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Reverse purchase financing: The financing option no one is talking about

Housing Wire

1 With over 12,000 Americans turning 65 every day in 2024, this burgeoning market will undoubtedly continue to bring more buyers and sellers to the table over the next decade. That’s where reverse purchase financing comes into play, the funding option specifically designed for older Americans. What is reverse purchase financing?

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Will new products stop the bleeding for mortgage lenders? 

Housing Wire

During the second-quarter earnings season, executives from publicly traded mortgage lenders detailed their forays into jumbo loans, non-qualified mortgages, reverse mortgages, home equity products and even personal loans. in the second quarter from the first quarter to $135 billion, according to Inside Mortgage Finance estimates.

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Rocket launches program to lower first-year mortgage payments

Housing Wire

For Rocket Pro TPO, home sellers or real estate agents will be funding the program, similar to a buydown program rival United Wholesale Mortgage launched last month. UWM announced that its temporary rate buydowns – fueled by seller concessions – would reduce borrowers’ interest rates by up to 2% for the first two years of a mortgage.

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Reverse mortgage volume, HMBS issuance see improvement in March

Housing Wire

Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements increased 8.3% The actual breakout of numbers also paints a telling picture, since March saw new borrower (or “equity takeout”) originations rise by 10.7%, HECM for Purchase (H4P) endorsements increase by 15.1% and even HECM-to-HECM refinances jump by 8.8%.

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Agent strategies for getting first-time homebuyers across the finish line

Housing Wire

Homebuyers using a variety of mortgage loans to finance their home purchase are eligible to use assistance options to help with their down payment and/or closing costs. This approach is negotiated in the contract; it’s a seller concession to the buyer for a set amount. Let’s use $10,000 as an example.

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Agent strategies for getting first-time homebuyers across the finish line

Real Trends

Homebuyers using a variety of mortgage loans to finance their home purchase are eligible to use assistance options to help with their down payment and/or closing costs. This approach is negotiated in the contract; it’s a seller concession to the buyer for a set amount. Let’s use $10,000 as an example.

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Your Dream Home Appraised Lower than Your Offer: Now What?

HomeLight

If you’re financing your purchase with a mortgage loan, your new property most likely needs to undergo an appraisal to complete the transaction process. So, given 78% of buyers financed their purchase in August 2021 , there’s a good chance you will encounter an appraisal at some point before closing. Option 5: Pay more for the house.