Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2021

In the intervening years, the makeup of the RMBS market has changed significantly and, today, Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac , and Ginnie Mae are responsible for approximately 99% of RMBS issuance. In fact, the secondary market for the securitization of mortgages requires data to be shared among parties in order to rate the underlying assets.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Over the course of our 40+ years at RealTrends Consulting we’ve brokered and/or advised on over 900 transactions in the residential real estate industry. From a data lens, transactions can be broken out into three different stages: Valuation , Due Diligence , and Contract.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tiffany Fletcher, VRM Mortgage Services HW: What does the current market and demand for REO assets look like? Factors like location and condition of the property and the market demand for REO and other existing home sales, impact the current landscape for REO assets.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2023

Incenter Diligence Solutions , a provider of due diligence and document management services for the mortgage industry, announced on Wednesday that it has expanded offerings for the mortgage servicing rights (MSR) trading market. The firm also offers individualized reporting and document delivery services.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

The transaction is subject to due diligence, negotiation of definitive terms and other closing conditions. market share, according to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) estimates. market share, the IMF data shows. But they are not immune to systemic industry shocks, including last year’s bank crisis.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Market conditions have certainly trended downward for residential or commercial real estate. Traditionally, joint ventures have been perceived as a means to diversify revenue streams and expand market reach, primarily within the residential sector. CRE firms are also suffering through the highest interest rates seen in years.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2021

HousingWire recently spoke with SitusAMC CEO Michael Franco about the current market outlook and how lenders can focus on efficiency and stay agile in the midst of market shifts. HousingWire: What’s driving lenders’ need for agility and efficiency in the current market? Entering 2020 the market was expecting <$2.0

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2020

Launched just this year, LauraMac provides a suite of configurable products to enable collaboration that will transform the way due diligence is performed in the mortgage industry. The rest of this content is for HW+ members. Join today with an HW+ Membership ! Already a member?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Property preservation company MCS is entering the reverse mortgage space after its acquisition of Five Brothers Asset Management Solutions , a deal which brings MCS into the reverse mortgage industry for the first time. Chris Clow/RMD: How much did Five Brothers’ position in the reverse mortgage industry play into the decision to acquire it?

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2022

That’s why due diligence is a critical element of every mortgage transaction. The purpose of due diligence is to protect lenders by reviewing and verifying all information provided by borrowers to eliminate fraud and other concerns. Experience and market acceptance. There are too many factors involved.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The mortgage industry is contending with a loan-underwriter shortage that has acted like a governor on an engine — slowing the pace of a fast-growing private-label securitization market. Executives with TPR firms and the bond-rating agencies that make use of their due-diligence reviews agree the problem is a big challenge.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Record-setting mortgage originations coupled with a resurgent private-label securitization market have created an expanding demand for loan underwriters at a time when they are in scarce supply. . The causes of the underwriter shortage are varied, but it is most pronounced in the private-label market, industry insiders contend.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Single-family rental (SFR) investors also rely on AVMs to assess asset portfolios, guide leasing and sale decisions, and ensure thorough due diligence. “We and is regularly updated to offer comprehensive insights into the nation’s housing market. Clear Capital and Cherre started their collaboration in November 2022.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

As already evidenced by its ambitious new marketing campaign, “ Old Wives ,” the company is also aiming to streamline its existing presence in the reverse mortgage market. Clow: We spoke a bit about one of those new things (the marketing campaign) already. We do our due diligence when we’re talking with them.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2022

SitusAMC subsidiary Securent is expanding its reach into the private-label market with plans to soon introduce a loan-defect insurance product for residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) transactions, according to executives from both companies. SitusAMC CEO Michael Franco.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

For the non-QM lenders serving the single-family investment-property space who have managed interest-rates well to stay ahead of the market, however, there’s still plenty of opportunity to pick up market share, industry observers argue. . by the end of 2023,” the MBA’s December market-forecast report states.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

The Rising Stars award recognizes the emerging leaders in the industry who have demonstrated rapid career growth and an ability to lead, achieving remarkable milestones all before the age of 40. HousingWire is excited to announce this year’s Rising Stars, representing the next generation of leaders in mortgage and real estate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

By removing the requirement for title insurance on these transactions, this program would introduce significant risk into the market and turn Fannie Mae into a primary market insurer, expanding authority beyond its mission and charter. In 2022, the industry paid more than $596.1 million in claims. This is up from $474.4

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2023

Donatacci has extensive experience in servicing transactions and subservicing, due diligence, and M&A. Prior to joining Cenlar, Donatacci held executive positions at various organizations in the mortgage industry. Donatacci’s former roles include executive vice president of business development at The Money Source Inc.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2022

After accepting Sprout’s written offer, the parties started the due diligence process. Between navigating a post-pandemic world, rate hikes and the threat of a recession, mortgage lenders across the country are managing a volatile housing market. New Wave said it requested bids from multiple investors from Jan. 20, 2022, to Feb.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2022

After accepting Sprout’s written offer, the parties started the due diligence process. Between navigating a post-pandemic world, rate hikes and the threat of a recession, mortgage lenders across the country are managing a volatile housing market. New Wave said it requested bids from multiple investors from Jan. 20, 2022, to Feb.

