Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

On Wednesday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) took protective measures by issuing a proclamation that allows national banks, federal savings associations, and federal branches and agencies of foreign banks to close their offices in areas of California affected by the fires.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) submitted a motion to change the court venue where a case with Texas Capital Bank (TCB) is taking place, arguing that a contract clause has been violated by TCB’s choice to file the case in Amarillo, Texas, as opposed to Dallas. Attorneys representing Ginnie Mae and the U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2021

Cadence Bancorporation , parent of Cadence Bank, reached separate settlements with the Department of Justice and the Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency totaling over $8.5 The bank, based in Texas, also has branches in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. Specifically, Cadence will provide $4.17

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

Following other recent proprietary product development news, Longbridge Financial announced on Friday the launch of a new variation for its private fixed-rate reverse mortgage offering. The Peak variation also updated seasoning requirements for Platinum-to-Platinum or proprietary-to-Platinum to 24 months, from one closing date to the next.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Accused of redlining by regulators, First National Bank of Pennsylvania (FNB) has agreed to settle the case for $13.5 FNB was involved in the case as a successor in interest of Yadkin Bank , which it acquired in 2017. In addition, the bank discouraged these customers from obtaining home loans, according to the complaint.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

In its March Supervisory Highlights, the FDIC stated that many institutions have developed policies and procedures to ensure sufficient mortgage broker services are provided in order to receive compensation , which was the first of a two-part test. Violations identified vary across different stages of the loan process.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In addition, the ETF invests in MBS backed by loan pools sourced from non-traditional loan originators, including Community Development Financial Institutions and minority-owned banks. Among Impact Shares’ partners are the NAACP, the YWCA , the United Nations Capital Development Fund and more, according to Owens.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. A signer such as a customer closing on a loan appears before a notary on a video call and they complete, sign and notarize the document, he said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

Nonbank mortgage originator Change Lending will become a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLB-SF). The transaction is expected to close in May. “We Change is a community development financial institution (CDFI) that is certified by the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

This situation contrasts with the challenges the market faced in 2023, during the banking crisis when the Federal Reserve was still raising rates. We likely would not have seen mortgage rates at 8% that year if the spreads hadn’t worsened after the banking crisis. Last week, the 10-year yield closed at approximately 4.49%.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Pink slips will arrive for 58 employees working in the mortgage business at Texana Bank in California, according to a Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) sent to the state’s Employment Development Department. The layoffs include loan officers, underwriters, processors, post-closing and secondary market staff.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

I closed 28 H4P transactions last year, over 1% of the national total. I subsequently have developed two more CE classes that only deal with HECM loans. Be sure to address the myths related to ‘not owning the home’ or ‘signing over the equity to the bank’ early on in the class.”.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

According to Sawan Tivakaran, SVP, titlegenius Product Owner, “Homebuyers continue to cite the closing process as one of the most stressful events in their lives. Radian has developed titlegenius to help improve the closing process for homebuyers, sellers and lenders alike.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

The Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failures that occurred over the last week have caused even more uncertainty within the mortgage industry. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed last week after it lacked the liquidity to pay for clients’ withdrawals. That was a favorable development,” Deitch said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

government’s motion to stop the gathering of evidence in a case against Ginnie Mae , Texas Capital Bank (TCB) responded to the government’s attempt to dismiss the entirety of the bank’s complaint. TCB was thus left with no alternative but to file this action,” the bank concluded.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Last year, in a Housing Wire op-ed , Community Home Lenders of America took the lead nationally in opposing calls to extend the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) to independent mortgage banks (IMBs). . Many community banks do a great job of mortgage lending to underserved homebuyers. So why would we extend it to IMBs?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

While a few properties have closed, there was only one property, as of March 2, that closed escrow. Two hours ago, a second property just closed in the Palisades. Other than that, six others are in escrow, but nothing else is closed, clarified Anthony Marguleas, CEO of Amalfi Estates.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Many national companies had already established national refi rates with some of the biggest banks and lenders and yet that left many doing what they have always done; waiting until all the noise has fully hit and then reacting. Unfortunate for most, whereas a few had prepared, most did not see the magnitude of this market anomaly!

