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CFPB ‘quietly’ affirms support for HUD counselors partnering with mortgage originators

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-approved counselors can use fee for pre-purchase counseling and homeownership education services. The change was confirmed through a LinkedIn post by HUD Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing Counseling David Berenbaum. “The

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Mortgage infrastructure platform Pylon raises $8.5M in seed round

Housing Wire

million in its seed round to build a mortgage-as-a-service platform for fintechs, banks and retail banks. The built-in underwriting logic aims to deliver quick and accurate decisions to borrowers with maximum affordability approvals and automated tasking. Startup Pylon raised $8.5

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Mortgage demand gets a boost as rates decline for three straight weeks

Housing Wire

And, following investors’ rush into bonds after the recent bank failures earlier this month, yields moved even lower last week — and mortgage rates followed. Purchase applications remain over 30% behind last year’s pace, but recent increases, along with data from other sources showing an uptick in home sales, is a welcome development.”

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Lower debuts white label mortgage platform

Housing Wire

Columbus, Ohio-headquartered lender Lower rolled out mortgage as a service platform that enables consumer finance, banking and real estate companies to offer its mortgage products. . Wagner will be responsible for helping Lower’s partners develop their business strategy in the home lending space, Synder said. population.

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Why is our industry still transferring money with paper checks?

Housing Wire

While the real estate industry has witnessed the introduction of a number of spectacular and innovative developments in recent years, we still (sometimes unfairly) get tagged as “old fashioned” or “conservative.” and get a pre-approval for a mortgage from the comfort of your own laptop. That’s just the beginning.

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How In The World Did This Happen?

Toronto Realty Blog

TorontoRealtyBlog On Wednesday, I took a look at the pre-construction condominium market in Toronto and how prices and those sweet builder “incentives” look this fall. Today, I want to continue the pre-con theme and present you with a story that I’ve been holding on to for about a month now. There was no catch.

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5 best Arizona real estate schools for 2024

Housing Wire

We’ve reviewed all the key information to determine the best Arizona real estate schools to help you get licensed quickly and efficiently with a state-approved, online program at an Arizona real estate school. Course Options See Details Pricing AceableAgent’s prelicensing classes are ADRE-approved 90-hour real estate courses.

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