Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

Cornerstone Servicing , a division of recently formed Cornerstone Capital Bank , has launched a subservicing business, the company announced Monday. Cornerstone Capital Bank was formed following a merger between a nonbank and a traditional depository.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

HomeEquity Bank , Canada’s leading reverse mortgage lender and a federally regulated bank, recently announced the hiring of former Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) news anchor Peter Mansbridge to serve as its strategic communications consultant. In a new campaign from HomeEquity Bank launching Jan.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Digital mortgage automation solution provider Floify launched a mortgage point-of-sale (POS) platform for lenders. Broker Edition is designed to provide an intuitive loan management portal for borrowers while making loan management simpler at an accessible price point.

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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

MAY 8, 2024

Nonbank lender Panorama Mortgage Group (PMG) launched a new program that allows first-time homebuyers to take out a loan with a 1% down payment , the company announced on Wednesday. As a minority-led independent mortgage bank, it is licensed in 43 states. In 2022 , it added Lone Peak Lending.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Flagstar Bank and the FinTech Consortium revealed that fintech startups Home Lending Pal , Stavvy and Real Key are the latest initiates to the companies’ ongoing MortgageTech Accelerator program. RealKey was founded in 2015 by Christopher Hussain, who claims to have been the top mortgage originator in the U.S. in 2010 and 2011.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2023

Swiss bank UBS Group AG plans to wind down a business in its US mortgage unit that focuses on “to-be-announced” (TBA) trading, Bloomberg reported late last week. We are fully committed to our lending business, which supports independent mortgage originators,” UBS spokesperson Erica Chase told Bloomberg in an email.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Wells Fargo , once the largest mortgage lender in America, was accused of discrimination through the common industry practice of offering mortgage loan discounts to select borrowers, CNBC reported. CFPB’s probe into mortgage lenders The CFPB’s probe into mortgage lenders was shared back in Fall 2021.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Texas-based independent mortgage bank Thrive Mortgage has signed a letter of intent to acquire the Ohio-based lender American Mortgage Service Company (AMSC). Thrive’s chief operations officer Selene Kellam , who designed the lender’s operations workflow, will be the chief executive officer starting in 2023.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

A recent lawsuit filed by Banc of California is claiming that mortgage lenders and servicers Sprout Mortgage (now defunct) and Planet Home Lending owe $1.5 In addition, the bank alleges that Sprout’s transactions with its warehouse lines have resulted in a deficiency of $2 million since the start of July 2022.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

In response, many brokers are relying on extra support, and Flagstar Bank offers exactly that. With 35 years of experience in the mortgage business, Flagstar has reputation for successfully navigating the ebb and flow of an ever-changing housing market. We’re well-capitalized and committed to mortgage, particularly the broker channel.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2022

million in its seed round to build a mortgage-as-a-service platform for fintechs, banks and retail banks. The product is currently deployed with early design partner customers via a private beta, and Pylon plans to use the funding for product development and talent recruitment. . Startup Pylon raised $8.5

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Many analysts who cover the mortgage industry believe that the worst of the current cycle may be in the rearview mirror. In 2022 and 2023, quickly rising mortgage rates and shrinking volumes sent shockwaves through the industry and prompted massive job cutbacks. According to data from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Wisconsin-based mortgage lender Waterstone Mortgage Corporation appointed Chik Quintans its new director of digital marketing, the company announced Thursday. Quintans’ professional career spans more than two decades in mortgage lending. In 2021, he was a mortgage banker at USA Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2023

Fannie Mae has issued a mortgage fraud alert for lenders in northern California, warning of heightened instances of misrepresented child support income in “numerous loans” that have been originated in the region over the past few months. The GSE highlighted four hallmarks of such a scheme.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) presented its annual Ken Markison Legacy Achievement award to Michael Eising, a vice president and mortgage compliance manager at Merchants Bank of Indiana. He authored Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) licensing courses for more than a decade.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2021

Non-QM lender Sprout Mortgage is setting up a distributed retail operation, and it’s picked a veteran of Wells Fargo to lead the new division. Johnson, who most recently led the depository bank’s Southeast division, will report directly to Sprout’s president, Shea Pallante.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Lenders using MeridianLink Consumer loan origination software (LOS) will be able to leverage Blend’s unified platform and consumer banking origination software for a fast onboarding and application process for banking, credit card and loan products, Blend said in a news release on Tuesday. million in Q1 and non-GAAP net loss of $45.1

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Its plan takes aim at liquidity, budget authority, pay scales and other potential flexibilities to more closely align with the value it brings to the government and the broader mortgage market. CHLA added in a statement that the release of these recommendations is designed to coincide with relevant news.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

