Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Last year was a challenging one for reverse mortgage business activity, and it likely hit no one harder than the industry’s front-line loan originators. This is according to a series of RMD interviews with six reverse mortgage originators from across the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2024

When assessing December’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) volume data for December 2023, Reverse Market Insight (RMI) used a choice word as the title for its commentary : “thud.” One of the top 10 lenders that posted gains, however, was Open Mortgage. Beyond that will depend on what happens to rates.” This represents $15.6

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

The company also provides commentary for its fourth quarter 2023 financial performance, assesses its market advantages and offers an assessment of impacts stemming from changes in Ginnie Mae ’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-backed Securities (HMBS) program.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Opportunity in the current mortgage market may be challenging to find — and that could arguably be truer for those who offer reverse mortgage products for clients. Still, reverse mortgage professionals are always keeping their eyes peeled, and a group of them shared what they’re looking out for in 2024 for their businesses.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Roughly a year after Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang were acquired by a private equity firm, they’ve merged their services onto one platform and rebranded to “TrustEngine.” The company says more than 200 independent mortgage companies, credit unions, banks and brokers currently use TrustEngine’s solutions.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The year ahead promises to offer the housing industry some relief, compared with a grueling 2023, but it is likely to be only a small bounce forward toward a healthier market. Still, a sluggish to slightly better forecast for 2024 beats the hardscrabble path of retrenchment the industry endured in 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The first half of the year, with mortgage rates in the 3s and 4s, was like “Fast and Furious.” The Big Chill” or “Frozen,” says Green, principal at real estate law firm Polunsky Beitel Green. A mortgage rate lockdown freezes the housing market. They are not selling and have a lot of equity in their homes.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2022

Mortgage fintechs Sales Boomerang and Mortgage Coach have merged, roughly six months after a Philadelphia-based private equity firm bought a controlling stake in each company. In January, Sam Ryder, principal at LLR Partners, cited the companies’ solutions products as the reason for the capital investment.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2022

Reverse Mortgage Funding, LLC (RMF) has acquired a portfolio of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) and other assets from industry-leading lender American Advisors Group (AAG), which consists of more than 75,000 loans totaling $12.1 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB).

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Chicago-based mortgage originator Interfirst Mortgage Co. Principals of the private holding company StoicLane led the round, the firms said on Wednesday. Since 2004, they claim to have created $4 billion in equity value to investors. The post Interfirst Mortgage raises $175 million appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

One mortgage M&A expert believes that of the 130 or so IMBs that did $1 billion to $2 billion for production in 2021, 17% of them will not even be able to do $500 million over the 12 months ending June 30, 2023. The outlook is not good for large cohorts of the industry.”. trillion in 2021. trillion in 2021. Time to eat the minnows?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Philadelphia-based private equity firm LLR Partners announced Tuesday its investment in Sales Boomerang and Mortgage Coach , two fintechs focused on attracting and retaining mortgage borrowers and making loan originators more efficient. Both firms will maintain their existing brands and teams.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

They own the home with their name on the title, as with any mortgage, traditional or reverse. They own the home with their name on the title, as with any mortgage, traditional or reverse. 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

MAY 3, 2022

Between February 2020 and January 2022, we witnessed something in the mortgage industry that we thought we’d never see — 30-year fixed-rate mortgages under 3.5%. Then, in what felt like an instant, in Q1 2022 mortgage rates skyrocketed and the refi boom ended. According to CNBC, homeowner equity is an aggregate $9.9

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

Between February 2020 and January 2022, we witnessed something in the mortgage industry that we thought we’d never see — 30-year fixed-rate mortgages under 3.5%. Then, in what felt like an instant, in Q1 2022 mortgage rates skyrocketed and the refi boom ended. According to CNBC, homeowner equity is an aggregate $9.9

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2022

The mortgage industry is changing rapidly and originators are focused on adapting to a shifting market in order to stay competitive. HousingWire: Should originators focus on any specialty mortgage products such as home equity lines of credit or non-QM? The same is true for non-qualified mortgages.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2022

And it’s led to several sleepless nights for mortgage loan originators and mortgage executives. Such volatility has triggered turbulence in the mortgage market. The mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market went “no-bid” on Friday. Consequently, mortgage rates leapt like they hadn’t in decades.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2022

In 2021, more than 90% of borrowers who closed a loan with fintech mortgage lender Neat Loans opted for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. The way ARMs work is lenders offer lower mortgage rates for the initial three, five, seven years. The mortgage industry is different from 14 years ago. in 2005, the MBA said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

The mortgage-servicing rights (MSR) market remains robust as we turn the corner into 2024, and though it is expected to slightly underperform 2023, the market is still projected to notch healthy trading volumes in 2024 — hovering near the $1 trillion mark for the fourth year in a row, market observers forecast.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2022

