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Conforming, FHA loan limits rose for 2024, but who benefits? 

Housing Wire

The self-employed homebuyer found an $800,000 home in Texas, but with the conforming loan limit for 2023 being $726,200, the buyer needed a jumbo loan or a bank statement loan. Those loan types would require a larger down payment of at least 10% of the home’s value, or $80,000, which would stretch his budget too thin.

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As mortgage rates near 8%, loan originators target first-time homebuyers

Housing Wire

In an environment where 30-year fixed mortgage rates are racing towards 8%, loan officer pipelines are thinning dramatically. But LOs who cater to first-time homebuyers’ needs – offering FHA loans and down payment assistance loans — are faring better, Michael Ullmann, producing branch leader at Movement Mortgage , explained.

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Housing authorities and lenders added 54 homebuyer assistance programs in Q3: report

Housing Wire

For this reason, many programs now allow funds to be used for buydowns and other popular financing strategies that take the edge off of monthly mortgage payments,” Rob Chrane, founder and CEO of DPR, said in a statement. Buydowns have become a preferred financing strategy for borrowers as mortgage rates have surged.

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FHA does a solid for mortgage credit rejects. Will it move the needle for loan officers?

Housing Wire

Adrian Gastelum, a vice president and branch manager at Nova Home Loans, recently had a prospective borrower apply for a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage. FHA guidelines require a two-year work history and allow for a gap of one month or longer in employment with a letter of explanation.

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Wells Fargo discloses another layoff in Iowa

Housing Wire

Amid a decline in mortgage business, Wells Fargo last week notified Iowa state authorities of its plans to lay off 36 employees. The Des Moines metropolitan area is the headquarters for the bank’s home mortgage division. The Des Moines metropolitan area is the headquarters for the bank’s home mortgage division.

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Wells Fargo to shutter correspondent lending?

Housing Wire

In the face of a declining mortgage market and heightened regulatory scrutiny, Wells Fargo , the country’s largest depository mortgage lender by volume, is planning for a smaller footprint in correspondent lending and third-party servicing business. Servicing rights is treated as an asset by banks that generates revenue.

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Mortgage group asks regulators to stop FICO’s price hikes of up to 400%

Housing Wire

Credit reports are getting a lot pricier, and some mortgage lenders are none too pleased about it. 22, the National Consumer Reporting Agency told its members that the “vast majority” of mortgage lenders would see price increases between 10% and 400% from Fair Isaac Corp. In a letter dated Nov.

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