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

Housing Wire

The latest baseline increase in conforming loan limits has enabled loan originator Dave Krichmar’s client to make a 5% down payment instead of 10%. 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.

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NexTier Bank to acquire Mars Bank

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NexTier , the holding company of NexTier Bank , will acquire Mars Bancorp , the holding company of Mars Bank. The combined company and branch locations will operate under the NexTier Bank brand, both banks said in a release Thursday. With the acquisition, NexTier Bank will have total assets in excess of $2.6

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Wells Fargo to shutter correspondent lending?

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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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Wells Fargo discloses another layoff in Iowa

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.” The latest layoff announcement from the country’s second-largest lender comes amid faltering home lending business. Home lending revenue dropped to $972 million in the second quarter, a sequential drop from the previous quarter’s $1.5 billion in revenue from home lending. Citi , JP Morgan Chase and U.S.

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Rate lock volume jumps 43%, reflecting a rate-sensitive market

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However, when investors flocked to safe-haven assets in the wake of uncertainty in the banking sectors — which led to rates coming down roughly a quarter of a point — the mortgage industry saw another quick surge in originations, particularly the purchase market, Walden noted.

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NAF taps Mosi Gatling for newly created executive role

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Based in Las Vegas, Gatling has worked for companies such as Bank of America , MetLife Home Loans , Home Community Mortgage and Guild Mortgage , developing expertise in loans to underserved communities. This role offers me a platform to be more than just a loan officer,” Gatling said in a statement. were FHA loans.

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Colonial Savings to exit mortgage origination business

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has decided to exit the origination business amid one of the most challenging cycles in decades, provoked by the Federal Reserve ‘s tightening monetary policy and a banking crisis. The company will focus on full-servicing banking and mortgage servicing businesses, it announced on Thursday. Department of Veteran Affairs (V.A.)

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