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Trapped by design: Why America’s housing market is stuck — and what the rest of the world can teach us

Housing Wire

homeowners hold mortgages below 4%, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency. This structure gives borrowers flexibility while maintaining liquidity and transparency for lenders and investors. The core insight: a well-designed financial product can serve both borrowers and lenders without creating systemic friction.

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Cardinal Financial unveils non-QM product suite

Housing Wire

Non-QM Prime is designed to offer “flexible documentation” to borrowers with strong credit profiles. Cardinal Financial is also offering real estate investor financing with its Foreign Debt Service Coverage Ratio ( DSCR ) and Investor Solutions DSCR products.

Loans 343
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Better to retire $530M in debt through deal with SoftBank arm

Housing Wire

Better Home & Finance Holding Co. As part of the agreement, Better is granting the investor the right to designate one non-voting board observer starting June 1, 2025. Better is retiring $530 million of outstanding debt accruing interest at 1% annually and due in 2028.

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Pretium Partners adds two execs to strengthen homebuilder finance efforts

Housing Wire

Bosman and Kulvin each have decades of experience in real estate finance and “will strengthen Pretium’s investment team as the firm continues to expand its impact in the residential financial ecosystem,” the company said in its announcement. The firm hired Brendan Bosman, a former senior managing director and head of U.S.

Finance 448
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Opinion: The myth of financing buyer agent commissions

Housing Wire

As a salve, a vocal minority of activists say that “simply” allowing the financing of buyer-agent commissions into mortgages will resolve all concerns. For reasons both practical and legal, buyer-agent commissions are not today explicitly financeable with a mortgage. But let’s suppose all that occurs. Would it be worth the effort?

Finance 448
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Inside the non-QM boom: How Acra Lending serves borrowers outside the agency box

Housing Wire

The economy is now driven by entrepreneurs, investors, high-income earners, and young adults who thrive in the gig economy. Another could be a real estate investor with incoming rental revenue from properties across the country. With this loan type, borrowers wont need to rely on extensive documentation to acquire financing.

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Finance of America takes action in move to raise stock price

Housing Wire

Finance of America (FOA), the leading U.S. reverse mortgage lender, has received shareholder approval upon recommendation of its board to perform a reverse stock split at a 10-to-1 ratio in a move designed to boost the company’s stock price.

Finance 459