Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Department of the Treasury have agreed to settle a lawsuit in which the lender claims “flawed analysis and mathematical errors” led to its decertification as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). But at least 60% of a lender’s financing must target these borrowers.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The alarming data underscores why housing professionals need to understand the financial impact of climate change on the real estate industry, George Gallagher, senior leader and principal of ESG, climate risk, natural hazard and spatial solutions at CoreLogic told attendees during a session at HousingWire Annual on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Department of Treasury that would keep the firm certified as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). The CDFI certification is a designation given by the Treasury Department CDFI Fund to specialized organizations that provide financial services to low-income communities and people who lack financing.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Through the development of improved and sophisticated systems, protocols and technology, these operations leaders are driving their companies to growth and success. In its 8th year, the HW Insiders program is spotlighting the talented operations professionals who are laying the foundation of success for their organizations.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

As a marketer by profession, I tend to put these companies into categories to create a narrative and to develop brand specificity. On the one hand, finance in general is a very well-established category with data-driven rules and clear processes. Principal among these are: Invested capital “requires” the highest return.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

He became an interim principal financial officer in July 2022 following the death of Timothy Forrester. billion and injected $925 million into UWM to develop new technology and grow the broker channel. UWM originated $128 billion in 2022, per Inside Mortgage Finance estimates. Forrester served as UWM’s CFO for 10 years.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

Fannie Mae will now buy mortgage loans with lender-funded grants, including down payment assistance, closing costs or financial reserves. The government-sponsored enterprise will start accepting such loans immediately. The loan must be secured by a principal residence. Fannie Mae did not respond to a request to comment.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2022

Meanwhile, Ethan Elzen will be the executive vice president of business development and operational finance. . According to the latest quarterly earnings, the servicing company ended the fourth quarter of 2021 with $710 billion in unpaid principal balance, up from $668 billion in the third quarter. Cooper Group Inc.,

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

Minneapolis-based CarVal Investors , a global alternative investment manager and long-time player in the mortgage market, has launched a real estate mortgage investment conduit, or REMIC, that plans to work with loan originators around the country to develop and acquire innovative nonagency mortgage products.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

These results are notable considering the sheer speed and impact the pandemic had on the mortgage finance industry. According to Black Knight , servicers have advanced almost $19 billion in unpaid principal and interest to investors in the past year. In a flash, millions of Americans lost their jobs and incomes.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Loan originations in dollars increased by more than 25% since the third quarter of 2020, and 44% of loan clients are in Latin America. The Bitcoin-backed mortgage product accepts Bitcoins and properties as collateral for loans to clients that want to purchase new real estate or finance a property they already own.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2021

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently observed that across all kinds of financial services, activities that had once been principally the province of banks have moved into the nonbank sector, including IMBs. It examines the quantity and, equally as important, the quality of credit and services provided.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

The agreement resolves a complaint the NCRC filed in October 2021 with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. NCRC testers made inquiries about mortgage financing with a loan officer at Movement Mortgage, Dave Skow, on two occasions, four months apart, during 2021.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2022

Cooper Group to the list of mortgage originators and servicers reducing staff: pink slips arrived for 250 employees in the first quarter, as the company faced declines in the earnings from loan originations. Also, the company forecasts funded loan volume of around $8 billion. Mr. Cooper Group originated $11.6

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2023

Meanwhile, innovation-driven transparency is helping to make distressed property auctions more accessible for these owner-occupant buyers as well as for local community developer buyers who, it turns out, sell most of their renovated foreclosures to owner-occupants. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in August 2022.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Several state-level real estate initiatives and urban development policies were voted on in the Nov. The “yes” vote also means that inherited homes not used as principal residences may be reassessed at market value when transferred. People 55 years or older with disabilities can also transfer their tax assessments.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

The consensus is that the change would primarily affect the shrinking jumbo market (loans greater than $726,200) and hurt regional banks , sources said. So, even there, George’s team assumes only a few loans would fall into this category of high LTV, ultimately having higher capital requirements.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

It varies a little bit based on loan amount and interest rate but … a pretty good rule of thumb is a [2-1] buydown will typically cost the seller about 2.25 percentage points of the loan amount,” Nunziata said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

All lenders must explain their rationale when denying credit to loan applicants, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau affirmed Thursday, after looking into whether companies claiming exemption because they rely on “complex algorithms” were in violation of federal anti-discrimination law. There is no exception,” it added.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We service their loans. The company serves a $50 billion loan portfolio. Investment firms that purchase mortgage loans in default also face the same challenge. When the pandemic hit, and they put their loan into forbearance, it was quite easy. For example, with Federal Housing Administration ( FHA ) loans, 1.5

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Driving home the concern over MSR pricing declines is a recent advisory bulletin issued by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which overseas Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. If they sell loans without retaining servicing, the value of the loans sold to aggregators also will decline if MSR values decline.

