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Has your banking partner come of age?

Housing Wire

HousingWire recently spoke with David Bernard, senior managing director of Specialized Mortgage Services at Western Alliance Bank , Member FDIC, about warehouse lending and how the warehouse sector and mortgage finance have progressed and continue to evolve. Western Alliance Bank transformed this model over a decade ago.

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Flagstar Bank offers brokers direct access to seasoned specialty lending experts and powerful tech solutions

Housing Wire

In response, many brokers are relying on extra support, and Flagstar Bank offers exactly that. Flagstar also offers brokers the opportunity to participate in the Flagstar FLEX monthly webinar series designed to help them better their businesses. We’re well-capitalized and committed to mortgage, particularly the broker channel.

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Treasury’s new housing plan includes redirected COVID-19 funds to boost affordable supply

Housing Wire

Department of the Treasury on Tuesday announced a series of new initiatives designed to increase the supply of affordable housing across the country. The third provision is an extension of the support from the Federal Financing Bank (FFB) for “a risk-sharing initiative between the U.S. There are three core provisions of the plan.

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Fintech Maxwell launches POS feature that offers tailored workflows for lenders

Housing Wire

Lenders can also define workflows and business rules for any mortgage product, including construction loans, manufactured home loans, home equity loans and bridge loans. Unlike off-the-shelf POS solutions, Blueprint Builder allows lenders to customize technology that is designed to help improve operations, Maxwell noted.

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Three yards and a cloud of dust

Housing Wire

Homeownership is used far too often as the federal piggy bank. CHLA commends FHA for its work on its “Mythbusters” initiative, designed to blow up the myths around FHA loans by educating lenders and home sellers. But now a new threat is emerging on this front. Such opportunities may arise.

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TRB Pre-Construction Review: “Freed Hotel & Residences”

Toronto Realty Blog

of Torontonians had never heard of Bjarke Ingels, and that there was no reason why people should be paying $2,000 per square foot for a pre-construction project simply because it has his name on it. The interior designer is Design Agency , which might seem like a bland name to me, but you may feel free to tell me otherwise.

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Opinion: Agencies are key to fixing housing affordability

Housing Wire

Homeownership is used far too often as the federal piggy bank. CHLA commends FHA for its work on its “Mythbusters” initiative, designed to blow up the myths around FHA loans by educating lenders and home sellers. But now a new threat is emerging on this front. Such opportunities may arise.

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