Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

Finance of America Companies (FOA), parent of leading reverse mortgage lender Finance of America Reverse (FAR), narrowed its quarterly loss to $20 million and posted an overall improvement in its earnings to $164.7 HECM market share of HECM-backed Securities (HMBS) on the issuer league tables compiled by New View Advisors.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Freddie Mac has put its finger on the scale of an emerging loan market that has been the domain of the private-label securities market, which has nurtured its reemergence in recent years. billion have been securitized in the private-label market, “of which $4.5

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

It is shipped from the Boxabl manufacturing facility in Las Vegas and is “designed to unfold into a fully functional dwelling unit in just a few hours,” reducing construction costs and minimizing environmental impacts, according to a company news release. But some experts believe that financing options for ADUs need to be expanded.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. It sets up a domino effect [for market activity].”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Our comprehensive guide to the best real estate marketing tools provides you with a helpful assortment of easy-to-use, effective marketing products to turn your business into a revenue engine in 2024. We know — you didn’t get into real estate for the love of marketing or tech.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

Nominations for HousingWire’s 2024 Marketing Leaders are open until April 30, 2024. While they have endured a rocky, rates-driven cycle, marketers in mortgage and real estate continue to play a pivotal role in lead generation, customer acquisition and retention differentiation that has helped to keep many organizations stay afloat.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced on Monday that it has raised lending limits for its Title I Manufactured Home Loan Program , a move designed to align the FHA with market forces and to encourage more lenders to participate in the program as the Biden administration makes a renewed push on affordable housing.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The Department of Veterans Affairs will raise appraisal fees and lengthen allowable turnaround times in select markets across the country in response to high demand for appraisals. The VA said it had taken note of increased market demand in a “seller’s market,” in a notice explaining the increases. “As

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Freddie Mac on Wednesday announced further enhancements to its Condo Project Advisor tool that are designed to “streamline” such loan originations and to offer lenders “greater security” through a new designation, according to an announcement.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Senate have introduced bills in their respective chambers designed to ban hedge funds from participating in the single-family housing market, citing supply and affordability challenges as justification. Democratic lawmakers in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. First reported by the New York Times, Sen.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Modern manufactured homes are an unusual feature of today’s housing market, the rare homeownership opportunity that is both lower-cost and high-quality. The result is that safe and affordable financing is out of reach for tens of thousands of credit-ready homebuyers looking to purchase a manufactured home. Yet help might be on the way.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

The rule is designed to “help communities prepare for and reduce flood damage ” and other extended climate risks , including “heavy storms, increased frequency of severe weather events and disasters, changes in development patterns, and erosion.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2023

residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) market continues to look bleak for 2023. Major factors that will shape the RMBS market include a dramatic reduction in origination volume and mortgage lenders exiting the business , according to a report from DBRS Morningstar on the outlook of the industry. .

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

I am humbled to join Mike and this extremely talented team that is setting a new standard for the finance industry and look forward to leading Figure into its next phase of growth.” Tannenbaum boasts more than 15 years of experience in financial technology and financial services. “We

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2021

Competition for home buyers is tougher than ever right now, as tightened housing stock supply continues to plague the housing market. Using a 3-month bank statement program, borrowers who would not otherwise qualify due to lost or nontraditional income may be able to buy a new home and place their own on the market. Jumbo products.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Department of the Treasury on Tuesday announced a series of new initiatives designed to increase the supply of affordable housing across the country. The third provision is an extension of the support from the Federal Financing Bank (FFB) for “a risk-sharing initiative between the U.S. There are three core provisions of the plan.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2021

If there’s one common characteristic that HousingWire saw the brightest marketing leaders and minds in the housing industry wield last year , it was being agile. When the world shifted to work from home , marketers stepped in with new messaging and strategic campaigns to reach their target audience. SVP, Marketing.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

The new integrations, offered at no cost to members, are designed to simplify the entire rental process and support lead-generation efforts. Leading organizations are spearheading the rental conversation, benefiting home seekers and bolstering their own members by fostering sustainability and job security amid a constrained for-sale market.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Community Home Lenders Association (CHLA), which represents small and mid-sized IMBs, just sent a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA) , asking for tweaks to FHFA’s recently announced fee hikes on second home and high balance Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans. CHLA strongly opposed the PSPA caps. This seems ludicrous.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2021

That information is still critical this year, that’s why we’ve invited Doug Duncan , senior vice president and chief economist at Fannie Mae , to speak at HousingWire’s virtual Engage Marketing event on June 17. At Fannie Mae, Duncan is responsible for forecasts and analyses of the economy and the housing and mortgage markets.

