Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2020

End-to-end lending and services platform Finance of America Capital is the latest mortgage company to get in on the mushrooming IPO craze. Finance of America, says its collection of companies has originated over $65 billion in loans since 2017. billion in securitized mortgages as of Oct. billion valuation.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2022

Fast-rising interest rates hit Finance of America Companies hard in the first quarter of 2022 and the company cut almost 600 jobs compared to one year ago. . The lender’s traditional mortgage business reached $5.1 Also, purchase loan origination grew 4% quarter over quarter. billion in Q4 2021 to $1.47

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Dovenmuehle Mortgage , a mortgage sub-servicing company, has informed authorities in Illinois that it will impose a layoff affecting hundreds of employees next year. However, higher mortgage rates this year led mortgage origination volume to decline to $1.6 14 to the state authority. .” trillion, compared to $2.2

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

Bank of America (BofA) reported another quarterly decline in mortgage and home equity production in the first quarter of 2024. mortgage lender stated it produced a volume of $3.4 billion in first mortgages from January to March, down 12.5% Loan production in the home equity arena was $1.8 from the $3.9

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

Hoffman has spent more than 30 years in mortgage banking, 22 of them at Flagstar, where he started as an account executive. According to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) estimates, Flagstar produced $14.2 billion in mortgages through its third-party originator channel in 2023, making it the ninth-largest U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

University Bank ’s reverse mortgage division has added four key hires across different disciplines as it prepares to grow further in the reverse mortgage space. Jake Droge joins the company as a loan officer, while Carol Olmos has joined the company as an account executive.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Top-35 mortgage lender New American Funding (NAF) is in negotiations to acquire Chicago-based retail shop Draper & Kramer Mortgage Corp. As part of the deal , NAF would acquire the residential mortgage arm of Draper & Kramer , a property and financial services group established in 1893 by Arthur W. Draper and Adolph F.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

While the total number of reverse mortgage industry professionals present at HW Annual in Frisco, Tex. Kathryn Amor, chief product officer at Finance of America Companies, spoke during the event’s mortgage purchase market panel about what Finance of America Reverse (FAR) beings to the table for the larger parent company.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

California-based multichannel mortgage lender CMG Financial announced on Thursday that it acquired Norcom Mortgage ’ s retail assets, expanding its operations in the Northeast with the addition of 25 branches from Maryland to Maine. which had 142 sponsored loan officers and 41 active branches as of April 11.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

Connecticut-based lender and servicer Planet Home Lending has acquired the assets of Illinois-based retail lender Platinum Home Mortgage Corporation. Founded in 1993 by Bill and Michael Giambrone, Platinum has 22 branches and 79 active loan officers, according to the mortgage tech platform Modex. The lender originated $6.5

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Former employees at Finance of America Mortgage LLC (FAM) are transitioning to American Pacific Mortgage (APM), as the company will shut down by the end of the year, a source with knowledge of the process told HousingWire. . Multichannel lender Finance of America Companies Inc. (FoA)

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

According to Cangem, the substantial Fed policy shift last year resulted in significantly higher residential mortgage rates. It harmed the business, as the higher rates caused all mortgage activity to slow. billion in loans, according to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings. million loans as of December 31, 2022.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

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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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

First Internet Bank is shutting down its consumer mortgage business due to a steep decline in mortgage volumes and the negative outlook for mortgage lending that is forecasted to continue for the next several years. The residential mortgage loan balance for First Internet was $383.9

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Kingsborough has more than 20 years of experience in mortgage lending and will be responsible for driving the company’s expansion plans in the western U.S. I’m here to build on our presence in the West by fostering an environment where mortgage loan originators and branch managers can truly thrive.” increase.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Guaranteed Rate this week walked away from negotiations to acquire Finance of America ’s forward mortgage retail channel, which may result in FoA closing the division, sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations told HousingWire. 7 by 9:00 PM EST is the deadline to submit a new floating loan or complete a new forward lock. .

