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Finance of America Chief Product Officer: reverse mortgages ‘important’ to diverse product range

Housing Wire

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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F2 Finance wants to capitalize on a fragmented fix-and-flip market

Housing Wire

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. Faes & Co has also been involved with building a short-term mortgage lender in Ireland. LendInvest has more than $4.7

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Q&A: George Morales on new role with Mortgage Cadence and why a big bank could enter reverse

Housing Wire

This week, Mortgage Cadence announced that it had appointed longtime reverse mortgage industry professional George Morales to serve on its sales team. The company is aiming to bring more reverse mortgage technology solutions to potential partners already in the industry and those that have yet to enter it.

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FDIC finds banks violated RESPA on mortgage brokerage payments

Housing Wire

Mortgage brokers ’ compensation is in the spotlight after a recent Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) test concluded that some financial institutions failed to prove that payments were “reasonably related” to the value of services provided. Violations identified vary across different stages of the loan process.

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Opinion: The little things mean a lot in mortgage operations

Housing Wire

While a mortgage business’ battle against margin compression is seemingly endless, that fight is less noticeable in times of surging revenue. The decline in mortgage volume, along with increasing rates and uncertainty about the months ahead, have amounted to a scramble for revenue and a continual push to reduce expenses.

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Regulation hasn’t caught up to generative AI

Housing Wire

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has tremendous potential to cut costs and improve customer experience, but regulation has not caught up to develop a governance program, industry pros said of AI’s implementation in mortgage lending. The panel noted the findings of the latest Fannie Mae mortgage lender sentiment survey.

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What makes Gen Z homebuyers different?

Housing Wire

Entering the real estate finance world in the summer of 2022 as a 23-year-old, I immediately felt like a fish out of water. My goal with my career in mortgage is to help bridge the generational gap between mortgage professionals and next-generation borrowers. So, what does this mean for the world of real estate finance?

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