Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Business-purpose residential mortgage lender Dunmor announced Thursday that it has received a minority equity investment from Newfi Lending , a nonagency mortgage lender owned by funds managed by Apollo Global Management. According to Dunmor, the investment is an extension of an original partnership initiated in June 2024.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Reverse mortgage industry leader Finance of America (FOA) announced updates on Thursday to the interest rate for HomeSafe Second, its proprietary second-lien reverse mortgage product. FOA President Kristen Sieffert said the product allows the company to address gaps in the existing HELOC and traditional home equity loan market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The rest are saving their equity with us by either selling to us or allowing us to list.” “I knew things were going down, but I didn’t know how bad it was until people started knocking on our door.” She wants to offer those homeowners the resources and care that her mom and stepdad didn’t experience. “I There is a lot of fear.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

An alternative home equity-tapping product backed by former executives from a reverse mortgage lender has been rolled out to several additional states, following an earlier move that secured hundreds of millions of dollars in financing. Our growing presence across the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

“What if homeowners could tap into home equity without taking on debt?” Through a home equity investment, homeowners can receive cash upfront in exchange for a share of the home’s future value. Hometap is among a handful of companies — including Unison , Unlock , Point and Aspire — that offer home equity investments.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

billion in equity. Together, we will improve the experience by connecting traditionally disparate steps of the search and financing process with leading technology that removes friction, reduces costs and increases value to American homebuyers. The deal is projected to boost Rockets adjusted earnings per share by late 2026.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

billion , is paying an equity value of $9.4 Mr. Cooper did about $23 billion in originations last year, according to Inside Mortgage Finance data. To help finance the transaction, Rocket is taking out a nearly $5 billion bridge loan through JPMorgan Chase (which itself is a top-3 mortgage servicer and warehouse lender).

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Sellers can tap into their current home equity in a bid to buy another property without coming up with cash for a down payment. Indiana-based lender Ruoff Mortgage is making a move designed to help more homeowners get into new homes with ease. Calque also offers buyers a guaranteed offer on their current home to reduce risk. “It

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Whats striking is that half of older boomers and two out of five younger boomers are purchasing homes entirely with cash, bypassing financing altogether. By contrast, more than 90% of buyers under age 44 financed their home purchases. Older millennials, however, were more likely to be repeat buyers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Finance of America (FOA), the leading reverse mortgage lender, presented a robust outlook last week in its third-quarter 2024 earnings and is aiming to hit the ground running with business in 2025. The potential for building on HomeSafe Second’s numbers also comes from broader trends in the home equity lending space, she said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

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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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Home equity solutions provider Unison launched a new product on Tuesday that combines the features of traditional mortgage financing and emerging home equity investment (HEI) options. The San Francisco -based Unison calls its new offering the Equity Sharing Home Loan. home equity by the end of this year.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

Better Home & Finance Holding Co. the parent of digital mortgage lender Better.com has restructured about $534 million of its outstanding debt with SB Northstar , the asset management subsidiary of SoftBank , the company announced on Monday. Better is also making a one-time cash payment of $110 million.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Nationwide equity on mortgaged homes soared to a record $16.9 trillion in the first quarter of 2024, with $11 trillion available for leverage while maintaining a 20% equity cushion — also an all-time high. Nationwide equity on mortgaged homes soared to a record $16.9 homeowners with mortgages have tappable equity.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

For those who are struggling to repay their mortgages, the process aims to help them avoid foreclosure and retain their home equity. For those who are struggling to repay their mortgages, the process aims to help them avoid foreclosure and retain their home equity.

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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%. homeowners with outstanding mortgages — some 63% of all homes — home equity tied up in properties jumped by 6.8%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

Saluda Grade , an alternative investment firm with a focus on residential real estate finance, announced this week that it hired Jim Boothby as its head of global business development. Saluda Grade added two commingled funds and two separate managed accounts to its credit business last year, while also launching a third growth equity fund.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

Tapping into home equity , particularly for people in or near retirement , can be challenging — especially for those who may have a pressing need. With this product, eligible people 62 and older can extract equity in a variety of ways, say through a lump sum. But their equity is also a tool. Homes are trophies, sure.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Home equity continued to rise in the second quarter of 2024 as residential properties with mortgages collectively gained $1.3 trillion in equity over the past year. But growth began to slow during these three months, according to the CoreLogic Homeowner Equity Insights report published on Thursday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2024

