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Reverse purchase financing: The financing option no one is talking about

Housing Wire

That’s where reverse purchase financing comes into play, the funding option specifically designed for older Americans. What is reverse purchase financing? The HECM for Purchase is not a refinancing tool; it is not akin to a Home Equity Line of Credit ( HELOC ). Yet staggeringly few are aware of its existence.

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Private-label securities are in demand as investors bet Fed peak is reached

Housing Wire

The rating agencies and bond market have recognized the pristine nature of [residential mortgage-backed securities, or RMBS] and are rewarding that over time with tighter and tighter spreads, which allows for better financing, which then allows for better pricing ultimately back to the borrower,” Warden said. “My

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FOA agrees to sell commercial lending business to Roc Capital

Housing Wire

Finance of America Companies (FOA) has entered into an agreement to sell the operational assets of its Finance of America Commercial vertical to Roc Capital Holdings LLC. Upon closing of the [deal], the company will no longer have a reportable commercial originations segment.”

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Flagstar Bank makes changes to TPO leadership

Housing Wire

According to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) estimates, Flagstar produced $14.2 Department of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s private equity firm, Liberty Strategic Capital. The investment aims to strengthen the bank’s balance sheet amid a confidence crisis related to its commercial real estate loan portfolio.

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NYCB to sell $5B in mortgage warehouse loans to JPMorgan

Housing Wire

market share, according to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) estimates. In January 2024, the bank suffered a confidence crisis after reporting a net loss in the last quarter of 2023 due to a provision for loan losses of $552 million, mainly impacted by its exposure to commercial real estate loans. billion in volume and a 12.3%

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FAR parent updates investors on AAG integration, business performance

Housing Wire

The company also provides commentary for its fourth quarter 2023 financial performance, assesses its market advantages and offers an assessment of impacts stemming from changes in Ginnie Mae ’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-backed Securities (HMBS) program.

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

Housing Wire

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. While the total number of reverse mortgage industry professionals present at HW Annual in Frisco, Tex.

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