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Angela is the 11th-ranked agent in the state by sales volume, closing 38 sides and $29.82 For this, I turned to New Hampshire-based Cohen Closing & Title , where another cousin is the director of business development. million in volume in 2023, according to RealTrends Verified data.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

We are witnessing a trend of organic growth developing and we believe it will continue throughout 2022.”. Bailey also noted that 2021 was the best year ever for the number of closed transactions for RE/MAX, with over two million transaction sides completed in 2021. The post RE/MAX banks on organic growth in 2022?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

While banks also have the capacity to make loans and hold them on their balance sheets, the majority sell most or all of their loans to secondary providers. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have had affordable lending goals for years, but the impact of closing the minority homeownership gap has not been that significant.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

To get a better idea of what investors might be most closely interested in with these results, along with the outlook for these companies and the industry, HousingWire ’s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD) sat down with UBS equity research analyst Douglas Harter. They also mentioned the proprietary product suite at their company as a bright spot.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

“So aside from hiring and building our sales team, we’re focusing on deepening our partnerships and developing repeat working with PennyMac. “They’ve been able to compete with banks and credit unions, and so that’s been a big win for us. “There’s a lot of talk about choice in the channel. .

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), last week filed a slew of new documents in their court case against Texas Capital Bank (TCB). These were primarily in response to the bank’s prior motion for a partial summary judgment and offer reasons why the motion should be denied. Attorneys for the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

The Closing Exchange (TCX) partners with its clients to configure solutions to support their workflow at every stage of their digital evolution. TCX provides a perfect mix of technology and service, providing its clients with the choice of how to close a loan at every stage of its digital evolution. Alan Frelix, CEO.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In the modern mortgage market , mortgage rates are close to 7%, and the gig economy has pushed some borrowers away from trying to qualify for conventional mortgages. Lastly, Acra Lending also uses automated bank statement processing technology that automatically calculates borrower income.

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BAM Media

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Real RISE 2024 kicks off today, October 22nd, with some exciting new developments in AI and fintech for real estate agents who’ve joined (or will join) the brokerage. Last Friday, October 18, Real President Sharran Srivatsaa gave the closing presentation at our own in-person event, BAM Mania. and Canada. and Canada.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

nCino, a publicly traded financial tech company that specializes in cloud banking, said that its decision to purchase Utah-based SimpleNexus is a natural expansion of the company into the point-of-sale mortgage market. banks and credit unions, where nCino currently has over 1,100 customers.”. appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2024

Abarca will lead loanDepot’s loan processing, underwriting and closing operations, which in the first quarter of 2024 were responsible for closing $4.6 Before joining the company, she worked for Bank of America , JPMorgan Chase and Compass Bank. billion in mortgages, down from $5.3 billion in the previous quarter.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

Can allegations of redlining sink a bank merger? The merger will create a bank with $45.8 The new organization will be the sixth-largest bank headquartered in the Midwest, Old National said when it announced the transaction. alleging that the bank carried out redlining in its mortgage lending practices.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. Among its dozens of limited partners are major banks, which are the kinds of customers Blend is servicing, Mayopoulus pointed out. Stay tuned for updates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

Notable in light of the current servicing challenges facing the industry, Stavvy’s eClosing technology is designed to facilitate faster borrower communication and closings as servicers work through loan modifications, referrals and forbearance. How modernized servicing creates customers for life. Presented by: Sagent Lending Technologies.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The closing software firm is launching Qualia Shield , a funding and disbursement product for title and escrow companies. We developed Shield to combat wire fraud through a fully integrated approach, aiding title companies in offering a unified, elegant, and secure client experience.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

According to the OCC, the fine is also a result of the bank violating the terms of a 2018 compliance consent order , which alleged that Wells Fargo did not implement or maintain a compliance risk management program proportionate with the bank’s size, complexity and risk profile, resulting in “reckless practices.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2023

Jakes, a prominent Black minister who leads a Dallas-based megachurch, will focus on initiatives including affordable housing, small business development and financial education. The partnership represents Wells Fargo’s largest minority home lending and development initiative to date. In December, the bank agreed to pay $1.7

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Ben Slayton’s Legacy Home Loans , the largest Black-led mortgage banking firm in the country, has launched a special purpose credit program for prospective Black borrowers in six cities across the country. The SPCP loan program will be piloted in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis and Philadelphia.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2024

” Waltz aims to support international buyers with a “comprehensive” solution that covers the compliance, legal, banking and regulatory processes to close the purchase process within 30 days. Its other business partners include Regent Bank , payments platform Synctera and Visa -backed currency exchange Currencycloud.

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