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Chase Home Lending increases its closing guarantee

Housing Wire

Chase Home Lending , the consumer and commercial banking arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co. , has raised its closing guarantee from $5,000 to $20,000 until July 27, 2024, the bank announced on Thursday. This grant can be used to discount underwriting fees paid at closing, or to reduce the interest rate and down payment.

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Freddie Mac posts $12.1B income in 2021

Housing Wire

The government-sponsored enterprise saw a 20% growth in its single-family mortgage portfolio from 2020 to 2021, driven by soaring home prices and an increase in the average size of loans it acquired. trillion in single-family loans in 2021, about two-thirds of which were refinances. It reported $2.7 Overall, Freddie Mac purchased $1.22

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UWM offers legal support to brokers, accuses Rocket of ‘connections’ with Hunterbrook report

Housing Wire

In a message to mortgage brokers, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) defended itself from the Hunterbrook Media report that claims the lender orchestrated a scheme to steer loans. Hunterbrook also claims that borrowers paid in UWM loans a total of $229 million more in closing costs over the past four years than the average-priced loan.

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Reverse purchase financing: The financing option no one is talking about

Housing Wire

But unlike financing with a traditional mortgage, monthly principal and interest payments are not required on the loan, so long as the homeowner keeps up to date with real estate taxes, homeowners’ insurance and property maintenance. They own the home with their name on the title, as with any mortgage, traditional or reverse.

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Opinion: Can tech and iBuyers fix the real estate market?

Housing Wire

commercial spaces/building and residential homes/townhomes) and inconsistent transactional processes, fragmentation in the market has prevented real-estate from adopting technology as quickly as other sectors – until now. While real estate is the largest asset class in the world, it’s a segment that is still highly fragmented.

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The title insurance industry prepares for battle

Housing Wire

As a result, many title firms have found revenue coming from different sources, including stronger than expected commercial revenue and other mortgage products such as home equity lines of credit (HELOCs). One of the goals they outlined in those plans is a push to reduce closing costs, especially for low-income borrowers.

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Hard Money Lenders Houston: Fast and Flexible Loans

HomeLight

Are you looking to finance your next real estate project in Houston with a hard money loan ? Whether you’re eyeing a fixer-upper in The Heights or planning to invest in a commercial property in Downtown, hard money lenders in Houston offer a flexible and speedy alternative to traditional financing.