Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2023

California-based Loan America, Inc. Loan America, a full-service mortgage company, relies on warehouse loans or lines of credit for loan funding, similar to many other non-QM lenders. According to the lawsuit, Loan America and Sprout would agree on prices and rates for any loan that Sprout was interested in purchasing.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2022

Fannie Mae is marketing its 25th sale of reperforming loans since its first offering six years ago and its second sale so far in 2022. The sale of reperforming loans (RPLs) is being marketed in collaboration with Citigroup Global Markets , with bids due by May 3, 2022. “All billion — also divided into three loan pools.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2022

Fannie Mae has launched its fourth reperforming-loan sale of the year — an offering of 6,130 loans with an unpaid principal balance of $997 million. A reperforming loan is a mortgage that has been or is currently delinquent but has been reperforming for a period of time. Bids for the FNA 2022-RPL4 offering are due by Sept.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

One group of industry players — loan underwriters — are the chief cause of the logjam. Morgan , Goldman Sachs , Redwood Trust and United Wholesale Mortgage , as well as loan aggregator MAXEX , and all either declined comment or did not respond. About a half-dozen RMBS issuers also were contacted for this story, including J.P.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The historic mortgage boom spurred by the pandemic hasn’t just been a blessing for lenders – the slew of mortgage loan-trading platforms have also reaped the rewards of historic origination volume. On these platforms, originators can lock down the best loan price from various buyers, typically asset managers and institutional investors.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Santa Ana, California-based financial services company provides solutions including due diligence services, property valuations, mortgage fulfillment and consulting and advisory services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

The growing wave of loan-repurchase requests from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has yet another major wrinkle, industry sources reveal, and this new problem, if accurate as alleged, threatens to disrupt future merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the mortgage-finance industry.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2022

Roughly a year ago, the Austin-based fintech began to sell its loans to First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation (FGMC), a lender and investor that specializes in non-qualified mortgage loans and is controlled by behemoth investment management firm Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO). . ” . Mispricing at FGMC? .

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Despite low home inventory, many lenders are still maintaining a healthy mix of purchase loan business. As mortgage lenders begin to rely more on purchase volume to support their growth, emphasis is being placed on increasing efficiency in processing these loans. Why are Purchase Loans a Challenge for Mortgage Processors?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

LauraMac, a provider of mortgage loan review SaaS technology, announced on Thursday that it has integrated with LoanLogics IDEA , an intelligent document processing and data extraction technology. The resulting data will then be integrated into LauraMac’s Loan Review and incorporated into the workflow and processed by configurable rules.

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HomeLight

MARCH 30, 2021

As a buyer, that means you have to do your due diligence from both a practical and contractual perspective. What does due diligence mean in residential real estate? That’s why we’ve put together this guide to due diligence for a homebuyer. Free Homebuying Due Diligence Checklist.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2023

The first, and more traditional source, is organic growth through new loan originations. The second method, which has become increasingly more common, is growth through either loan portfolios or company acquisitions. What risks are incurred through the acquisition of a loan portfolio?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A fly in the ointment, however, particularly for some independent mortgage banks (IMBs), is the elevated risk of agency loan-repurchase demands — triggered by loans that violate Fannie Mae ’s or Freddie Mac ’s rep and warranty policies due to some defect discovered during the agencies’ post-origination quality-review processes.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2020

Taken from the August issue of HousingWire Magazine, LauraMac is looking to increase the technology available to mortgage loans after the closing table. 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.

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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. . And there’s just no way for due-diligence to really compete with that.”. And we’re actively hiring.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In the letter addressed to FHFA Director Sandra Thompson , the CHLA says that it supports the use of AOLs in lieu of title insurance , “in conjunction with Enterprise mortgage loans, subject to reasonable standards.” However, despite its concerns, Fannie Mae purchased 45 loans with AOLs in 2022.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2022

California-based wholesale/correspondent lender New Wave Lending Group filed a lawsuit against Sprout Mortgage , accusing the company of defaulting on a pool of $32 million in loans it agreed to purchase. 15, 2022, for the purchase of 51 loans, with a total principal value of $32,864,270. 20, 2022, to Feb.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2023

National mortgage loan subservicer Cenlar FSB announced on Thursday that it has named the Thomas Donatacci as its investor relations officer. Donatacci has extensive experience in servicing transactions and subservicing, due diligence, and M&A. territories.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

These multiple market pressures have fueled rate volatility and accompanying pricing-execution pressures that have led to a difficult beginning of the year for the private-label securities (PLS) market, according to market experts, and, as a side effect, sparked a more robust market for whole-loan sales — with loans often being sold at a discount.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2021

