Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

F2 Finance wants to scoop up a share of a “fragmented” fix-and-flip market as a lack of housing inventory sharply limits transactions. There’s about 8,500 fix-and-flip mortgage lenders in the U.S. There’s about 8,500 fix-and-flip mortgage lenders in the U.S. Morgan , Citibank and Wells Fargo, according to Faes.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Multichannel lender Finance of America (FOA) announced Thursday its chief executive officer, Patti Cook , will retire as soon as the company finds a successor. Presented by: Finance of America. Finance of America’s valuation at the debut was expected to be $1.9 billion, with an increase of 0.8%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

Larry Steinway, VP producing area sales manager at New American Funding He joins NAF from Revolution Mortgage , where he served as branch production sales manager and SVP of mortgage lending for a little over a year. NAF, the 31st largest mortgage lender in America in 2023, according to Inside Mortgage Finance, has been in growth mode.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

While the total number of reverse mortgage industry professionals present at HW Annual in Frisco, Tex. Kathryn Amor, chief product officer at Finance of America Companies, spoke during the event’s mortgage purchase market panel about what Finance of America Reverse (FAR) beings to the table for the larger parent company.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Guaranteed Rate this week walked away from negotiations to acquire Finance of America ’s forward mortgage retail channel, which may result in FoA closing the division, sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations told HousingWire. A Guaranteed Rate spokesperson said that the company had no comment.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

After a year of challenge in the reverse mortgage industry, the major lenders in the industry look a bit different for calendar year 2023 when compared with recent years past. Reduced volume, a challenging mortgage rate environment and industry consolidation has contributed to some of the broader changes.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Amid the most challenging mortgage market in decades, multichannel lender Finance of America (FoA) plans to sell its retail mortgage division and shut down its forward wholesale channel, multiple sources told HousingWire. . FoA originated $6 billion through the retail mortgage channel from January to June, down 50.7%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Nonbank mortgage companies increased their profitability as a group in the third quarter of 2023, compared to the previous quarter, due to the performance of their servicing and origination businesses. Excluding the two unprofitable firms – Finance of America and loanDepot – it averaged 3.4% in the second quarter and 0.4%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Seniors could choose to employ home equity through a reverse mortgage or other equity-tapping product to manage a series of expenses in retirement , but when it comes to managing their tax burden , it can get more complicated. One option is using home equity to fund a Roth IRA conversion, shielding wealth from higher rates in the future.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2022

Finance of America CEO Patti Cook. In February, Finance of America CEO Patti Cook announced her retirement after a successful career in finance that spanned 45 years. When you look at how fixed-income developed, mortgage-backed securities were brand new at the time and I was right at the forefront of that work.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2021

Finance of America on Monday will become the latest lender to make its debut on the New York Stock Exchange. It’s the second large-scale mortgage lender to go public via a SPAC in 2021, after broker-based United Wholesale Mortgage began trading in late January. The lender increased originations by 70% to $32.63

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Mortgage pros have closely monitored the commission lawsuit developments since a Kansas City, Missouri jury determined that NAR, HomeServices of America , and Keller Williams conspired to inflate or maintain high commission rates through NAR’s so-called Participation Rule.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Jim Anderson is joining Finance of America Mortgage , a national, full-service mortgage banker as chief marketing officer, bringing more than 20 years of marketing experience to the company. The post People movers: realtor.com, Opendoor, Finance of America and FormFree appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The finances at nonbank mortgage companies will remain under pressure in 2024, despite some relief in mortgage rates , according to a new Fitch Ratings report. Regarding the industry’s volumes, Fitch based its report on Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) data, which shows a $1.9

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

Finance of America (FOA) announced Thursday that its indirect subsidiary Incenter closed the sale of its title insurance businesses. The company previously announced that it would be selling its title insurance businesses in early February. for $100 million, according to a filing with the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Equifax’s Work Number product is too expensive for consumers and the Federal Housing Administration ( FHA ) and Federal Housing Finance Agency ( FHFA ) should potentially do something about it, an influential mortgage trade group argued this week. The trade group urged the regulators to examine Equifax’s pricing practices.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Finance of America Companies (FOA), which had previously borrowed $60 million from longtime backer Blackstone Group , has increased its borrowed amount to $85 million and extended the end of its repayment term from November 2024 to May 2025. This is according to an 8-K filing made this week by FOA with the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Despite looking a bit different at the end of 2023, there were a lot of similarities in the full-year Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-backed securities (HMBS) issuance tables when compared to recent years. FAR Longbridge +1 3 PHH Mortgage 16.3% PHH Mortgage TMAC +2 6 Guild Mortgage 2.7% MAM Plaza +1 9 Sun West 0.5%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2023