A Freddie Mac home equity product that was proposed this week has the potential to unlock $850 billion in origination volume. “The proposed activity is intended to provide homeowners with a cost-effective alternative for accessing the equity in their homes,” FHFA Director Sandra Thompson said in an announcement of the proposal.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Finance of America Companies (FOA) announced on Monday that its reverse mortgage brands — Finance of America Reverse (FAR) and American Advisors Group (AAG) — will be consolidated under the singular Finance of America brand going forward. Those were much more pressing needs.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2024

Rocket Pro TPO , the wholesale arm of Rocket Mortgage , announced Monday that it has decided to waive the $795 origination fee charged to broker partners on home equity loans. With our home equity program, we want to make sure that we’re offering our broker partners a product they can win in this market and help their clients.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Credit-risk transfer vehicles “would be evaluated in subsequent phases,” according to an outline of the proposed Freddie CES plan issued by its governing body, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). This provides homeowners with a cost-effective alternative for accessing the equity in their homes.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

Leading reverse mortgage lender Finance of America (FOA) has undergone a round of layoffs that are impacting multiple levels of the organization, including retail and corporate leadership positions. The news was first reported by National Mortgage News. It was not specified how many employees nor which specific divisions were impacted.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

Top five reverse mortgage lender Finance of America (FOA) announced on Tuesday the hiring of two new executive leaders to modernize the companys digital and customer experience strategies. “These executive appointments are crucial for Finance of Americas objective to redefine the reverse mortgage experience.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2025

With banks and conventional lenders having tighter lending requirements or less available capital, large investors, such as pension funds or private equity firms, that provide funding, see private lenders with proven success in real estate as reliable partners in a tight credit environment.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

After two years of limited demand, private equity and insurance companies are increasing their allocations to single family residential mortgages. Homeowners benefiting from these subsidies are more capable of meeting their payment obligations, thus reducing the credit risk for lenders.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

Home equity continued to rise in the first quarter of 2024 as residential properties with mortgages collectively gained $1.5 trillion in equity over the past year, according to a CoreLogic report released Friday. home equity over the past year brought total net equity to more than $17 trillion at the end of Q1 2024.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Global investment firm Carlyle has agreed to purchase up to $300 million of equity sharing home loans from home equity solutions provider Unison. The product, which rolled out on Tuesday, combines the features of traditional mortgage financing and emerging home equity investment (HEI) options. Unison has more than $1.8

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

She will also guide MBA’s long-term investment strategies, some of which include technology ; diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives; and workforce development. “I Vermeer brings more than 20 years of financial management experience to MBA’s leadership team.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

This is according to nationally syndicated personal finance columnist Liz Weston in one of her latest pieces. The capital gains taxes will eat up any remaining equity after that reverse loan is paid. In one instance, she highlighted a reverse mortgage as a potential tool to assist with the financing of long-term care.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

stock market, companies like Finance of America (FOA) and Ellington Financial — the parent of reverse lender Longbridge Financial — have recently released their third-quarter 2024 earnings results. With several top 10 reverse mortgage lenders now active in some form within the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Heading into 2024, there are continuing and emerging financing options, grant programs and legislation all designed to help homeowners and builders create much-needed infill housing. These will help on the margin, but we still need smart lenders to help create even more robust financing options for ADUs.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

The time-tested resiliency of home values highlights home equity’s importance to American households and its significance for residential real estate investors alike. In today’s environment, homeowners are looking for new answers — and financing platforms — to solve that puzzle. Are home equity investments the answer?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

Top-five reverse mortgage industry lender Finance of America (FOA) announced on Wednesday that it has promoted Jonathan Scarpati to the role of chief production officer. Scarpati previously served as the company’s senior vice president of wholesale lending. Im extremely honored to take on this new role as chief production officer.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Credit-risk transfer vehicles “would be evaluated in subsequent phases,” according to an outline of the proposed Freddie CES plan issued by its governing body, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). This provides homeowners with a cost-effective alternative for accessing the equity in their homes.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

The current global market cap for “equity release” products, including reverse mortgages, could hit $50 billion by 2033, more than doubling its current size. This is according to a report compiled by the European Pensions and Property Asset Release Group (EPPARG), a trade association that represents European equity release companies.

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