Encompass Investor Connect is a built-in, no additional cost feature within the Encompass Loan Origination System which enables lenders to seamlessly deliver loans to investors from Encompass – resulting in 40% fewer conditions, 1 day faster purchases and $49/loan savings. Product Fast Facts. #1. Get More Info.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2022

California-based wholesale/correspondent lender New Wave Lending Group filed a lawsuit against Sprout Mortgage , accusing the company of defaulting on a pool of $32 million in loans it agreed to purchase. 15, 2022, for the purchase of 51 loans, with a total principal value of $32,864,270. 20, 2022, to Feb.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2020

HousingWire recently spoke with Brian Simon, president of Trelix Mortgage Fulfillment Services, about how Trelix helps its clients work more efficiently while still maintaining compliance and performing due diligence. That gives us the ability to offer a span of comprehensive proven product options throughout the entire loan lifecycle.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

According to the DOJ, the United States filed a complaint alleging that UBS “defrauded investors” by making false and misleading statements to buyers of 40 RMBS issued in 2006 and 2007 relating to the characteristics of the loans. In addition, UBS knew that property values associated with the loans were unsupported, the DOJ claimed.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

Karl Jacob, CEO and co-founder of LoanSnap , said the cyrpto-mortgage system his company has developed can originate more than just loans that LoanSnap mints. Our system I think is good enough that it can do not just the loans that we originate, but [loans originated by] other people,” Jacob said. It’s an open platform.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

. “Our robust solutions span origination, servicing and capital markets segments, offering loss mitigation and loan modification services, document and critical borrower communications, title and settlement services, auction and REO asset disposition, verifications and due diligence.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tiffany Fletcher: Real Estate Owned (REO), acquired by lenders , banks, or financial institutions typically due to mortgage loan defaults, involves the strategic marketing and sale of existing properties to mitigate losses on outstanding loans.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2021

For a variety of reasons, including recent policy changes at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that cap second home and investor property loan volumes, and growth in jumbo loan volume driven by increasing home prices, there has been renewed interest in the PLS market and its future growth.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

AI-based compliance review (50%), AI-based anomaly detection automation (39%) and AI-based mortgage loan offerings (32%) were noted as being the most appealing AI/ML application ideas. Lenders that adopt generative AI into the mortgage lending landscape wanted to see operational efficiency , the survey showed.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The loan-level data and analytics provided by dv01 assists clients across the investment-workflow spectrum, from market due diligence to securitizations to performance analysis. Its products include Loan Data Agent for Securitizations, Portfolio Surveillance, Market Surveillance and Credit Facility Management.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

But the new partnership will bring the eClosing workflow electronically, securing valuable savings on lenders per loan costs, the company said. The company claims that they close loans 13 days faster and enable their loan officers to close around 15% more loans per month. Are digital closings really worth it?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In the world of mortgage lending, there’s an all-too-common sentiment that echoes through the industry: “My loan origination system (LOS) sucks.” Adjust your expectations At its core, an LOS is designed to serve a very specific purpose: ensuring that lenders can originate compliant and sellable loans.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2023

” Richmond, Virginia-based LenderSelect Mortgage Group, which provides mortgage loan solutions to lenders, closed its sale to Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc. The platform was initially launched in September 2021 in an attempt to reduce the volume of loans in small and midsize lenders’ balance sheets.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2021

One emerging form of fraud we have seen plaguing our industry has nothing to do with the loan manufacturing process, but rather with the labor used to generate the loans. Given the historic volatility of 2020 (driving loan demand) and the search for elusive industry experience, underwriters have become a prized catch.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Part of that stems from its large portfolio predominantly composed of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -backed loans, and aligned with Mr. Cooper’s own strengths, Bray explained. “We There were no real surprises to be found in the transaction process that were not previously identified by prior due diligence conducted by Mr. Cooper, Bray added.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Six months after raising capital, digital mortgage startup Maxwell announced Tuesday the launch of a trading platform to provide community lenders access to the secondary market, connecting these loan sellers to buyers. Also, the startup will use its own capital to buy loans from community lenders. mortgage market.

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Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

However, the process involves intricate steps, from understanding zoning laws to securing financing and conducting due diligence. Careful due diligence is necessary to ensure you don't make any significant mistakes. Next, we'll explore financing options and the specifics of land loans, a critical step in acquiring land.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

The capital markets depend on the due diligence, transparency, and protection our industry provides to do its job. In a refinancing, homeowners obtain a new loan and lenders require a new title search and a title insurance policy on that loan to protect their investment.

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