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RIS Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) recently announced the members of its Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors (COMBOG) for 2021. “MBA boasts a strong leadership group of professionals from all facets of commercial real estate finance. – Patrick Mattson, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

While private markets, either portfolio or private-label security (PLS) executions, may not readily be able to compete for agency business, if rates are pushed too high, these alternative executions may offer a better deal for lenders and their customers, particularly for low-risk loans.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2022

As the Federal Reserve announced yet another 75 basis point interest rate hike Wednesday, loan officers and lending executives — already well aware of the news — were looking ahead, questioning whether mortgage rates will spike or dip in the aftermath. Census and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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HomeLight

AUGUST 16, 2021

First-time homebuyer loans can help make it easier on first-time homebuyers , offering access to special mortgage programs with low down payments. With this expert-backed guide, we’re here to help: Here’s how to apply for a first time home buyers loan in eight manageable steps. You can qualify for loans with as little as 3.5%

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Realtor.com

AUGUST 1, 2018

Michail_Petrov-96/iStock A few years back, my husband and I got an FHA loan. had recently bought using a Federal Housing Administration loan, and it was working out wonderfully. An FHA loan—which allows the buyer to put down as little as 3.5%—sounded You’re on the hook for mortgage insurance for the life of the loan.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Take a look below to see this year’s list of honorees. Congratulations to the 2024 Rising Stars! Name Job Title Company Name A.T.

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Broke Agent Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Vice President Harris and Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Fudge announced today that HUD, through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), will reduce its annual mortgage insurance premium by 0.30%, from 0.85% to 0.55%, for an estimated 850,000 borrowers in 2023. What does a reduction in MIP mean for home buyers?

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to resolve allegations of discriminatory housing practices, the parties announced on Monday. McCain, HUD’s principal deputy secretary for fair housing and equal opportunity, said in a statement. Rocket Mortgage , the third largest U.S. The effective date for the new rule is June 18.

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Zolo

AUGUST 13, 2020

Q: A reader wants to know if there is any way to convert a principal residence mortgage into tax-deductible debt. . Property A is our principal residence; property B is an investment property. The plan is to take out a mortgage on property C and move into this property as our new principal residence.

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HomeLight

JULY 31, 2020

The applicant must show that they cannot get approved for a loan through other sources, but that they have a credit score of 640 or higher. Grants and direct loans. Mutual Self-Help Housing programs are supported by Section 523 Grants and Section 502 Direct Loans. Section 502 direct loan. Credit requirements.

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Realtor.com

JANUARY 16, 2023

designer491/iStock Most home buyers applying for a loan know what a mortgage is, but a reverse mortgage may seem far less familiar. But people are often confused or all-out clueless on the details of this type of loan, so allow us to explain. Visit the Department of Housing and Urban Development website.

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Marco Santarelli

DECEMBER 22, 2020

A real estate mortgage note is a promissory note secured by a mortgage loan. The promise to pay which is called a promissory note, which states how big the loan is, and what the interest rate and the terms of the loan are. Therefore, the loan amount would be $120,000. It is not the same as a mortgage loan.

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Realty Biz

AUGUST 19, 2022

Pre-licensing courses teach real estate, ethics, legal matters, taxes, finance, contracts, and insurance. Prospective real estate brokers’ training courses include: Real Estate Law Real Estate Investments Construction and Development Real Estate Principles Law Of Contracts Real Estate Practice Property Management And Business Law.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Bray also reintroduced Pyro , Mr. Cooper’s patented mortgage-centric AI platform that the company has been developing since 2019 in partnership with Google. Mr. Cooper funded 11,599 loans in the first quarter, totaling approximately $2.9 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB). This included $1.4

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App Folio

APRIL 15, 2020

Here’s a breakdown of what the CARES Act offers for those in the multifamily sector: Allows employers with less than 500 associates to apply for up to $10 million in financing or 2.5 Expands the SBA Express Loan program by increasing the maximum allowable financial assistance from $350,000 to $1,000,000. SBA Express Bridge Loans : .

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2022

Perry said that despite statements from banking regulatory agencies, the Federal Housing Finance Agency , the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reassure lenders that targeted lending programs do not violate fair lending laws, mortgage lenders remain hesitant.

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