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Conforming, FHA loan limits rose for 2024, but who benefits? 

Housing Wire

The latest baseline increase in conforming loan limits has enabled loan originator Dave Krichmar’s client to make a 5% down payment instead of 10%. The self-employed homebuyer found an $800,000 home in Texas, but with the conforming loan limit for 2023 being $726,200, the buyer needed a jumbo loan or a bank statement loan.

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NexTier Bank to acquire Mars Bank

Housing Wire

NexTier , the holding company of NexTier Bank , will acquire Mars Bancorp , the holding company of Mars Bank. The combined company and branch locations will operate under the NexTier Bank brand, both banks said in a release Thursday. With the acquisition, NexTier Bank will have total assets in excess of $2.6

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Wells Fargo to shutter correspondent lending?

Housing Wire

In the face of a declining mortgage market and heightened regulatory scrutiny, Wells Fargo , the country’s largest depository mortgage lender by volume, is planning for a smaller footprint in correspondent lending and third-party servicing business. Servicing rights is treated as an asset by banks that generates revenue.

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After mortgage lenders shut down, what’s next for loan originators?

Housing Wire

Scott Miller, a former mortgage loan originator at Sprout Mortgage , knew the clock was ticking when the non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) lender abruptly closed doors in July 2022. Up to 30% of the 1,000 largest independent mortgage banks projected to disappear by the end of 2023 via sales, or failures.

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NAF taps Mosi Gatling for newly created executive role

Housing Wire

of the total) and purchase loans (93.5%), according to the mortgage tech platform Modex. Based in Las Vegas, Gatling has worked for companies such as Bank of America , MetLife Home Loans , Home Community Mortgage and Guild Mortgage , developing expertise in loans to underserved communities. were FHA loans.

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Wells Fargo discloses another layoff in Iowa

Housing Wire

.” The latest layoff announcement from the country’s second-largest lender comes amid faltering home lending business. Home lending revenue dropped to $972 million in the second quarter, a sequential drop from the previous quarter’s $1.5 billion in revenue from home lending. Citi , JP Morgan Chase and U.S.

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FHA Loans and Down Payment Assistance: Making Homebuying Affordable

HomeLight

The FHA doesn’t lend money itself. The FHA backing lets lenders offer easier credit terms than non-FHA loans. FHA loans are especially important for first-time buyers. In 2020, only about 10% of all home loans were FHA-backed, according to the agency’s annual report.