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Newrez partners with Newzip to court more homebuyers

Housing Wire

Top 10 mortgage lender and servicer Newrez is partnering with Newzip , a tech-enabled real estate platform, to roll out a program aimed to save buyers and sellers on credit costs. They will also be offered closing cost credits of up to 0.5% They will also be offered closing cost credits of up to 0.5%

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Fannie Mae scraps title waiver pilot program

Housing Wire

The pilot program was said to have been a component of the government sponsored entities’ (GSEs) Equitable Housing Finance Plans , which are required by their regulator Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). The initial version of the GSE’s Equitable Housing Finance Plans were approved in the summer of 2022 by the FHFA.

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Fannie Mae rumored to be looking at forgoing title insurance

Housing Wire

We know that closing costs continue to be a barrier for homebuyers – especially among underserved populations and first-time homebuyers,” a Fannie Mae spokesperson wrote in an email. “We The GSE’s Equitable Housing Finance Plans were approved this summer by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

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Opinion: The little things mean a lot in mortgage operations

Housing Wire

Mortgage firms have also focused on becoming more efficient and reducing other types of overhead, including fixed costs, like office space, and travel budgets or similar items. However, it still appears that lenders are focusing their technology investments on the point of sale. This year, thus far, has been anything but that.

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Opinion: Can tech and iBuyers fix the real estate market?

Housing Wire

commercial spaces/building and residential homes/townhomes) and inconsistent transactional processes, fragmentation in the market has prevented real-estate from adopting technology as quickly as other sectors – until now. So, what are the technologies and trends iBuyers are using to fix fragmentation in the market?

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Optimal Blue PPE adds investor content from 54 state-based HFAs

Housing Wire

announced on Thursday that the Optimal Blue product, pricing and eligibility engine (PPE) has added investor content from 54 state-based housing finance agencies (HFAs). HFAs provide affordable homeownership options to low- and moderate-income borrowers through down payment and closing cost assistance, as well as reduced mortgage payments.

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Voxtur CEO on progress in the housing industry

Housing Wire

Last year, Voxtur was selected as a TECH100 mortgage honoree for its work in empowering the real estate industry to become faster, more efficient and more cost-effective than ever before. The promises of technology have largely been lost in the mortgage industry and little has been done to reduce costs for homebuyers.”. “The