Keeping Current Matters

JUNE 23, 2021

In a recent paper published by the Urban Institute, Home Ownership is Affordable Housing , author Mike Loftin illustrates how homeowners increase their equity and their wealth simply by making monthly mortgage payments: “The principal portion that reduces the loan balance builds the homeowner’s equity.

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MAY 7, 2024

The official magazine for the National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently touched on the topic of reverse mortgages, mentioning products such as the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) and addressing topics like the desires of baby boomers to age in place in their homes.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

The mortgage-servicing rights (MSR) market remains robust as we turn the corner into 2024, and though it is expected to slightly underperform 2023, the market is still projected to notch healthy trading volumes in 2024 — hovering near the $1 trillion mark for the fourth year in a row, market observers forecast.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2023

We’ve seen a consistent theme of potential sellers – many with first-lien rates a full 3 percentage points below today’s offerings – pulling back from putting their homes on the market,” Walden said. of the median household income to make the monthly principal and interest payments on the average home purchase. In 2022, about $2.4

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2022

The major market dynamic making EBO deals attractive now, according to KBRA, is a changing of seasons in the mortgage industry, marked by fast-rising rates , high housing prices and a turn toward a competitive purchase-mortgage market. million, with all the loans deemed delinquent.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Denver-based Incenter’s managing director, Tom Pierc y, said he expects the rising tide of business to continue for the foreseeable future, so long as the housing market is swept up in a rising-rate environment — prompting holders of MSRs to sell the assets. And now we just did over $110 billion for the month of January.”. “The

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Keeping Current Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2021

But what about equity? While it can be overlooked, a homeowner’s equity helps build long-term wealth over time. Here’s a look at what equity is and why it matters. For a homeowner, your equity is the current value of your home minus what you owe on the loan. So, as home values climb , your equity does too.

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

Prices in nearly half of the nation’s 50 largest markets climbed by 0.75% or more. Purchase loans comprised about 82% of overall mortgage lending in 2023 and ICE forecasts purchase lending to continue to dominate the market through next year.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2024

Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements increased by 2.3% This is according to data compiled by Reverse Market Insight (RMI). The refi market continues to be anemic as higher rates are persisting, with refi volume dropping 3.4% This is according to Ginnie Mae data and private sources compiled by New View Advisors.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

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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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

At the end of March, Rithm had $587 billion in unpaid principal balance, relatively unchanged from the end of December and up 15% year over year. Rithm’s MSRs mark to market contributed $194.5 Chief financial officer Nick Santoro told analysts the company had a “strong momentum” on non-agency products and home equity.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

Announced by Marion McFadden, HUD principal assistant secretary for community planning, at a Habitat for Humanity event in Nashville, the $13.5 million in “sweat equity grants” will go to support four nonprofit housing providers. There’s nothing more important to our wellbeing than waking up to face the day in a comfortable home.”

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Keeping Current Matters

JANUARY 6, 2021

This ‘wealth’ is built, in large part, through the creation of equity…Building equity through your monthly principal payments and appreciation is a critical part of homeownership that can help you create financial stability.”. To estimate your equity, subtract your mortgage balance from the market value of your home.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

While reverse mortgage volume in 2024 got off to a rocky start, new data that breaks out retail Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements versus wholesale production showed that it was the former that took the bigger hit in the first month of the year, based on new data compiled by Reverse Market Insight (RMI). to 2,414.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Pennymac Financial Services is the latest mortgage company to issue debt in a challenging housing market. The California-based company announced on Wednesday it intends to offer a $650 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due in 2029. The offer is subject to market conditions and other factors. In total, $1.8

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2022

A combination of fast-rising home values and the fact that nearly two-thirds of borrowers with at least some home equity have mortgage rates below 4% — and would not benefit from refinancing — is helping to propel a resurgent market for home-equity lines of credit (HELOCs). billion in 2021 to $4.6

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

But for me, I do a lot of [Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)] for Purchase. So, I’m really continuing to focus on the active adult market for what we call the “lifestyle home loan,” commonly known as HECM for Purchase.” This is according to a series of RMD interviews with six reverse mortgage originators from across the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) in 2022 aimed to assess the state of the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program over a 20-year period. A study commissioned by the U.S. For non-borrowing spouses , the results were a bit more mixed.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements fell 11.8% to 1,900 loans in February, a drop telegraphed by lagging case numbers and sluggish endorsement activity in January, according to data compiled by Reverse Market Insight (RMI). That was down 3.6%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

