Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

In the address, the president will call for a $10,000 tax credit for both first-time homebuyers and people who sell their starter homes; the construction and renovation of more than 2 million additional homes; and cost reductions for renters. It is also wary of some of the proposals.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Benefits can include: No down payment Competitive interest rates No private mortgage insurance (PMI) Limited or no closing costs Funding fee waived for service-connected disabled veterans More favorable credit criteria Loan types There are a number of VA loan options to meet the needs of today’s veteran buyers, including purchase and refinance.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

HELOCs have continued to set the stage as flexible, helpful products that provide quick access to financing for a multitude of uses including home renovations, debt consolidations or emergency purchases. Additionally, 65% of the total respondents are currently planning or have plans to renovate their homes within the next two years.

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Point2Homes

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Having spent a lot more time at home than usual throughout 2020, it’s perhaps only natural that interest in home improvements and renovations rocketed. However you plan to renovate your home in 2021, you’ll need a way to pay for it. As a result, it’s a better choice for financing major renovations and repairs on your home.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

The transaction is expected to close in May. “We Treasury Department , given to specialized organizations that provide financial services to low-income communities and others who lack financing options. Change’s membership will become effective upon its acquisition of the required $7 million capital stock in the FHLB-SF.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2022

Renovation financing startup RenoFi now offers a fixed-rate home renovation loan, which allows homeowners to borrow as much as 90% of their home’s after-renovation value — a move to target homeowners who don’t qualify for a home equity line of credit (HELOCs).

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

Planet is pioneering the future of mortgage lending with novel products like Cash 4 Homes, 1st Year Flex, Purchase EDGE, one-time close construction loans, and bridge, renovation and manufactured home loans,” Long said. decline from 2022, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The government sponsored entities is part of its Equitable Housing Finance Plans , which are required by their regulator Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). The initial version of the GSE’s Equitable Housing Finance Plans were approved in the summer of 2022 by the FHFA.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Redfin noted that “sale prices are a lagging indicator because they’re typically negotiated at least a month before a deal closes.“ Even as the monthly cost of owning a home is going down, purchase mortgage applications are still close to a six-month low point. Sale prices reached another record high, rising 4.3%

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

Once the transfer of ownership occurs at foreclosure auction, a distressed property can be renovated and returned to the retail market as affordable housing for homeowners or renters. “[I My renovated homes are] reducing the number of rental properties , which in our town has become a source of demise.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

Scott Miller, a former mortgage loan originator at Sprout Mortgage , knew the clock was ticking when the non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) lender abruptly closed doors in July 2022. Almost three months after Finance of America Mortgage shut down, Reich brought over 21 retail branches to form his own retail division at Go Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2022

Specialty finance company Redwood Trust Inc. CoreVest provides financing to real estate investors across the country and as of late June boasted more than $15 billion in loans closed and some 125,000 units financed, according to the lender. billion single-family and multifamily loans nationwide.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

MISMO , the real estate finance industry’s standards organization and a subsidiary of the Mortgage Bankers Association , plans to launch a working group that will create standards for Electronic Home Equity Lines of Credit (eHELOC). Meetings will be conducted regularly via conference call.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2022

The Biden administration today unveiled a plan that it says will “help close” the housing supply gap, which one 2021 tally put at 1.5 The measure would stop short of financing land purchases, however. million homes, in five years. The government would not build any houses. To do so, it first needs FHFA’s approval.

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Norada Real Estate

JUNE 22, 2022

Financing turnkey rental properties is the most difficult question to solve for a buyer with no experience in the real estate market. ” But, if an investor does not have that much cash in hand, finance is required to meet the purchase price of an investment property. Financing Turnkey Rental Properties.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

“In addition to agency and GSE home loans, Planet also has niche products tailored to today’s tight real estate markets, including self-funded One-Time Close (OTC) construction loans as well as manufactured housing and renovation mortgage loans,” Gross said in a statement. The lender originated $6.5

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HomeLight

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

So, should you renovate your house before selling? If you decided to renovate your house before selling, how do you end up on the winning end? Advantages of Renovating Your Home Before Selling. When you choose the right type of renovation project , your home value can increase and attract more potential buyers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Mortgage holders, on average, now have close to $200,000 of available equity in their homes, making home equity options an attractive alternative. Consumers don’t want to start an application digitally only to have to finish it or complete the closing process at a brick-and-mortar location.

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HomeLight

JANUARY 29, 2021

But rather than draining their savings, most homeowners opt to finance their home home improvement with credit or a home renovation loan. If you’re considering taking out a home renovation loan to spruce up a powder room or gut the kitchen, we’ve got you covered. An overview of home renovation loan options.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In today’s competitive real estate market, an increasing number of real estate investors are turning to private money lenders to help them close deals faster, enhance property valuations, and increase their returns. A copy of the buy and sale agreement indicates that the transaction is ready to close once the funds are received.

