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UWM expands DSCR offerings to real estate investors

Housing Wire

Dubbed “Investors Flex,” the non-QM product for real estate investors, offered purchase and refinance loans up to $2 million that could be used to finance up to 20 properties by using each property’s monthly rental income to qualify.

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The risk of zero-down loans while the Fed talks recession

Housing Wire

Bank of America recently announced a loan for lower-income households that doesn’t require homebuyers to come up with a downpayment or closing costs, and doesn’t base the loan on a minimum FICO score. People’s first reaction was to wonder if this was 2008 all over again. We have a much better housing ecosystem now for sure.

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How non-QM lender A&D Mortgage grew origination volume in 2022

Housing Wire

While investor bonds were scarce, A&D securitized its loans and sold the bonds, leading to seven securitization deals in 2022. Our credit committee actually works with rating agencies, investors and investment bankers to put together our own guidelines. bps toward closing costs at the time of the closing. “We

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Tavant adds automated asset analysis product to its lending platform

Housing Wire

The goal of Asset Analysis is to automate the labor-intensive process of reviewing assets and multiple bank statements during underwriting to determine the likelihood that the borrower will have sufficient funds to cover down payments, closing costs, and reserves for the mortgage transaction.

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If consumers aren’t holding lenders back, then who or what is?

Housing Wire

And while there is no legal limit on how many times a mortgage may be refinanced, closing costs and interest rate cycles effectively limit the number of times any given homeowner will pursue this option. Direct-source data holds the key to limiting lenders’ and investors’ risk exposure.

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Buying REO Homes? Here’s What to Do — And What Not to Do — According to Experts

HomeLight

“One of the best lessons I have learned over the years from other investors is that you don’t find deals, you make them,” explains Mark Motes, a real estate investor at Mark Buys Houses , who buys fixer-upper properties in the Birmingham, Alabama, market with a team of local experts. There is never a perfect investment situation.

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LTI Mortgage and HybridAgentHomes.com Kickoff Hybrid Agent Program

Realty Biz

In response to today’s pricey economy, Micheal “Mike” Price (Mortgage License #244007, Real Estate Salesperson License #720851), Owner and President of LTI Mortgage, now offers “The Hybrid Agent Program” to save buyers and investors lots of money. His company’s financing rates are lower than the majority of other lenders and banks.

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