Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2023

Whitfield is the founding principal of the Whitfield Property Group and he recorded $33 million in sales volume in 2022. With a decade of experience as an agent, Wilbanks entered the industry after working as a residential mortgage loan officer. Rizo is coming to The Agency from Douglas Elliman.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2022

billion in assets, has a diverse portfolio of residential and commercial real estate assets. A closer look at WMC’s books, however, shows that as of June 30 its residential whole loan portfolio, nearly all of which is comprised of non-QM loans, was underwater by some $44 million. million loss in the first quarter.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Nations Direct Mortgage, a residential lender in both the retail and wholesale channels, on Wednesday announced appointing Jack O’Brien as its senior vice president and national sales director. About half of its loans were originated in California. The company is licensed in 32 states.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

But unlike financing with a traditional mortgage, monthly principal and interest payments are not required on the loan, so long as the homeowner keeps up to date with real estate taxes, homeowners’ insurance and property maintenance. For real estate professionals, this option presents an opportunity to capture more sales.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

Minneapolis-based CarVal Investors , a global alternative investment manager and long-time player in the mortgage market, has launched a real estate mortgage investment conduit, or REMIC, that plans to work with loan originators around the country to develop and acquire innovative nonagency mortgage products.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

We are excited to partner with Newrez because their vision, and more importantly, their values fit nicely with our own,” Al Donohue, the operating principal, said in a statement on Monday. “We GLG is also part of a larger Keller Williams Realty franchise group of residential real estate brokerages located in Georgia. It placed No.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

The value of all residential real estate worldwide is approximately $200 trillion. The numbers are staggering so it is no surprise that residential proptech is a heady market, capturing the imagination of entrepreneurs and institutions alike. Principal among these are: Invested capital “requires” the highest return. exceeds $1.5

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Additionally, modern mortgage servicing software and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) automate investor reporting and compliance and create a more efficient workflow, effectively allowing servicers to service loans in-house to maximize their advantages. According to J.D.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The company relied on several warehouse lenders to obtain advances in order to originate residential mortgages, paying off these lines of credit after selling the loans in the secondary market. Representatives for FirstFunding and Sprout did not return requests for comments. However, FirstFunding’s attorney Benjamin A.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2022

The loans that are exempt from RESPA. Loan types covered by RESPA are many, but there are specifically exempt loan types. Construction-only loans. Loan types covered by RESPA are many, but there are specifically exempt loan types. Construction-only loans. Loan for vacant land.

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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. Shortly after the [securitization] deal closed, loan delinquency rates increased unexpectedly,” the SEC alleges.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

Rumors this week that regulators would increase residential mortgage capital requirements for larger depositary banks, far exceeding international standards under the Basel III rules, have raised alarms for industry executives, analysts and trade groups. That’s 20 basis points higher than the international standard.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2022

Kiavi , formerly LendingHome , recently closed a $218 million private-label securitization of unrated short-term mortgages — described as “residential transition loans” (RTLs) by the lender, which serves the fix-and-flip market. Nomura Securities International Inc. served as the sole structuring agent of the securitization.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

It essentially allows qualified buyers with a government loan to purchase a home by assuming responsibility for the sellers’ mortgage terms, including the current balance and interest rate. The fees are typically lower than in new loans, and no appraisal is needed. The product, known as an assumable mortgage, is not new.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It also has been a brutal year for the secondary market that creates liquidity for mortgage lenders as greatly reduced mortgage originations, liquidity challenges and interest rate volatility have played havoc in the whole-loan trading as well as the private-label and agency securitization channels.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2022

New Residential Investment Corp.’ The MSR portfolio totaled $626 billion in unpaid principal balance in March, compared to $629 billion in December. According to Michael Nierenberg, CEO of New Residential, the company generated a 5% return to shareholders and grew its book value by 10% in the first quarter. funded $26.9

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The performance of loan pools backing private-label securitization deals has continued to improve across most measurement metrics through the end of January after hitting a low point in mid-2020 at the height of the pandemic. With mortgage rates increasing [recently], prepayments on prime loans are retreating quickly from their highs.”.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The private-label residential mortgage-backed securities market has been resurrected from its near-death following the global financial crisis a decade and a half ago. This year it is on track to securitize loan volume approaching or even exceeding $100 billion, and driving a healthy share of that secondary market business is J.P.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2022

The company’s unpaid principal balance increased 18% last year to $70.9 In 2021, we retained servicing rights for 84% of total loans sold,” Terry Schmidt , Guild’s president, told analysts. billion of unutilized loan funding capacity as of December 31, 2021. Guild had $243 million in cash and $1.5