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Realty Biz

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the real estate industry, becoming increasingly accepted by both professionals and consumers. Now, there’s more evidence than ever that AI technology is here to stay in the real estate industry. This can help buyers and sellers get a better understanding of the market value of a property.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has tremendous potential to cut costs and improve customer experience, but regulation has not caught up to develop a governance program, industry pros said of AI’s implementation in mortgage lending. Have we developed a model that is in fact fair?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2022

The pace of deals in the private-label securities market has started to slow as the second quarter of the year gets underway and interest rates continue their upward climb — with rising inflation and the war in Ukraine, which is impacting supply chains, helping to fuel uncertainty over the future. . So, generally that’s correct.

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Realty Biz

OCTOBER 24, 2023

As a distributed ledger technology that can be used to create secure and transparent transactions, blockchain has the potential to revolutionize the real estate industry by streamlining processes, reducing costs, and increasing transparency. They include: Property title management: Blockchain can be used to create and manage property titles.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

A rising player in the world of crypto-mortgages and blockchain-enabled financing, LoanSnap, plans expand its reach in the market by opening its lending platform to licensed mortgage brokers across the country in the near future. You’re probably one of the first person in the industry that I’m talking to about it,” he added.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2021

HousingWire spoke with Steve Greenfield, Altisource General Manager of Mortgage Real Estate Solutions, about the state of the mortgage market and how Altisource’s HomeVal solution is benefiting lenders. HousingWire: What are some due diligence and underwriting challenges loan originators face today? Altisource does.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2022

When the time comes to enter the mergers and acquisitions stage, either to cash in or to accelerate growth, so many of these same professionals cast caution to the wind and step into the market with little to no experience or understanding of the possibilities. The title industry, in particular, brings several wrinkles to the game.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2023

He now serves as CEO of SideChannel , which provides turnkey cybersecurity services to mid-market and startup companies. She added that if banks were “on the hook, and they had to reimburse consumers, then maybe they’ll do more due-diligence.” Brian Haugli has previously led cybersecurity initiatives for the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

As someone who spent a career in the title insurance industry – both as a builder of a title business and leader of the industry’s trade group, — I am proud of the role we play in helping to protect what most Americans consider the biggest purchase of their lives. Real estate is a $3 trillion industry in the United States.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

The truth is the cost of title insurance coverage has decreased nearly 8% over the last two decades due to innovation in the industry. Success in the title insurance industry is measured by preventing claims in the first place. This would allow the surviving wife to officially claim ownership of the property.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

MAXEX , which operates a major loan-aggregating platform that serves the RMBS market, indicates that through October, the loan-pool value of prime jumbo private-label offerings stood at nearly $44 billion –which dwarfs 2020’s total — and executives with MAXEX expect the figure to easily exceed $50 billion by year’s end.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2022

Calabria, described in the news release from an Evolve representative as an “elite industry legend and luminary,” frequently drew the ire of the mortgage industry for policies many viewed as disruptive. ” Anselmo said those changes include eRegistry, eSign and RON developments into the secondary market.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

When you send a rent verification request, a busy or uninvolved landlord may simply sign it and confirm a consumer paid their rent on time without the strict due diligence that lenders need. However, this commitment to safe and sustainable homeownership does not prevent our industry from evolving its processes.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2022

As the housing market enters a purchase-market cycle sparked by rising mortgage rates that have killed off a long-running refinance boom, we can expect to see mortgage-fraud schemes proliferate, industry experts say. The post Risk of mortgage fraud is on the rise in the current market appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2021

The same can be said about the mortgage industry as an ecosystem, and its technology as the coral reef. In today’s market, mortgage originators are forced to intertwine different software and technology to support the lending process from start to finish. There’s mortgage point of sale software, product price eligibility, CRM and LOs.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

But between the shift to an online business landscape brought on by the pandemic and increasing demand for digital-first solutions, the mortgage industry was quick to adapt to the new normal of conducting transactions through the virtual world. The fintech solutions today may have been unimaginable just a few years ago.

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