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Industry veterans launch Canopy in bid to shake up residential due diligence space

Housing Wire

Residential due diligence is an area of the mortgage ecosystem that’s overdue for disruption, according to two industry veterans who want to offer something completely different in the due diligence space through their newly launched company, Canopy. That’s why it has to be done over and over again.”.

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Incenter acquires due diligence firm Edgemac

Housing Wire

Incenter is adding a third-party due diligence review firm to its umbrella of companies. Edgemac , which Incenter acquired at the end of last year, does due diligencing for mostly non-QM and jumbo loans, as well as private label reverse mortgages that could eventually be securitized. Presented by: Sagent Lending Technologies .

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Loan buybacks haven’t disappeared, but they are trending down

Housing Wire

Non-QM vigilance Pamela Hamrick, president of Incenter Diligence Solutions , which provides due-diligence reviews and document management services for the mortgage industry, said that prefunding reviews are also gaining more traction in the nonqualified mortgage ( non-QM ) space.

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Underwriter shortage slowing the pace of private-label deals

Housing Wire

The supply-chain bottleneck afflicting the global economy has its own counterpart in the world of residential mortgage-backed securities, also referred to as RMBS. One group of industry players — loan underwriters — are the chief cause of the logjam. About a half-dozen RMBS issuers also were contacted for this story, including J.P.

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The current REO market requires an expansion of services for business growth

Housing Wire

Tiffany Fletcher: Real Estate Owned (REO), acquired by lenders , banks, or financial institutions typically due to mortgage loan defaults, involves the strategic marketing and sale of existing properties to mitigate losses on outstanding loans. Demand for existing homes — including REO assets — outpaces the available supply. territories.

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Figure Acquisition Corp. I plans merger with mortgage bank

Housing Wire

I , a blank check company affiliated with fintech Figure Technologies , plans to merge with a warehouse lender and bank holding company to potentially bring blockchain technology to the financial institution. Securities and Exchange Commission showed on Friday. .

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Competition for mortgage underwriters has never been fiercer

Housing Wire

We’ve grown in excess of 100 employees already in two-and-a-half quarters, that’s underwriters,” said John Levonick, CEO of Charlotte-based Canopy , a third-party due-diligence (TPR) firm that started doing business in the second quarter of 2021. And we’re actively hiring. Are we planning to double the size of the firm every two years?