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank resumed mortgage originations on Tuesday via its newly established “bridge bank” — just four days after California state regulators took possession of the financial institution and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) as receivers. SVB’s mortgage origination volume reached $2.4

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Amid higher rates, lower volumes, and fiercer competition , Santander Bank decided it will stop originating residential mortgages and home equity loans in the United States. The Spanish bank said it will continue to service current loans and honor pending borrowers’ applications. mortgage industry are in the past.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

California-based Impac Mortgage Holdings is repositioning itself as a mortgage brokerage and voluntarily giving up its seller-servicer designation with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Non-qualified mortgages will continue to be the dominant product in the broker channel, the company said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Better Home & Finance Holding Co. , The digital lender made changes in its commercial operating model to achieve this goal and will continue to invest in Tinman, its proprietary technology platform. The operating model change involved Better pivoting to hiring experienced loan officers on commission-based compensation plans.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Consolidation in the mortgage industry is likely in 2022, analysts and lending executives said. Justin Woodward has experienced the best and the worst of the mortgage industry in only 18 months. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Blackstone Group -controlled Finance of America posted record margins and originations in the third quarter , ahead of its public offering via a blank check company in 2021. After the merger, Finance of America is slated to receive a $250 million investment from institutional investors. billion valuation.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

Higher interest rates pushed up profits for Bank of America (BofA) in the first quarter of 2023, but much like its depository peers, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo , the mortgage business dropped by double-digits during this period. Mortgage originations totaled $3.9 billion in home equity loans. below the $16.4

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The decision to exit the forward mortgage business hit Finance of America Companies hard in the third quarter of 2022. FoA announced the shutdown of Finance of America Mortgage , its forward mortgage business, in late October, becoming the largest originator to do so this cycle. Presented by: FundingShield.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2023

mortgage lender, has long described itself as a “one-stop mortgage shop.” But it has built its reputation on its expertise in mortgage. So what exactly is a “one-stop mortgage shop?” “We Smith, senior executive vice president and president of mortgage at Flagstar. Flagstar Bank , a top-25 U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Pink slips will start arriving for Santander Bank ’s employees working in the mortgage and home equity businesses following the bank’s announcement to stop originating such loans in the United States. HousingWire has learned that the bank’s exit from the residential mortgage business in the U.S. Santander Bank, NA.,

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2023

mortgage lender owned by New York Community Bancorp, announced on Sunday that it has assumed most deposits and acquired certain assets, business lines and liabilities of Signature Bridge Bank, N.A. It says the transaction adds new verticals, including middle market specialty finance, healthcare lending and SBA lending.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

But there’s another threat that Homepoint executives must worry about – United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the top dog in wholesale, has embarked on a strategy of heavy price cutting, forcing Homepoint and others to limbo to compete for business. That has contributed to UWM’s competitors taking losses on loans when they can least afford it.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Mike Fratantoni , the chief economist and senior vice president of research and industry technology at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), addressed three major challenges in the housing market during testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives ‘ Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank NA, part of Fifth Third Bancorp, a regional lender with some $207 billion in assets, has launched a new warehouse-financing arm that will serve independent mortgage bankers. decline from the first quarter, and a 9% decline from a year ago, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

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Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2023

Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase, two top-five depository lenders that struggled more than the overall mortgage market in the final three months of 2022 , have started to show real signs of improvement. The bank’s mortgage servicing rights – carrying value (period-end)­– decreased by 6%, falling from $9.9 billion in Q2 2023, a 77.2%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

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. He worked for an independent mortgage broker that actually shopped between options.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2021

The parent company of Veritex Community Bank will acquire a 49% stake in Texas-based mortgage lender Thrive Mortgage , the firms announced late Tuesday afternoon. How lenders will benefit from Proctor Financial’s acquisition of Loan Protector. How lenders will benefit from Proctor Financial’s acquisition of Loan Protector.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2023

Recently, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued a statement clarifying the agency’s rationale for changes to loan level pricing adjustment (LLPA) fees going into effect on May 1. 80% LTVs (no mortgage insurance required) and 80.01-85% 85% LTVs (with mortgage insurance) by credit score.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2023

Kathryn Amor, former senior vice president of Finance of America Companies (FoA), has taken on a new role at Guaranteed Rate as the Chicago-based lender looks to diversify its product mix amid the mortgage downturn. The Chicago lender started offering personal loans in July. It originated $45.2

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

The current bank crisis hit California-based Pacific Western Bank , a community bank owned by PacWest Bancorp that has a focus on real estate and commercial loans. billion in fully funded cash proceeds from the global investment firm Atlas SP Partners through a new senior asset-backed financing facility. The company secured $1.4

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Long Island-based NYCB, which concluded the acquisition of Flagstar Bank in December 2022 and rescued Signature Bank in March 2023, has faced a confidence crisis due to its exposure to commercial real estate loans. billion in mortgages in 2023, according to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) estimates.

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