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Announcing HousingWire’s 2024 Finance Leaders

Housing Wire

HousingWire is excited to introduce the winners of the 2024 Finance Leaders award, recognizing the top finance executives in housing who are driving financial performance, expanding margins, improving liquidity and helping their businesses access the capital markets. The 2024 Finance Leaders exemplify excellence.”

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Once at the fringes of housing finance, home equity investment companies look to grow their stake

Housing Wire

When Hometap launched in 2017, the Boston-based fintech offered an unorthodox answer to this question for homeowners looking for an alternative to a loan. In addition to that, conventional underwriting does not serve the new-age economy such as gig workers, so you are seeing this demand for alternative financing. “And

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Investment property lender Kiavi closes $300M securitization 

Housing Wire

Kiavi , one of the nation’s largest private lenders for residential real estate investors , closed a $300 million unrated securitization of residential transition loans (RTLs), the company announced on Friday. The loans bundled in the securitization were mostly investment property loans used for fix-and-flip transactions.

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Nevada governor urges Biden to act on affordable housing

Housing Wire

down payment through a [FHA] loan (principal/interest only) in January 2021, the monthly payment on a median home would have been $1,363.00 million new housing units are under construction nationwide right now because of it. Utilizing a 3.5% at the market interest rate of 2.82%,” Gov. Lombardo said in his letter. A record 1.7

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UWM names Andrew Hubacker its new CFO

Housing Wire

He became an interim principal financial officer in July 2022 following the death of Timothy Forrester. UWM originated $128 billion in 2022, per Inside Mortgage Finance estimates. Hubacker said in a statement he will enhance the CFO role and capabilities of UWM’s finance team as a “strategic business partner to the company.”

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Desktop appraisal option to start in March

Housing Wire

Desktop appraisals will become an option for some agency-backed loans submitted after March 19. To be eligible for a desktop appraisal, according to Fannie Mae , the loan must be a purchase transaction, secured by a one-unit principal residence and have a loan-to-value ratio of no more than 90%.

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The good news? The Fed doesn’t expect a recession. The bad news? Housing.

Housing Wire

High mortgage rates have triggered a rate lock-in effect across the country – disincentivizing homeowners to move and finance their new home with higher rates. million units last month , supply is mostly coming from multifamily rental construction. Powell also said more supply was coming. from a year ago; and up more than $1,100 or 96.5%