When Curtis Mangus of Premier Mortgage Resources in Meridian, Idaho looked into pivoting into reverse after serving decades in the traditional mortgage business, he asked his managing partner at the lender about its reverse mortgage department. You are the reverse mortgage department,” he said. The partner smiled. “

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Tomo , a fintech mortgage startup run by former Zillow executives, is expanding its presence, announcing this week that it will now serve borrowers in Florida, Connecticut and Colorado. And they’re looking to capitalize on higher home prices and the market for jumbo mortgages. Presented by: Mr. Cooper. the fintech company said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Mortgage tech company Xactus announced that its valuation solution Appraisal Firewall X has met federal requirements and is capable of fulfilling Fannie Mae property data collection orders. ” Fannie Mae’s program is part of its ongoing efforts to modernize the valuation component of the mortgage industry. .”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Wells Fargo -backed mortgage fintech Maxwell rolled out a point-of-sale (POS) feature that offers tailored workflows and integrations. Lenders can also define workflows and business rules for any mortgage product, including construction loans, manufactured home loans, home equity loans and bridge loans.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

With the Federal Reserve gone AWOL on purchasing mortgage loans, mortgage rates have doubled and spreads over 10-year Treasuries are at historical highs. Homeownership is used far too often as the federal piggy bank. The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) applauds these initiatives. The American homebuyer needs help.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

Swiss bank UBS AG announced Monday it has agreed to pay $1.43 billion in penalties to settle a civil action alleging misconduct related to the underwriting, issuance and sale of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) before the 2008 financial crisis. In the mortgage space, UBS has plans to wind down a business in its U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Mortgage Collaborative, an independent cooperative network in the mortgage industry, today announced the launch of TMC Emerging Technology Fund LP, a venture capital program funded by a self-selected segment of TMC members to capture opportunities driven by the rapid pace of technological change in the mortgage sector.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

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. The entire system has to be designed to inflate the price over time. Remember, the system is designed to keep home prices inflated.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

With the Fed gone AWOL on purchasing mortgage loans, mortgage rates have doubled and spreads over 10-year Treasuries are at historical highs. Homeownership is used far too often as the federal piggy bank. The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) applauds these initiatives. The American homebuyer needs help.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

From the beginning, co-founder and CEO John Paasonen has been clear about digital mortgage platform Maxwell’s mission: to make mortgages simpler and more accessible. Paasonen and the Maxwell team designed its offerings based on insight from conversations with tens of thousands of front-line employees across the industry. “We

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

And the grind may not end anytime soon, Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Bob Broeksmit told attendees in a fiery speech at the trade group’s annual conference this week in Philadelphia. on a standard 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. The Fed, for example, could buy mortgage-backed securities. And warehouse lines.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2022

Getting a mortgage is becoming an increasingly digital experience, with lenders and borrowers benefiting from saved time and fewer hiccups. HousingWire: We hear lenders talk a lot about eClosings but what other aspects of the mortgage process have been improved by the digital revolution within the industry?

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

A recently released report from the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) that identifies vulnerabilities at nonbank mortgage servicers and makes some recommendations to avoid systemic risk is a ”tall order” for state regulators but isn’t only a ”wishful list,” according to Jason Cave, senior consultant at Patomak Global Partners.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2023

Mortgage tech firm Blend Labs narrowed its financial losses in the second quarter on the strength of its platform business as well as cost-cutting measures. Blend, whose white-label software processes billions in mortgage transactions for lenders, reaffirmed its goal of reaching profitability by 2024. million in Q1 and $45.1

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2021

Mortgage rates have increased roughly 50 basis points in the first few months of 2021, in no small part due to fears that inflation will rear its ugly head as the economy rebounds. But the Federal Reserve is staying the course, maintaining the low-rate environment that gave rise to the best year for the mortgage industry in history.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

For example, borrowers who are prime and creditworthy but who may not qualify for traditional mortgages, such as the self-employed or those with non-traditional income sources, may benefit from non-QM programs. As a CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) — a designation given by the U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2023

Non-bank originator Change Lending lost its Community Development Fund Institution (CDFI) certification, according to a report from Barron’s. The CDFI certification is a designation given by the U.S. Change Lending was removed from the CDFI Fund’s list of certified program lenders last week, the outlet reported.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2023

Lender Price , a leading provider of mortgage loan product and pricing technology, has launched Base Price Solution (BPS), a new pricing tool designed to help banks, lenders, and credit unions optimize their pricing strategies. By automating the process, pricing updates save time and reduce the risk of manual errors. ”

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