Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

Bank of America (BofA) reported another quarterly decline in mortgage and home equity production in the first quarter of 2024. mortgage lender stated it produced a volume of $3.4 billion in first mortgages from January to March, down 12.5% BofA’s mortgage assets Bank of America had $227.7 from the $3.9

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

Higher interest rates pushed up profits for Bank of America (BofA) in the first quarter of 2023, but much like its depository peers, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo , the mortgage business dropped by double-digits during this period. The bank posted a net income of $8.2 Consumer banking division posted a net income of $3.1

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank NA, part of Fifth Third Bancorp, a regional lender with some $207 billion in assets, has launched a new warehouse-financing arm that will serve independent mortgage bankers. decline from the first quarter, and a 9% decline from a year ago, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Less than a year after coming to the rescue of Signature Bank during the market turmoil of March 2023, New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) faces a confidence crisis due to its exposure to commercial real estate loans. According to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) estimates, Flagstar originated $15.7 It also had $84.3

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

The current bank crisis hit California-based Pacific Western Bank , a community bank owned by PacWest Bancorp that has a focus on real estate and commercial loans. billion in fully funded cash proceeds from the global investment firm Atlas SP Partners through a new senior asset-backed financing facility.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

Houston-based nonbank mortgage lender Cornerstone Home Lending announced on Wednesday it has received all regulatory approvals to acquire traditional depository The Roscoe State Bank, a deal that will expand its operations beyond the traditional mortgage business. For The Roscoe State Bank, Piper Sandler & Co.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2023

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has named former Fannie Mae CEO and Blend president Tim Mayopoulos as CEO of Silicon Valley Bank N.A. , an FDIC-operated “bridge bank” meant to protect all depositors of the now shut-down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The bank failed to raise capital to plug a $1.8

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Dovenmuehle Mortgage , a mortgage sub-servicing company, has informed authorities in Illinois that it will impose a layoff affecting hundreds of employees next year. However, higher mortgage rates this year led mortgage origination volume to decline to $1.6 14 to the state authority. .” trillion, compared to $2.2

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

NYCB) confirmed it’s closing 69% of the retail home lending offices outside of its branches after acquiring Michigan-based Flagstar Bank. “We HousingWire reported on the restructuring last week, noting that the bank cut hundreds of jobs at Flagstar, according to laid off employees. 19 among mortgage lenders in America.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Pink slips will start arriving for Santander Bank ’s employees working in the mortgage and home equity businesses following the bank’s announcement to stop originating such loans in the United States. HousingWire has learned that the bank’s exit from the residential mortgage business in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2023

Flagstar Bank , a top-20 U.S. mortgage lender owned by New York Community Bancorp, announced on Sunday that it has assumed most deposits and acquired certain assets, business lines and liabilities of Signature Bridge Bank, N.A. Ultimately, the New York state chartering authority closed the bank on March 12.

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Propmodo

JANUARY 10, 2024

When seeking construction financing for major real estate projects, developers almost always turn to big banks. Large institutional capital has been one of the biggest lenders to commercial development projects over the past decades. Bank OZK has humble roots. In 2019, the bank inked one of its biggest deals.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

DiNello was the president and CEO of Flagstar Bancorp , a bank recently acquired by NYCB. Long Island-based NYCB, which concluded the acquisition of Flagstar Bank in December 2022 and rescued Signature Bank in March 2023, has faced a confidence crisis due to its exposure to commercial real estate loans.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2021

The parent company of Veritex Community Bank will acquire a 49% stake in Texas-based mortgage lender Thrive Mortgage , the firms announced late Tuesday afternoon. Veritex is one of Texas’ largest banks, with $8.8 The investment in Thrive comes amid a wave of M&A activity in the mortgage lending space.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Consolidation in the mortgage industry is likely in 2022, analysts and lending executives said. Justin Woodward has experienced the best and the worst of the mortgage industry in only 18 months. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Mike Fratantoni , the chief economist and senior vice president of research and industry technology at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), addressed three major challenges in the housing market during testimony before the U.S. banks in comparison to international standards.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

With mortgage rates above 7%, historically low levels of housing inventory, defaults in commercial real estate, and a series of potentially onerous regulations to come, Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Bob Broeksmit said the trade group is doing all its can to influence policymakers.