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Marty Green, principal with mortgage law firm Polunsky Beitel Green , described increasing affordability pressures in the housing market as “throwing cold water on what was a frenzied residential real estate market.”. Mortgage rates have nearly doubled to around 6.5% Kurt Carlton, President of New Western.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

However, the company was able to report a profit in an extremely difficult operating environment for residential mortgage originators in addition to seasonally low purchase origination volumes in Q4.” “Pennymac’s decline in profitability from Q3 2022 is credit negative,” Warren Kornfeld, Moody ’s senior vice president, said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The increased M&A activity to-date has been fueled primarily by two factors: 1) pent-up demand for retirement by aged owners who achieved lifetime net worth objectives, and 2) the current industry challenges with more storm clouds on the horizon,” David Hrobon, principal at Stratmor wrote in its October Insights Report. “The

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2022

Consumers are increasingly interested in HELOC and home-equity loan lending — leveraging rising home values to access affordable capital.”. One of the largest lenders in the country, Bank of America , also reported a big jump in overall home-equity loan originations over the first six months of 2022 — from about $1.7

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

The residential real estate industry faces an interesting dynamic of rising mortgage rates while, at the same time, homeowners have record equity in their homes. In cases where they end up needing to take only the minimum required draw from a HELOC, they would only end up paying back that part of the loan. homeowners.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

About $180 billion in residential bulk MSR assets were brought to market just in the month of January, “and February will be another huge month as well,” according to Michael Carnes, managing director of the MSR valuation group for New York-based Mortgage Industry Advisory Corporation (MIAC). And, so far, it is.”.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

When rising interest rates and plummeting affordability decimate loan applications, it’s even more difficult. Maintaining the servicing rights of loans originated by the lender is equally as important as those acquired through a purchase. But lenders must also consider mortgage originator’s loan product innovation.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Last year, fast-rising rates and related volatility, coupled with liquidity challenges in the bank and nonbank sectors, high home prices and a shortage of housing inventory all worked together to suppress mortgage originations and the secondary market outlets for those loans as well.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

Residential brokerage Compass is now a publicly traded company, with shares trading at $20.15 How lenders will benefit from Proctor Financial’s acquisition of Loan Protector. Presented by: Proctor Loan Protector. billion, according to a note released Wednesday by Nima Wedlake, a principal at Thomvest Ventures.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The executive spoke during a panel at the 8th Annual Residential Mortgage Servicing Rights Forum, a conference held in Manhattan on November 14 and 15. Government and conforming loans held for sale would have a 20% risk weight. Other loans held for sale would have a 50% risk weight. “It’s a scary situation.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2022

The residential real estate industry faces an interesting dynamic of rising mortgage rates while, at the same time, homeowners have record equity in their homes. In cases where the homeowner ends up needing to take only the minimum required draw from a HELOC, they would only end up paying back that part of the loan. homeowners.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2022

The Federal Reserve ’s 75 basis point interest rate hike – its largest since 1994 – proves the central bank is laser-focused on slowing inflation, but loan officers and housing economists don’t expect mortgage rates to come down until consumer prices fall. trillion in new loans in 2020 and $3.9 mortgage industry to fund $4.1

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In January, Fannie Mae said it would start accepting desktop appraisals, where an appraiser need not perform a walk-through, for some agency-backed loans after March 19. The option is limited to purchase transactions, secured by a one-unit principal residence with a loan-to-value ratio of no more than 90%.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The MBA is forecasting that mortgage rates for 30-year fixed-rate loans, which were at 6.4% However, activity in the housing market will remain depressed at least in the first half of next year as home affordability continues to be a challenge for homebuyers. . is headed for a recession next year. by the year-end.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2022

Pontiac, Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) capitalized on a booming private-label market in 2021 by sponsoring its inaugural securities transaction this past May, a prime jumbo deal involving 508 mortgages with an aggregate principal balance of $351.9 That’s a strong start for a new issuer. “A KBRA seems to think so as well.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

MSRs gain value as interest rates rise, in part because upward-bound rates cause mortgage refinancing to ebb, which slows prepayment speeds on mortgages — increasing the effective long-term yield of the servicing rights tied to those loans.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

“The volatility can be pinned on uncertainty about the stability of the banking system and the course of the Federal Reserve’s inflation-fighting campaign,” Holden Lewis, home and mortgage expert at NerdWallet , said. “As As that uncertainty drains away, mortgage rates will have smaller day-to-day swings.” In addition, U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We service their loans. But we’re having a hard time reaching out to them,” he said during a panel at the annual Residential Mortgage Servicing Rights Forum held in New York City in October. The company serves a $50 billion loan portfolio. Investment firms that purchase mortgage loans in default also face the same challenge.

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