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HomeLight

JANUARY 12, 2022

How long does closing take from here? But the time required to process and underwrite the loan will be in large part what dictates the length of your closing. According to the loan software firm ICE Mortgage Technology, it took 50 days on average to close on a purchase loan for a house, as of Q3 2021. Average time to close.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

These companies are advancing the market and closing fragmentation gaps by using technology to digitize and simplify multiple aspects of the real estate value chain to create a better customer experience. iBuyers are property companies that do the buying and selling of a home digitally. alone is worth about $40T.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

When it was passed in 1968, the Fair Housing Act made it illegal to discriminate in rental housing, real estate sales, and financing based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, or disability. After that, real estate professionals were tasked with cleaning up the industry and giving every client equal opportunities.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

The risky operating environment has been marked by volatile, high interest rates (with 30-year fixed rates now hovering around 7%), high financing costs and moderating rental rates as an influx of multifamily rental properties continues to come online across the country. billion that closed. billion hit the market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The lender also brought over 45 former retail branches from Finance of America Companies Inc. The lender offers a range of products, including conventional, jumbo, FHA, VA, USDA loans and reverse mortgages as well as renovation and construction loans. FoA) months after it shut down its forward mortgage segment.

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HomeLight

AUGUST 31, 2022

Also, “If you want to gain access to your equity by selling the home,” Lawson adds, “there are additional expenses related to the transaction of a sale — Realtor® commissions, closing costs, etc., — that need to be deducted from your equity estimate.”. Can I get the equity out of my home without selling it?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Offerpad is an instant buyer, or iBuyer, a company that gives sellers cash offers for their homes and attempts to resell the homes for a profit, sometimes after making renovations. In November 2021, about four years after its first home sale, Zillow decided to close its iBuying division. Opendoor’s stock closed at $2.09

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HomeLight

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Closing costs are assumed to be part of doing business in real estate, but do cash buyers pay closing costs? Yes, you can expect charges for attorney hours, taxes, plus title and recording fees to still apply, though the use of cash can greatly reduce a buyer’s closing costs with the elimination of mortgage fees. on average.

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HomeLight

MAY 15, 2024

We Buy Houses companies in Katy specialize in making all-cash offers for homes that often require some renovations. Are you looking to make a fast home sale because you are starting a new job, struggling with finances, or dealing with a frustrating divorce? Receive your offer in 24 hours and close in as few as 10 days.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The single-family rental (SFR) sector and its close cousin, the fix-and-flip market , are now essentially treading water in an environment of high interest rates , approaching 8%; high home prices; and a dearth of home-purchase inventory. It remained way below the 44.6% hit in the second quarter of 2021.” Rick Sharga, CEO of CJ Patrick Co.,

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Realtor.com

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Armed with a healthy income, solid credit history, and a deep knowledge of personal finances—plus they’d owned property before—they figured they would sail through the home-buying process. With the closing papers signed, they figured they were home-free—but COVID-19 was about to throw another curveball into the picture.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Generally speaking, a buydown is a real estate financing technique that makes it easier for a borrower to qualify for a mortgage with a lower interest rate. That money can be used to furnish or renovate their new home, or go toward saving for other financial goals. So what is a 2/1 rate buydown?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2022

Data from Inside Mortgage Finance again confirms Rocket as the largest mortgage lender in the U.S. In the first three months of this year, Rocket reported $54 billion in closed loans, down from $75.8 by volume in the first six months of 2022. According to IMF data, Rocket generated $37.5 quarter over quarter. .

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CT Homes

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Prepare Your House for Sale You don’t need to break the bank on renovations, but a little effort can go a long way. For a more budget-friendly option, consider virtual staging or providing architectural drawings of potential renovations. We can close quickly! If possible, stage your home to showcase its potential.

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HomeLight

APRIL 30, 2022

It’s time for you to buy a house, and between the financial questions (how much will you need for closing costs? Beyond standard MLS listings, home search apps can offer a deep dive into data to help you research, bid, buy, finance, insure, and even renovate your new home. what’s considered “overpaying” on a house?)

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HomeLight

JULY 31, 2022

Before properties can be financed, their value and condition is typically examined by a state-licensed, independent appraiser contracted by the buyer’s mortgage company. These are standards related to the overall condition of a property which will play a role in the willingness and/or ability of a lender to finance a buyer’s loan.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

Homepoint’s “New Build program” connects homebuilders with business purpose construction financing through in-region mortgage brokers, with loan amounts up to $4 million per unit or $25 million per project.

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