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Master planned communities post strong new home sales numbers in 2023

Housing Wire

Texas followed closely with a 34% share of sales, marking an increase of 10 percentage points from the previous year. The thoughtful design and selection of community amenities contribute to the appeal for buyers.” Breaking down the data geographically, Florida accounted for 40% of all MPC sales on the top 50 list.

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Opinion: Why aren’t more commercial brokerages seeking affiliated arrangements?

Housing Wire

So why aren’t more commercial real estate (CRE) entities – investors , principals, banks, law firms or developers – seeking the same? A significant opportunity To be sure, there are title agencies eager to partner with CRE principals and funds. Market conditions have certainly trended downward for residential or commercial real estate.

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Mr. Cooper moves closer to $1 trillion MSR portfolio target

Housing Wire

The deal – which will result in Homepoint becoming a wholly subsidiary of Mr. Cooper – was first announced in May and was expected to close in the third quarter of 2023. The expectation was that the deal would close in the second half of 2023. Cooper’s chairman and CEO, said in a statement. The deal was announced in February.

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Qualia launches an API to track title orders

Housing Wire

Closing software provider Qualia has launched Qualia Application Programing Interface (API), according to an announcement on Wednesday. According to Qualia, platform users can use these capabilities to design custom client experiences, track performance, productivity and revenue, and pipeline across clients and settlement agency branches.

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Freddie Mac rolls out agency’s 10th STACR note offering

Housing Wire

The new credit risk transfer (CRT) offering, STACR 2022-DNA7, outlined in a presale report by Kroll Bond Rating Agency , involves a $616 million note offering backed by a reference loan pool of 69,144 residential mortgages with an outstanding principal balance of $19.9 30, per the KBRA report, are United Wholesale Mortgage , 8.9%

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Compass Appoints Dawanna Williams, Founder and Managing Principal of Dabar Development Partners, to Board of Directors

Realty Biz

Williams currently serves as Founder and Managing Principal of Dabar Development Partners. Dawanna Williams is the Founder and Managing Principal of Dabar Development Partners – a real estate development firm that offers modern living solutions with intelligent planning, architectural ingenuity, and environmental integrity.

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Review of MMI Fund’s reverse mortgage book sheds light on evolving HECM

Housing Wire

As the principal limit has been increasing, the percentage of endorsements with an MCA over $417,000 has increased steadily since 2012.” Since then, increases in the HECM limit have closely tracked those of conforming loan limits, which ultimately led to the limit surpassing $1 million for the first time in 2023. In 2009, the U.S.

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