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Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2023

Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase, two top-five depository lenders that struggled more than the overall mortgage market in the final three months of 2022 , have started to show real signs of improvement. The bank’s mortgage servicing rights – carrying value (period-end)­– decreased by 6%, falling from $9.9 billion in Q2 2022.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nexbank, a privately held state-chartered bank in Texas and a subsidiary of NexBank Capital, Inc. promoted Brian Ralston to executive vice president and chief mortgage banking officer. Prior to this role, Ralston served as the senior vice president of mortgage banking at NexBank since 2013. billion.

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Propmodo

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This has been a perfect storm for the commercial real estate lending industry. Falling property prices and liquidity fears are causing banks to slow or stop lending on commercial properties. All of this combined to push commercial lending to a standstill. Plus, many owners have no other option.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2023

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced on Wednesday that Christine Chandler, the executive vice president, chief credit officer, and chief operating officer of M&T Realty Capital Corporation (RCC), has been nominated to serve as MBA’s vice chair for the 2024 membership year.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2023

Rithm Capital , the parent company of mortgage lenders Newrez and Caliber Home Loans , is expanding its business to Europe. Former Bank of America executive Marty Migliara has been tapped to lead the operations in the region. In the mortgage business, the company had a combined pre-tax income of $23.9 million the prior year.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

In a message to mortgage brokers, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) defended itself from the Hunterbrook Media report that claims the lender orchestrated a scheme to steer loans. He worked for an independent mortgage broker that actually shopped between options.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

But there’s another threat that Homepoint executives must worry about – United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the top dog in wholesale, has embarked on a strategy of heavy price cutting, forcing Homepoint and others to limbo to compete for business. Mortgage executives project that number to remain steady or even tick up in the third quarter.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The practice of redlining , initiated in the 1930s, where banks and insurers refused services to entire neighborhoods based on racial composition, further entrenched these disparities. My success is based on my skill at identifying, targeting, and acquiring distressed mortgage notes and properties that earn these returns.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

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Realty Biz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Commercial real estate has long been considered a pillar of stability and prosperity. Consequently, office space vacancies have surged, leading to a substantial decrease in rental income for commercial property owners. However, recent developments have cast a shadow of uncertainty over its future.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

The tumult in the banking industry set off by the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 10, followed two days later by the collapse of Signature Bank , has sparked fear in the markets over a potential broader contagion infecting the entire financial industry — and ultimately the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The Mortgage Bankers Association announced Thursday it promoted Joel Kan to vice president, deputy chief economist. In his new role, Kan will lead the macroeconomic and mortgage market forecasts and oversee MBA’s industry surveys, including the Weekly Applications Survey, Builder Application Survey and the Mortgage Credit Availability Index.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2022

We caught up with Hurst to talk about his new role and why the firm is looking to invest in commercial real estate tech startups and mortgage tech firms. Since we now have good coverage across those segments, our more recent investments have primarily focused in two areas – mortgage technology and commercial real estate.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

Flagstar Bank , a top-25 U.S. mortgage lender, recently participated in two M&A deals. In December 2022 , the bank concluded the merger with New York Community Bancorp after waiting for regulatory approvals for over a year. “We are what we call a one-stop shop mortgage model,” he said. .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Switzerland-based global lender Credit Suisse Group AG had a rough start this week after its stock was beaten down by 11%, the value of its riskiest debt fell more than 10% and the cost of purchasing derivatives insuring against the bank defaulting rose sharply. We believe the U.S. Easy target. fund called Archegos Capital Management.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

SitusAMC is a provider of “technology, strategic outsourcing, talent and advisory solutions to the commercial and residential real estate finance industries” but the Warehouse Administration Services launch is aimed at supporting mortgage warehouse lenders, who provide lines of credit to originators.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2023

Planet has acquired a $10 billion mortgage servicing rights (MSR) bulk of Ginnie Mae loans from Village Capital & Investment LLC. Planet has acquired a $10 billion mortgage servicing rights (MSR) bulk of Ginnie Mae loans from Village Capital & Investment LLC. The volume in Q1 2023 was 68.3% “We bought $12.5

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

What happens when the Federal Reserve begins pulling back in a serious way from the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market that it has helped to prop up through billions of dollars in bond purchases since the start of the pandemic in 2020 — to the point where it now holds a $2.7 Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C. by the end of the year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Ted Tozer, former president of Ginnie Mae during the Obama administration and current president Alanna McCargo’s most recent Senate-confirmed predecessor, applauded the news that the company is looking into the development of a new Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-backed Security (HMBS) product.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Record-setting mortgage originations coupled with a resurgent private-label securitization market have created an expanding demand for loan underwriters at a time when they are in scarce supply. . A recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York illustrates the explosion of mortgage originations during the past year.

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