Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2022

Rocket Mortgage , the nation’s largest lender, is expanding its product portfolio to home equity loans amid a significant slowdown in mortgage origination volume. Rocket is targeting American homeowners with high household debt and credit card balances but strong home equity positions. . ” U.S. ” U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

The real estate company entered into an agreement to acquire mortgage lender Bay Equity Home Loans for $135 million, two-thirds in cash and one-third in stocks, Redfin said in a press release and public filing. Also, Redfin hopes it will let the company reduce investments in lending software by using the Bay Equity system.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Stubborn inflation and high interest rates continue to wreak havoc on the mortgage-origination market, but there is one asset class in the housing market that is arguably flourishing in these hard times – home equity. They are saying, ‘Tell me what’s working, how can I stand a program up so I can capture some of this [home-equity] business.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 7, 2022

Can Fannie Mae ’s housing equity plan make a meaningful dent in the 30 percentage point racial homeownership gap without a broad review of loan pricing? The list of potential obstacles across the Black housing journey — it’s long,” said Katrina Jones, Fannie Mae’s vice president of racial equity strategy and impact. “The

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2023

Wholesale mortgage lender The Loan Store (TLS) announced on Thursday the roll-out of its new home equity line of credit (HELOC) product, which is currently available in 25 states and Washington, D.C. The Loan Store, Inc. The TLS HELOC has a fully online application process, underwriting system, and valuation model.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is moving to expand its COVID-19 loss mitigation “waterfall” by introducing a 40-year loan modification option and is asking the mortgage industry for input. FHA’s 40-year loan modification option has been in the works for quite some time. Comments from the mortgage industry are due by May 31.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

However, today’s companies are finding alternative ways to determine an appropriate loan for a consumer. When monopolies occur, the only opportunity for innovation comes from the largest banks and lenders as they have the capital to develop their own proprietary solutions. Its entry into the industry has had two major effects.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with Barry Coffin, managing director of home equity title/close at ServiceLink , about the ways lenders can capitalize on these trends by revving up their home equity solutions. Barry Coffin : It’s a good time to prioritize home equity transactions for a couple of reasons.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

The action is designed to inform consumers about the potential pros and cons of taking out these loans, according to an announcement issued by Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office on Monday. “A A reverse mortgage is a type of home equity loan extended, in most cases, to those who are 62 years of age or older,” the announcement stated. “It

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) will require the government sponsored enterprises to submit annual plans to advance equity in housing finance for the next three years. In August, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced they would team up to coordinate on fair housing investigations.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

“We would partner with banks to buy their loans and securitize them so the banks could recycle their capital.” Redwood executives are positioning the company to acquire mortgage loans in the market, mainly jumbos , with the expectation that banks will have a reduced appetite. We don’t originate residential mortgages.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Figure Technology Solutions will focus on developing and distributing its proprietary, technology-enabled platform to partners and investors in the home equity lending ecosystem, the fintech firm announced earlier this week. JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Jefferies Financial Group Inc. — to take its lending division, LendCo , public.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

Mangus then worked to build the dedicated reverse mortgage department at his new company from scratch and has found a notable degree of success by building Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) business through the use of continuing education (CE) classes designed for licensed real estate agents. The partner smiled. “

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

We look forward to working with the enterprises, lenders, and other housing industry participants to further develop the ideas described in these plans.”. The more than six-month delay, FHFA officials said, was due to the development of the pilot transparency program, and the time it took to scrub proprietary information from the plans.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Federal agencies committed to further racial equity through new equity action plans, but for housing, the action plan is light on new action. Biden made racial equity a formal administration priority the same day he took office. HUD’s equity action plan does not include any new funding for the efforts, however.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

FHA will move forward with its proposal that permits contributions by the property seller, real estate agent, builder, or developer to HECM for Purchase borrowers’ closing costs,” the update said. The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) quickly lauded the development, according to an announcement issued by the organization.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

A former high-ranking employee at nonbank The Change Company CDFI (TCC) filed a lawsuit in California accusing the company of retaliation after he notified executives of employees “mischaracterizing loans” to apparently skirt federal reporting requirements. Department of Treasury. ”