PennyMac Financial reported strong operating earnings in the first quarter, with an annualized operating return on equity of 15 percent in what is expected to be the one of the smallest quarterly origination markets of this cycle,” chairman and CEO David Spector said in a news release. That was less than the $38.1

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The mortgage servicing rights market took off like a rocket in January and it has continued to accelerate into the stratosphere in February, according to industry experts who follow the MSR market closely. Overall, the bulk MSR market should be incredibly robust throughout 2022.”. And, so far, it is.”.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Its owned servicing portfolio reached $78 billion in unpaid principal value (UPB) at the end of 2023, with a carrying value of $1.1 The bank’s servicing portfolio increases as the company originates mortgages, thus reflecting the market’s condition. “We billion, analysts wrote in a report on Monday. to assist with capital generation.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

Issuance of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) is projected to contract significantly over the next two years in the face of a housing-market contraction, but the actual supply of MBS available for purchase in the private market is expected to swell to record levels over that period. to 4.75% range, up from 0.25% a year ago.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

1 With over 12,000 Americans turning 65 every day in 2024, this burgeoning market will undoubtedly continue to bring more buyers and sellers to the table over the next decade. 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

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Of those issuers already compliant with RBCR, many have ample equity capital to support the acquisition of MSRs that may come on the market.” They will depress it (the market). ” The current MSR market. “The MSR market softened considerably,” said Carnes. multiple market. ” .

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

I am pleased to share that in the second quarter we grew market share, grew agent count and grew margin while delivering positive free cash flow and strengthening our cash position,” Reffkin told investors and analysts listening to Compass’ second quarter earnings call Monday evening. for the quarter, up 13 basis points from Q1 2023.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

The result included a mark-to-market of $63 million, a $1 million severance charge and $10 million losses with equity investments. million customers and $853 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) at the end of March, compared to $870 billion at the end of December. Cooper had 4.1 And we expect to be active there.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Roughly a year after Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang were acquired by a private equity firm, they’ve merged their services onto one platform and rebranded to “TrustEngine.” In January 2022, Sam Ryder, principal at LLR Partners, cited the companies’ solutions products as the reason for the capital investment.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2022

As people look for alternate means to access the equity in their homes, home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) are poised to make a comeback. Here’s why: Homeowners will still want to use the record levels of equity in their homes. According to CNBC, homeowner equity is an aggregate $9.9 A HELOC is now cheaper than a refi.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

As people look for alternate means to access the equity in their homes, home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) are poised to make a comeback. Here’s why: Homeowners will still want to use the record levels of equity in their homes. According to CNBC, homeowner equity is an aggregate $9.9 A HELOC is now cheaper than a refi.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

The numbers are staggering so it is no surprise that residential proptech is a heady market, capturing the imagination of entrepreneurs and institutions alike. As a marketer by profession, I tend to put these companies into categories to create a narrative and to develop brand specificity. Of this, the U.S. exceeds $1.5 Investors’ No.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

High interest rates, coupled with a still-low supply of housing, have created price hurtles that are keeping many first-time homebuyers and lower-income borrowers locked out of the housing market. The National Association of Home Builders reports that 27% of builders report using temporary rate buydowns as a home-purchase incentive.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Opportunity in the current mortgage market may be challenging to find — and that could arguably be truer for those who offer reverse mortgage products for clients. While he only has access to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-sponsored Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) product, that doesn’t dampen the possibilities.

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2021

Retail powerhouse loanDepot continued to gain market share in the first quarter of 2021 despite tumbling profit margins. “Interest rates began to rise in late Q1, and there has been a corresponding reduction in market opportunities and gain on sale margins as a result. Closed loan volume in the first quarter increased to $41.5

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2022

Pontiac, Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) capitalized on a booming private-label market in 2021 by sponsoring its inaugural securities transaction this past May, a prime jumbo deal involving 508 mortgages with an aggregate principal balance of $351.9 to 72% across the three deals in a market with fast-rising home prices.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

loanDepot greatly reduced its costs in 2023 while revenues were in free fall amid a contracting market. Operationally, loanDepot entered 2024 by dealing with a cyberattack that brought its systems down and a forecast for market conditions to improve. loanDepot recorded a non-GAAP adjusted net loss of $142.4 million loss in 2022.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

Declining mortgage rates could have improved affordability for buyers in the housing market in February, but instead spurred a demand that, combined with a persistent lack of inventory across the U.S., In total, 39 of the 50 largest markets saw home prices increase on an adjusted basis in February. put more pressure on home prices.

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