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HomeLight

JUNE 9, 2023

Believe it or not, there are actually home sellers who offer to loan buyers the money to purchase their property: it’s called owner financing. Connect with a top agent near you to get an expert opinion on how much your house will sell for, what to fix before listing, and the latest local housing market trends. Selling your house soon?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

For the third consecutive month, Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index, a composite index designed to track consumers’ desire to sell or buy a home, gained 0.7 While the state of the market shines brightly for prospective buyers and sellers, the economy overall is showing some slight hesitation. points in October to 81.7.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Freddie Mac has put its finger on the scale of an emerging loan market that has been the domain of the private-label securities market, which has nurtured its reemergence in recent years. billion have been securitized in the private-label market, “of which $4.5

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) this week announced a new product proposal for government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Freddie Mac that would allow the agency to purchase certain single-family, closed-end second mortgages. This is specifically designed to benefit consumers during the high rate environment, the agency said. “In

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Calculated Risk Real Estate

OCTOBER 20, 2023

“A combination of rising interest rates and tightening lending standards has caused a decrease in the availability of debt financing for the ninth consecutive quarter,” noted NMHC’s Vice President of Research, Caitlin Sugrue Walter.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

FDIC), including as a representative on the deputies committee of the FSOC, where he helped to build its nonbank designation program. After that, he spent about three years at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), where he became deputy director and the chief fintech officer. He left the FHFA in February.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Rank Company in 2023 Market share Company in 2022 Rank Change 1 FAR 36.9% Leading players At the top of the list once again is Finance of America Reverse (FAR), which took nearly 37% of total market share in HMBS issuance last year. market share, followed by the $1.39 market share. AAG Hold* 2 Longbridge 21.5%

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

The unified platform will offer real estate investors robust technology, deep data insights and a property management system specifically designed for SFRs. Gary and I are both confident that the SFR market is poised for exponential growth, much like the multi-family sector before it,” Brien said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

A particularly acute concern to Nevadans is the housing market, which is reeling from the combined effects of high inflation and interest rates,” Lombardo said in the letter dated April 11. at the market interest rate of 2.82%,” Gov. Lombardo said in his letter. Today, that same median home would be $2,808.00 A record 1.7

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Calculated Risk Real Estate

APRIL 19, 2024

From the NMHC: Apartment Market Continues to Loosen Amidst Worsening Financing Conditions Apartment market conditions continued to weaken in the National Multifamily Housing Council’s (NMHC’s) Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions for April 2024. Meanwhile, the U.S. Meanwhile, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

Freddie Mac updated its single-family social bond framework which includes refinements to its mortgage-backed securities (MBS) disclosures, “designed to further support underserved borrowers’ access to credit and affordable housing as part of the company’s mission and goals,” the announcement said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

UWM’s TRAC+ announcement comes as the federal government pushes title insurance alternatives designed to save consumers money. Department of Veteran Affairs (V.A.) loans but only for refinances. 0% down During UWM Live! It will receive media exposure across the leagues’ platforms.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Better Home & Finance Holding Co. , the parent of digital lender Better.com , narrowed its net loss between the third and fourth quarters of 2023 by more than 80%, driven by expense cuts to its platform and marketing efforts. Going forward, Better is focused on driving market share and reaching profitability in the medium term.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

VA loans offer a 100% financing option for qualifying military service members and veterans, and don’t require mortgage insurance. These clients are typically low on funds, which is why they need this type of financing. Adding this cost to their side of the transactions would throw the vast majority of them out of the market entirely.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Its plan takes aim at liquidity, budget authority, pay scales and other potential flexibilities to more closely align with the value it brings to the government and the broader mortgage market. This undermines Ginnie Mae’s ability to run a market-driven program.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2021

Bill Dallas , president of Finance of America Mortgage , will speak at engage.marketing on the panel: Winning in a red-hot purchase market. In 2018, Skyline was purchased by Finance of America and today Dallas leads the combined business. The event will feature a keynote by renowned speaker coach René Rodriguez. Not a member?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with David Bernard, senior managing director of Specialized Mortgage Services at Western Alliance Bank , Member FDIC, about warehouse lending and how the warehouse sector and mortgage finance have progressed and continue to evolve. HW: How has mortgage finance changed in the last few years?

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