Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

An affiliate of Paceline Equity Partners LLC , a private equity manager based in Texas, completed a debt investment in a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc. To secure regulatory clearance for the merger and the sale of Optimal Blue, the promissory note was required to be sold and Paceline acquired it.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. billion, according to offering documents. billion. “So

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

Even though they have a low mortgage rate on their home loan, the pandemic causes unanticipated financial hardships which lead to a decrease in their annual income as well as the necessity of using credit cards for their basic needs. Stated differently, you are dealing with individuals that may be in an equity prison.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Pending home sales increased by 3.4% in March compared to February despite rising mortgage rates , according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Sales were essentially flat compared to one year ago. NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index increased to 78.2 New-home sales jumped by 8.8%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Mortgage fintechs Sales Boomerang and Mortgage Coach reduced employee headcount by at least 20 this month as the industry struggles to stay afloat amid mortgage lenders rightsizing during one of the most challenging times. Sales Boomerang and Mortgage Coach declined to comment on the size and reason for the layoffs.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

homeowners are “house-rich, cash-poor,” home equity investment firm Hometap provides clients with a way to tap into their home equity instead of selling their home or taking out a loan. In return, Hometap receives an agreed-up percentage of the sale price or current appraised value. “We

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2022

Mortgage fintechs Sales Boomerang and Mortgage Coach have merged, roughly six months after a Philadelphia-based private equity firm bought a controlling stake in each company. Sales Boomerang monitors customer databases on behalf of lenders to identify when a customer is ready for a new loan.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Digital mortgage lender and nonbank home loan provider Better.com has launched “Equity Unlocker,” a mortgage innovation that allows employees to pledge vested stock equity as collateral for a down payment without selling their stock. “The status quo is broken,” Garg said.

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Equity Pre-approval Loans Finance 377

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. O’Brien & Associates and VP, Eastern regional sales manager at National City Home Equity, among others. .

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

New York Community Bancorp , the parent of Flagstar Bank , said it’s still committed to the home loan business despite selling approximately $5 billion in warehouse mortgages to JPMorgan Chase Bank to improve its capital and liquidity position. The sale is expected to close in the third quarter of 2024. billion; 5.7%).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Roughly a year after Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang were acquired by a private equity firm, they’ve merged their services onto one platform and rebranded to “TrustEngine.” The company says more than 200 independent mortgage companies, credit unions, banks and brokers currently use TrustEngine’s solutions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2023

San Diego, California-based startup Splitero , which is focused on home equity investments (HEI), has raised about $12 million in a Series A funding round to expand its operations. . Homeowners have the option to repurchase the share of the house from Splitero at any time within the 30-year term via a refinance, home sale or cash buyout.

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Equity Mortgages As-is Sales 364

Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

The official magazine for the National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently touched on the topic of reverse mortgages, mentioning products such as the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) and addressing topics like the desires of baby boomers to age in place in their homes.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

Redfin announced Tuesday layoffs of 121 employees as it shakes up its mortgage department, including purchasing a lending company. The real estate company entered into an agreement to acquire mortgage lender Bay Equity Home Loans for $135 million, two-thirds in cash and one-third in stocks, Redfin said in a press release and public filing.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

AnnieMac Home Mortgage appointed Ian Aubourg to the role of senior vice president of retail sales, the Mount Laurel, New Jersey -based lender announced Monday. In his new position at AnnieMac, Aubourg will tap into his leadership skills to drive growth and improve the mortgage experience for clients.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Stubborn inflation and high interest rates continue to wreak havoc on the mortgage-origination market, but there is one asset class in the housing market that is arguably flourishing in these hard times – home equity. rebranded as Rithm Capital ). Toohig said Raymond James finished the year with some $1.1 billion in 2021 to $9.6

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2021

billion in potential home equity has been uncovered for distressed homeowners facing foreclosure. billion is the amount of surplus funds generated by foreclosure sales on the Auction.com platform between 2016 and 2020. Over the past five years, more than $1.2

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

In early November, 30-year fixed mortgage rates began a nosedive, declining from near 8% to below 7% in a matter of months before once again starting to rise at the start of 2024. at the end of April, according to HousingWire ’s Mortgage Rates Center. Non-QM mortgages include loans that cannot be purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

homeowners with mortgages witnessed a 6.6% year-over-year increase in their equity in the second quarter of 2020 – representing a cumulative gain of $620 billion for the nation and an average $9,800 hike in equity per homeowner, according to a new report by CoreLogic. in July 2021 with prices declining in 11 states.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Record home price appreciation in recent years has pushed tappable home equity to new heights. According to a report published by data vendor Black Knight this week, the third quarter of 2021 saw a nearly $250 billion dollar increase in tappable equity—a record. of available equity entering the quarter, the report said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Tom Davis, chief sales officer, Deephaven Mortgage Today’s market means that more borrowers have higher debt-to-income ratios, limited access to credit and are looking for alternative ways to get qualified for a mortgage. Often, traditional mortgage products don’t meet their needs.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

