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White House, federal agencies urge more commercial-to-residential property conversions

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today the launch of a new inter-agency initiative to encourage more property conversions of commercial buildings into residential units. States and other localities can access as much as five times their annual CDBG allocation in low-cost loan guarantees.

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‘There will be bank failures,’ Fed chief tells lawmakers

Housing Wire

banks to fail in the coming months because of declining values and defaults in their commercial real estate loan portfolios. We have identified the banks that have high commercial real estate concentrations, particularly office and retail and other [property types] that have been affected a lot,” Powell said. in Q2 2023.

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How High Interest Rates Are Changing Commercial Property Lending

Propmodo

This has been a perfect storm for the commercial real estate lending industry. Higher interest rates have slowed down the economy and made loans prohibitively expensive. Falling property prices and liquidity fears are causing banks to slow or stop lending on commercial properties.

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Polly announces AI integration into its pricing engine

Housing Wire

Mortgage capital markets tech firm Polly announced on Tuesday that it has launched “Polly/AI,” which integrates artificial intelligence (AI) technology into the newest version of its product and pricing engine (PPE) and includes a “co-pilot” for loan officers that will “process, interpret, and recommend a range of outcome-driven results.”

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Things Builders Should Know About Spec Home Loans

Realty Biz

From navigating traditional mortgage loans to exploring non-conventional options, various financing solutions are available. The purpose of a spec house is to showcase the builder's skills and design choices to sell it to potential buyers once it is completed.

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University Bank adds four reverse mortgage veterans to its HECM division

Housing Wire

Jake Droge joins the company as a loan officer, while Carol Olmos has joined the company as an account executive. Sue Haviland has also joined the division as a loan officer, coming off of a roughly three-year stint as Finance of America Reverse (FAR)’s national sales trainer in learning and development.

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Announcing the 2024 Class of Rising Stars!

Housing Wire

Almeida Realtor- Team Leader The American Dream Group Coldwell Banker Abhishek Shende Senior Principal Software Engineer Zillow Group Adi Pavlovic CEO Newzip Alnur Kassim-Lakha Director Mile Rock Capital Amy Macken Senior Vice President, Due Diligence Operations Consolidated Analytics Anaid Chacón Senior Vice President of Product Argyle Mortgage Arkadiusz (..)

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