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) this week announced a new policy enabling mortgage borrowers to “request a re-assessment of the appraised value of their property if they believe that the appraisal was inaccurate or biased.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Even homeowners who have paid off their mortgage may be finding that their available equity is not enough to downsize, according to a story published Saturday by The New York Times. The organization “bases its calculations on older homeowners tapping their home equity with reverse mortgages,” the Times explained.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) “codified housing goals and added a Duty to Serve, which gives FHFA the tools to ensure that Fannie and Freddie stay focused on affordable housing and serving the housing needs of low- and moderate-income families instead of using a federal backstop to just cherry-pick the most lucrative loans.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2022

The deadline for the mortgage industry to chime in on the Federal Housing Administration ‘s (FHA) proposed 40-year loan modification rule was at the end of May. It remains unclear when the FHA plans to add the 40-year loan modification option to its servicing and loss mitigation handbook.

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Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2022

As home prices continue to rise, one growing point of interest for many homeowners are reverse mortgages, with older Americans sitting on a record $10 trillion in home equity, according to data from the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association. Older Americans are sitting on a record $10 trillion in home equity.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Texas-based mortgage lender Caliber Home Loans is the latest mortgage firm to ride the IPO wave, filing paperwork to potentially go public this year at a valuation north of $2 billion, according to a new report. The post Caliber Home Loans plans $2B-plus IPO appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

Fraud risk is growing as the market shifts away from traditionally low-risk refinances and moves toward a purchase and home equity driven market. FraudGuard’s latest release includes analytics that simplify the review process by streamlining the data collected from the loan application. Enhanced Efficiency.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Additionally, its return on tangible common equity rose to 14.5% The company has started the year with excellent momentum, including return on tangible common equity rising to 14.5%,” Chairman and CEO Jay Bray said in a statement. Mr. Cooper funded 11,599 loans in the first quarter, totaling approximately $2.9

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Lenders can also define workflows and business rules for any mortgage product, including construction loans, manufactured home loans, home equity loans and bridge loans.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Office of Policy Development and Research is seeking public comment related to application and origination documents for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program, according to a notice published this week in the Federal Register.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-approved Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) loan counselors. “Joining Ibis Software represents an exciting opportunity to leverage my industry insights and contribute to the company’s ongoing success,” Sivori said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

Ginnie Mae intends to develop a new reverse mortgage-backed security product enabling the acquisition of loans from an HMBS pool above the existing 98% maximum claim amount (MCA) requirement, according to a new announcement.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on Friday announced that it has published a new final rule that eliminates a current requirement for lenders to register the branch offices where they conduct FHA Title I or Title II mortgage loan originations.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Tane Cabe Prior to joining Fairway in 2022 as the reverse division’s business development manager for the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase program, Cabe served as VP of 55places Mortgage and as a branch manager for Churchill Mortgage originating HECM and standard home loans.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

But unlike financing with a traditional mortgage, monthly principal and interest payments are not required on the loan, so long as the homeowner keeps up to date with real estate taxes, homeowners’ insurance and property maintenance. The HECM for Purchase is not a refinancing tool; it is not akin to a Home Equity Line of Credit ( HELOC ).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Higher death termination caused by the COVID-19 pandemic was in the data and led to different age composition of the active loan,” the report read. “We We leave this to future research to identify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the composition of surviving loans.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Board fined Regions “for its failure to effectively monitor a portfolio of home equity loans for compliance with flood insurance regulations due to changes in loan servicing platforms and third-party service providers,” noting that the bank had a pattern of individual violations of flood insurance regulations.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

The reverse mortgage industry already knew that Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsement volume in 2023 was cut nearly in half compared to 2022, but new data shows that the decline was not the same between the retail and wholesale channels of the business. HECM for Purchase (H4P) loans dropped by 6.2%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Lone Star Funds ‘ residential mortgage lender Caliber Home Loans hopes to raise up to $538 million at its highly anticipated public debut next week, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchanges Commission on Wednesday. Caliber , based in Coppell, Texas, plans to raise upwards of $423 million by selling over 26.4

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

The original reporting described the amount of the loan as nearly one-fifth higher than the current $4 million limit for “HomeSafe,” the private-label product offered by FOA’s reverse mortgage division Finance of America Reverse (FAR). The company later told RMD, however, that the loan was within current product lending limits.

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