Top executives at Rithm said they continue to evaluate taking the mortgage business public. According to Nierenberg, the company hedged most of the of its mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) risk in the first quarter, creating stability and book value on a forward basis. On Tuesday, Rithm announced a $261.6 million in pretax income.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Kyle Joseph, a specialty finance equity research analyst at Jefferies , believes that the worst of the current mortgage cycle may be behind us, a sentiment shared by most analysts covering this industry. Mortgage rates will moderate down to about 6% to 6.25%.” ” The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) on Dec.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

One planner solicited for input thinks that a reverse mortgage could be a worthy consideration, among other options, according to a new blog. “I My property taxes are about $16,000 for 2023-24, and likely will be $20,000 or more for 2025; home sales drive up my property taxes, not improvements. I used to dislike reverse mortgages.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2022

Even those with a considerable equity stake may find themselves in this dilemma. What can lenders do to help borrowers facilitate a sale, protect the equity in their home, and potentially remain in their home following the sale by negotiating a leaseback option? HW : What are the main benefits of Equity Shield?

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

parent company of PHH Mortgage Corp. and Liberty Reverse Mortgage , reported an overall improvement in its business performance for the first quarter of 2024 — including better reverse mortgage performance attributed to servicing and higher gains on loans held for sale. Ocwen Financial Corp.,

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2022

Fintech and fractional home-equity lender Point has raised an additional $115 million through a Series C fundraising round led by venture capital firm WestCap. The capital will be used to accelerate Point’s growth in the $25 trillion home-equity market, according to the company’s co-founder and CEO Eddie Lim. Point raised about $30.4

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Equity Investor Loans Residential 411

Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Philadelphia-based private equity firm LLR Partners announced Tuesday its investment in Sales Boomerang and Mortgage Coach , two fintechs focused on attracting and retaining mortgage borrowers and making loan originators more efficient. Both firms will maintain their existing brands and teams.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As the mortgage industry faces the realities of rising interest rates, savvy lenders are shifting gears towards the potential profitability of home equity lending. Paul Harris : Home equity lending can look different for many reasons. HW: Automation has been reshaping the mortgage industry over many years.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2023

The refi boom is in our rearview mirrors and the road ahead looks promising for home equity volume. Who knows how high that volume could go, considering tappable equity is at a historic high of $11 trillion and total home equity at a record $27.8 How do you identify the right home equity partner? Excellent turn times.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

After the release of proposed new rules for the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) program late last year, the reverse mortgage industry expressed a lot of excitement. But after concerns were brought to the attention of policymakers during the proposal’s comment period, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With mortgage rates briefly topping 8% and home prices breaking records throughout the year, many would-be sellers simply decided not to bother listing their homes, exacerbating already tight inventories. The number of owner-occupied homes skyrocketed, quickly depleting the number of vacant for-sale homes. New data from the U.S.

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Sales Mortgages Equity Marketing 405

Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2021

The positive: Homeowners in primarily Black neighborhoods earned an average of $59,000 in home equity in 2020, compared with $50,000 for homeowners in primarily white neighborhoods between 2019 through January 2021. That $59,000 gain represents a median home equity increase of 197%. By 2021, that number shrank to $24,000.

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Equity Brokerage As-is Mortgages 471

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Rising home prices continue to fuel the growth of the nation’s multi-trillion dollar home-equity market, a fact not lost on behemoth investment-management firm PIMCO. A small issue within the title process can have an impact on the length of the closing process, impacting mortgage lenders and borrowers. trillion under management.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2023

California lender New American Funding has partnered with EasyKnock, a New York startup that buys homes and rents them back to sellers, allowing clients to access their home equity through non-traditional means. Homeowners can convert their equity to cash by selling their homes to EasyKnock and staying on as renters.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

The reverse mortgage industry already knew that Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsement volume in 2023 was cut nearly in half compared to 2022, but new data shows that the decline was not the same between the retail and wholesale channels of the business. Mutual of Omaha Mortgage firmly took hold of the No.

Mortgages 346

Mortgages Equity Loans Industrial 346

Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2023

In other words, it’s a diverse market with a wide variety of different homes of varying ages and levels of repair, and sales happen very rarely. And, unfortunately, sellers are not selling in today’s higher mortgage rate environment. The result is fewer sales. Since then, tenure has further increased to a historic high of 10.7

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