, specializes in helping homeowners access their equity through home equity agreements.

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Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2022

Non-QM lender Kiavi , which specializes in fix-and-flip and investor loans, has laid off 39 employees, sources told HousingWire on Thursday. Because we are in the hard money space, we don’t have a lot of investors willing to buy our assets because of the rate hikes, is what our CEO told us.”.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

It’s yet another casualty in the non-QM space – California-based Athas Capital Group is winding down its operations and laying off more than 200 employees due to the challenges in the secondary market. But in the current mortgage landscape, with crazy rate spreads and shy investors, non-QM can be a dangerous space.

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Boston Appraisal

JULY 27, 2023

As an investor or lender, you need accurate valuations of residential properties to make informed investment and lending decisions. Focus instead on features that affect utility, desirability and marketability – such as functional obsolescence, legal restrictions, environmental issues or external neighborhood factors.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2023

.” In a statement, Wu cited the strength of Compass’ technology platform, which allows agents to streamline operations, deliver detailed reporting as well as clean marketing materials. “We have an unwavering commitment to our clients to provide the utmost client service experience,” said Wu.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

In down markets, the best agents and the best brokerages gain market share,” Reffkin, the CEO of Compass, told investors and analysts during his firms first-quarter 2024 earnings call on Wednesday evening. “We In addition to Compass’ market share gains, the firm also recorded a 10% annual bump in revenue to $1.05

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

The scene was more than a little awkward — the event, the MBA’s annual Secondary and Capital Markets Conference in New York City, was sponsored by… FICO. ” Chopra also took aim at related verifications that are required by investors to buy a loan.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2022

New Wave said it requested bids from multiple investors from Jan. Between navigating a post-pandemic world, rate hikes and the threat of a recession, mortgage lenders across the country are managing a volatile housing market. Sprout’s executives did not immediately return a request for comment, nor did executives at New Wave.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2022

New Wave said it requested bids from multiple investors from Jan. Between navigating a post-pandemic world, rate hikes and the threat of a recession, mortgage lenders across the country are managing a volatile housing market. Sprout’s executives did not immediately return a request for comment, nor did executives at New Wave.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

4, with employees taking customer calls and payments, remitting to investors and onboarding new loans. At this time, however, it’s not possible to quantify the full extent of remediation and legal expenses. “Due to these and other measures, we believe we have contained the cyber threat.” Servicing operations resumed on Nov.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Smart Rate website mentions that the mortgage lender offers purchase and refinancings, jumbo, FHA, adjustable, bank statement and investors loans. We are no closer to being paid and he had the capital to open up Smart Rate Mortgage,” said a former employee who requested anonymity due to an ongoing legal case.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2022

A recent judge’s ruling in pending litigation involving student-loan securitization trusts could have far-reaching legal and financial implications for the private-label securities market. It’s difficult to see how the market would evolve around such a dynamic,” he added. National Collegiate Master Student Loan Trust et al.,”

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2022

Founded in 2000, Irvine, California-based Inco-Check leverages its proprietary web-based platform to support GSE, regulatory agency, and investor requirements. With NGC’s acquisition of Inco-Check, the company aims to enhance loan quality and prevent fraud in a competitive mortgage and consumer lending market, Inco-Check said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2023

The new rule would affect big investors, such as private equity firms and real estate investment trusts. If approved, the bill will prohibit investors acquiring 50 or more single-family rental homes from deducting interest or depreciation on those properties. Meanwhile, other investors don’t report how many homes they own.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2022

“This is like what the internet was in 1993, 1994,” said Suresh Nichani, managing director of I-Chain Capital , an investor in blockchain projects. It’s a dot dot dot order to me, we’ll see in 180 days,” said Robin Sosnow, a lawyer at Sosnow & Associates who advises blockchain investors. This is a very nascent industry.”.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2022

This separation is important for the market. In essence, it means that the investor in a securitization deal is analyzing two things — one, the credit worthiness of the underlying assets and, two, the operational capacity of the deal structure to collect and remit according to the outlined requirements. . They fulfill cash flows.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Of first importance, Levonick said, is that by utilizing the LauraMac platform , Canopy is able to capture and transfer information to capital market participants in a way that doesn’t degrade over time. Any subsequent holder could prove what was done as if they were the very first investor.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2022

District Court judge in Wilmington, Delaware, put the structured-finance industry on high alert because of the serious legal and financial implications it poses for the private-label securities (PLS) market. Mortgage securitizations in the PLS market have a similar structure. A ruling late last year by a U.S.

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The Robert Weiler Company

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

And, if you have a real estate investor in your life, the gift-finding pursuit can be quite a challenge. Investors are often adventurous, organized, go-getters, and have an entrepreneurial spirit. Give the mundane gift basket to your favorite corner shop, and instead, find gifts best-suited for property investors. Holding a 4.4

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Auction.com ‘s Distressed Market Outlook report for the fourth quarter shows a pick-up in demand for distressed housing, with a 24% increase in completed foreclosure auction volume in September. The report notes that widespread foreclosure moratoria in place do not apply to legally vacant or abandoned homes.

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Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2022

It is counter to a popular and politically potent narrative grounded in the aftermath of the Great Recession, when large institutional investors scooped up thousands of properties at foreclosure auction. It turns out local investors are also more efficient than banks and government agencies at renovating and reselling homes.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Decades ago, zoning laws were used to legally segregate local communities based on race. Smaller lot sizes mean more units can be built, and legalizing accessory dwelling units (ADUs) makes more efficient use of already-existing homes. The Fair Housing Act made the explicit segregation of communities by race illegal.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The great financial crisis (GFC) revealed a defective supply chain, metrics unable to assess local risk and markets incapable of answering Ben Bernanke ’s defining question – “what’s this stuff worth?” Investors require assurance that a file, note or instrument reflects the verifiable intentions of the committed parties.

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Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2021

A shareholder sued Rocket Mortgage , the Detroit-based mortgage behemoth, for allegedly making misleading disclosures to conceal adverse market conditions. It also accuses Rocket founder and former CEO Dan Gilbert of concealing adverse market conditions from the public when he sold $500 million in company stock in March.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Prior to joining Anywhere Real Estate, Kueh’s 23-year-old career spanned numerous leadership positions, including advisor at EQBR, investor and co-founder at MYNTD, VP of products at VMware and senior group manager at Microsoft Corporation. According to recent reports, Anywhere’s 2022 Q2 earnings declined by 6% YoY to $2.1

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2021

“[Bozzomo] is adept at anticipating the needs of sophisticated institutional investors, lenders and attorneys, leveraging his wealth of knowledge that he’s built over his 17 years of experience,” Napolitano said. “He is a natural fit for the chief underwriting counsel position.

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The Robert Weiler Company

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

And, if you have a real estate investor in your life, the gift-finding pursuit can be quite a challenge. Luckily, your serendipitous muses at The Robert Weiler Company are here to offer some awesome, functional, and fun gift ideas for your favorite real estate investor – whether they’re into homes, buildings, or anything in between!

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The brokerage’s national quarterly market share grew by 26 basis points year over year, reaching 4.4% Compass agents are more likely to work in upper-echelon markets where buyers and sellers would work with agents, he said. Reffkin cited the Seattle market as reason for optimism. So we have evidence in a major U.S.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Ultimately, the lender packages the loan to sell to an investor, who doesn’t trust any of the data in the file, and the process starts all over again, Graham noted. If AI can confirm for all parties – including the lender, borrower and investor – that the data is correct, the cost to originate loans will go down, according to Graham.

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