Kathryn Amor, former senior vice president of Finance of America Companies (FoA), has taken on a new role at Guaranteed Rate as the Chicago-based lender looks to diversify its product mix amid the mortgage downturn. That same month, Guaranteed Rate also added home equity line of credit (HELOC) options for homeowners.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Mortgage industry trade group Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) is urging government agencies to begin to have conversations surrounding the impact of the jury verdict and potential court ruling in the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit on lending practices.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

mortgage lender United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) has rebranded its consumer-facing website FindAMortgageBroker.com to Mortgage Matchup. The DNA and mission of this website has not changed, rather Mortgage Matchup provides a new visual identity to help us resonate with consumers in a more modern, approachable way. “The

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

The “ silver tsunami ” — a colloquialism referring to aging Americans changing their housing arrangements to accommodate aging — could have more of an impact on the housing market this year, according to analyst Meredith Whitney in a conversation with Yahoo Finance. “[T]he That will grow to encompass 21% of the total U.S. homeowners. “And

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Blackstone Group -controlled Finance of America posted record margins and originations in the third quarter , ahead of its public offering via a blank check company in 2021. After the merger, Finance of America is slated to receive a $250 million investment from institutional investors. The company funded $9.17

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2022

In light of this, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins spoke with Steve Reich, COO at Finance of America Mortgage, to learn more about tactics top originators are using to build and retain relationships with borrowers. . Real estate professionals and the mortgage professionals need to partner together,” Reich said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Tuesday announced that the baseline conforming loan limit for 2023 will be $726,200, an increase of 12.21%, or $79,000, compared to 2022. . It will also result in further debate about whether the government should be backing mortgages as high as $1 million. Virgin Islands.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2023

Wells Fargo , the largest depository mortgage lender in America, announced Tuesday that it will officially exit the correspondent channel and also reduce its servicing portfolio, the country’s largest. . The move isn’t much of a surprise. In practice, the bank’s portfolio on correspondent lending was already in free fall.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2022

Multichannel lender Finance of America (FoA) Monday announced Patti Cook will step down from her role as chief executive officer June 30, in anticipation of her retirement due to an existing medical condition. . According to Inside Mortgage Finance, Cook is leaving the leadership team of the 32nd largest mortgage lender in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based mortgage lender Homepoint has raised conforming loan limits ahead of the Federal Housing Finance Agency ’s (FHFA) decision expected to November. The decision follows that of competitors Rocket Mortgage , United Wholesale Mortgage , Pennymac and Finance of America.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) submitted a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) expressing its support for the use of attorney opinion letters (AOLs) on Wednesday. In this sort of environment, we think the focus needs to be on ways to improve affordability. “In

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Former employees at Finance of America Mortgage LLC (FAM) are transitioning to American Pacific Mortgage (APM), as the company will shut down by the end of the year, a source with knowledge of the process told HousingWire. . Multichannel lender Finance of America Companies Inc. (FoA)

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Mortgage rates are around 7.7%, the highest levels in over 20 years, and LOs across America are having to reset their strategies. Family members or friends can become a non-occupant co-borrower on a mortgage to help borrowers take out a loan if they have poor credit, limited employment history or a high debt balance.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2024

When assessing December’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) volume data for December 2023, Reverse Market Insight (RMI) used a choice word as the title for its commentary : “thud.” One of the top 10 lenders that posted gains, however, was Open Mortgage. The obvious culprit is still rates. This is a different situation.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2023

Rocket Companies has rolled out its first credit card in order to attract potential homebuyers and existing homeowners into its ecosystem amid one of the most challenging mortgage markets in decades. The firm will also waive the $95 annual fee for cardholders who are clients serviced by Rocket Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

The stock market has not been kind to mortgage lenders – some are now trading in the $1-a-share range. In a one-week period between June 10 and June 17, 11 publicly traded mortgage companies lost a collective $6.14 Other indexes showed rates north of 6% last week. billion in market capitalization.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Home-equity lending overall found its wings in 2023 as a number of independent mortgage banks ramped up product lines over the course of the year — despite a bump in the road in the third quarter when mortgage rates surged past 7%. Market indicators so far appear tentatively promising. from $490 billion in the second quarter.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Finance of America Companies (FOA) Chief Marketing Officer Chris Moschner found himself working for the lender in the wake of its acquisition of American Advisors Group (AAG), and Moschner previously told RMD about his journey to the position and the “intoxicating” opportunity he sees in the reverse mortgage space.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Stavvy , a fintech company at the intersection of lending and real estate, on Wednesday announced partnering with Guaranteed Rate , one of America’s largest nonbanks. The announcement comes shortly after Guaranteed Rate walked away from talks to acquire Finance of America ’s forward mortgage retail channel.

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