Lakeview Loan Servicing unveiled a rare private-label securities offering this past March involving a pool of mostly delinquent mortgages serviced by the company. In those offering, 100% of the FHA loans involved are delinquent — with about a quarter of the mortgages in each deal in active foreclosure. In total, 99.3%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

District Court for the Northern District of Texas , Ginnie Mae has filed its response to a lawsuit brought against it by Texas Capital Bank (TCB) saying the warehouse lender lacks standing and discounts the authority the government has to extinguish a lender from its reverse mortgage-backed securities program.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Incenter Mortgage Advisors was flooded with a surge of mortgage-servicing rights business in January — with bulk MSR sales approaching in one month what the firm normally tallies in an entire year. The big trigger was we had a half-point increase in the 30-year par rate [for a mortgage] in January,” he said in a recent interview. “The

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2021

This is according to John Lunde, president of Reverse Market Insight (RMI) during a presentation at the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) Virtual Summer Meeting this month. Reverse mortgage penetration remains stubbornly low. Nobody wants to see their market share go down,” Lunde says. “But,

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

On Wednesday, top executives at the company told analysts that Mr. Cooper is now the largest servicer in the country and will continue to grow its portfolio by acquiring large bulks of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs), mainly from banks expecting additional capital requirements through Basel III rules. billion in the previous quarter and $5.7

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Through their visionary leadership, they have propelled the industry forward, driving change, fostering inclusivity and taking the reigns as female executives in a traditionally male industry.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2022

Mortgage originator and servicer Mr. Cooper Group announced on Thursday that it is promoting two of its own into executive vice president roles. 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.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2022

California-based mortgage lender loanDepot is shutting down its wholesale division amid plummeting origination volumes and widening financial losses in the second quarter. The decision to close the channel also reflects fierce competition from its peers in the broker space, primarily from United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM).

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A perfect lending storm spurred by the pandemic resulted in an absolutely stunning year for the mortgage industry in 2020. That total has been rising every year since 2018, with specialist nonbank mortgage lenders gaining prominence as depository lenders pull back. The top 25 lenders grew to 43.9% in 2020, the CFPB report found.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2022

California-based nonbank mortgage lender Pennymac Financial Services ’ net income dropped more than 50% in the first quarter from the same period in 2021, driven by lower profits from its production segment due to surging mortgage rates and a shrinking origination market. However, the company still reported a pretax net income of $234.5

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Mortgage industry executives are echoing the sentiment that Ginnie Mae’s risk-based capital requirement is currently the main concern for companies holding mortgage servicing rights (MSR). According to industry leaders, the rule can force a sell-off wave, reduce values and put some lenders and services in a difficult spot.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2021

have taken advantage of its mortgage relief provisions. As part of its Flood Services business, CoreLogic completes flood zone determinations for banks and mortgage companies to support their compliance with the mandatory purchase requirements. Since the CARES Act was signed into law, homeowners across the U.S. Presented by: CoreLogic.

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HomeLight

AUGUST 31, 2022

If you need assistance navigating the financial or tax implications of unlocking your home’s equity, HomeLight always encourages you to reach out to your own advisor. With the days of stimulus packages and low mortgage interest rates in the rearview, Americans are steeling themselves for a future with the potential for economic uncertainty.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2021

Job losses in the service industry sector severely impacted renters, while those who have been able to maintain their jobs remotely have fared much better. As borrowers impacted by COVID-19 continue to exit mortgage forbearance, now is the time for lenders and servicers to be proactive in their borrower outreach to reduce foreclosure volume.

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Keeping Current Matters

MAY 6, 2021

Do I think mortgage rates will be higher a year from now? If you average the most recent projections from the major industry forecasters, the expectation is home prices will increase by 7.7%. If the buyer makes a 10% down payment ($32,500), they’ll end up borrowing $292,500 for their mortgage. Fannie Mae – 3.5%. Bottom Line.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The mortgage servicing rights market took off like a rocket in January and it has continued to accelerate into the stratosphere in February, according to industry experts who follow the MSR market closely. This is nearly three times the monthly average witnessed in 2021,” he added. You just never know.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2022

“The increase in mortgage rates during the quarter happened much more quickly and sharply than anyone anticipated when the quarter began and resulted in significant and rapid decreases in profit margins,” said Anthony Hsieh, loanDepot’s founder and executive chairman, to analysts. to $30 billion from $34.8 billion in the previous quarter.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2021

The transaction is expected to provide up to $645 million in cash proceeds and a fully committed private investment in public equity (PIPE) of $300 million. Generally accepted accounting principal (GAAP) revenues are expected to be around $226.4 Up to $345 million of cash will be held in Capitol’s trust account. million in 2021.

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