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FAR parent updates investors on AAG integration, business performance

Housing Wire

The company also said it “continues to evaluate new products to reach additional segments of the population facing a retirement gap,” and describes recent reverse mortgage industry consolidation following influential industry changes in 2017 and the 2022 bankruptcy of Reverse Mortgage Funding (RMF). “As

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Reverse mortgage volume and securities issuance trend lower in December

Housing Wire

Any time we see exits and consolidations we tend to see a dip in industry production for a time,” McCue said. “In million of [unpaid principal balance (UPB)] that may not otherwise have been issued in December.” Beyond that will depend on what happens to rates.” This is a different situation.” This is a different situation.”

Mortgages 442
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The 2022 housing market: A tale of two halves

Housing Wire

The Big Chill” or “Frozen,” says Green, principal at real estate law firm Polunsky Beitel Green. The elevated mortgage rate environment has created a mortgage rate lockdown effect of sorts, limiting the pool of customers for the mortgage industry. Layoffs, LOs leaving the industry for good. over asking price. High octane stuff.

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This global investment firm wants to become a non-QM rainmaker

Housing Wire

We expect it to be a challenging [mortgage] market from a volume perspective due to interest rates and credit spreads,” said David Pelka, head of RMBS business and a principal at CarVal. Non-QM mortgages also go to a slice of borrowers facing credit challenges — such as a recent bankruptcy or slightly out-of-bounds credit scores.

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“Last night, my Uber driver was a loan officer.”

Housing Wire

The steady drumbeat of dour news in the mortgage industry punctuated by headlines announcing layoffs and closures among the ranks of independent mortgage banks continues to play out, with several lenders over the last two weeks adding to the torrent of pink slips. Some 80% of the volume in our industry is done by about 40% of the LOs.

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UWM is bullish on the resurgent private-label market

Housing Wire

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

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7 Critical Parts of Every Real Estate Investment Business Plan

The Close

Wholesale real estate investing is a good choice if you’re looking for short-term opportunities to break into the investing industry by leveraging your existing skills as an agent. This means that you may need to create a plan for marketing to homeowners in foreclosure or divorce and bankruptcy attorneys.