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UWM sued over ‘corrupt’ scheme with brokers to steer loans

Housing Wire

The plaintiffs claim they hired independent mortgage brokers, believing the wholesale channel was the best option for getting affordable mortgages because these professionals can shop around — a different model from loan officers employed by retail lenders. “As

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Opinion: Is the lending market overcorrecting toward tech? Maybe

Housing Wire

Worsening market conditions are only going to accelerate an already hyper-competitive mortgage lending industry that is still learning to adapt to post-pandemic homebuying behaviors. Technology has been the focal point of that evolution more out of necessity than some consensus that homebuyers don’t want to interact with their lenders at all.

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The homegenius Platform gives consumers deeper insights in the home buying and selling journey

Housing Wire

homegenius Real Estate understands the need to deliver differentiated value in a very congested market. Explore possible cost savings. The homegenius Home Price Index combines market information, valuation data and advanced machine learning techniques to analyze home price data and identify trends for regions, towns and neighborhoods.

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Three yards and a cloud of dust

Housing Wire

With the Fed gone AWOL on purchasing mortgage loans, mortgage rates have doubled and spreads over 10-year Treasuries are at historical highs. In late 2021, Congress renewed a 10 basis point tax on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans for another decade – not based on loan risk, but to pay for non-housing spending.

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UWM turns to seller concessions with new mortgage product launch

Housing Wire

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) this week launched temporary rate buydowns, a product that allows borrowers to receive lower mortgage rates at the beginning of their loan terms by using seller concessions as part of the payment. It comes at a time in which the housing market favors buyers and seller concessions become more frequent.

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Opinion: The little things mean a lot in mortgage operations

Housing Wire

However, it still appears that lenders are focusing their technology investments on the point of sale. A 2020 ICE Mortgage Technology survey confirmed this, reporting that 58% of borrowers were affected in their decision making by the presence (or lack thereof) of an online application. This comes as no surprise.

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Mat Ishbia talks super-low mortgage rates, adverse market fee and capacity limits

Housing Wire

In an interview this week with HousingWire, the 40-year-old Ishbia dished on how the third quarter is shaping up , capacity limits in the mortgage industry, the likely impact of the upcoming adverse market fee , and the company’s latest low-rate mortgage product, a 30-year fixed cash-out refi at rates as low as 2.5%. only pays 1.5

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