Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

In the March rate update , we discussed why Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-sponsored Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) utilize two interest rates. This rate is used, among other things, to help determine a borrower’s initial principal limit (borrowing capacity). we must use the nearest 1/8th percent (0.125%).

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

The rate remained unchanged from January 2024, according to the latest CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights report. The data provider examined all stages of delinquencies to gain a complete view of the mortgage market and loan performance health. home equity , which was up by $1.3 home equity , which was up by $1.3

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

At the end of March, Rithm had $587 billion in unpaid principal balance, relatively unchanged from the end of December and up 15% year over year. Chief financial officer Nick Santoro told analysts the company had a “strong momentum” on non-agency products and home equity. million in pretax income. This is not a race to get bigger.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

New York-based Rithm Capital has changed the compensation package of its top executive, Michael Nierenberg, by reducing his annual base salary, bonus and time-based equity award. But the company also increased the performance-based share of the total equity award.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

According to Black Knight’s mortgage monitor report, the average principal and interest payment among borrowers purchasing a home using a 30-year fixed-rate loan hit its highest point ever in July at $2,306. Between 2010 and 2021, mortgage holders withdrew an average 0.92% of available tappable equity each quarter.

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Keeping Current Matters

JUNE 23, 2021

In a recent paper published by the Urban Institute, Home Ownership is Affordable Housing , author Mike Loftin illustrates how homeowners increase their equity and their wealth simply by making monthly mortgage payments: “The principal portion that reduces the loan balance builds the homeowner’s equity.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

in June, according to CoreLogic ’s Loan Performance Insights. mortgage delinquencies remained near a record low in July, with the share of homes entering that status or progressing to later stages either unchanged or lower,” said Molly Boesel, principal economist for CoreLogic , in a news release. percentage point to 2.7% Overall U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

“PennyMac Financial reported strong operating earnings in the first quarter, with an annualized operating return on equity of 15 percent in what is expected to be the one of the smallest quarterly origination markets of this cycle,” chairman and CEO David Spector said in a news release. The company’s loan production pretax income was $35.9

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Keeping Current Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2021

But what about equity? While it can be overlooked, a homeowner’s equity helps build long-term wealth over time. Here’s a look at what equity is and why it matters. For a homeowner, your equity is the current value of your home minus what you owe on the loan. So, as home values climb , your equity does too.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Office of Policy Development and Research is seeking public comment related to application and origination documents for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program, according to a notice published this week in the Federal Register.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The Big Chill” or “Frozen,” says Green, principal at real estate law firm Polunsky Beitel Green. They are not selling and have a lot of equity in their homes. Homeowners in 2022 also tapped into their home equity, which peaked at $11.5 Homeowners in 2022 also tapped into their home equity, which peaked at $11.5

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

While reverse mortgage volume in 2024 got off to a rocky start, new data that breaks out retail Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements versus wholesale production showed that it was the former that took the bigger hit in the first month of the year, based on new data compiled by Reverse Market Insight (RMI). to 358 loans).

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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. But for me, I do a lot of [Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)] for Purchase. including the states of California, Washington, Florida, Wisconsin and South Carolina.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Purchase loans comprised about 82% of overall mortgage lending in 2023 and ICE forecasts purchase lending to continue to dominate the market through next year. Alongside rising interest rates, the average equity withdrawal among cash-out refinances has also risen by nearly 90% from its low in 2020.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2022

A combination of fast-rising home values and the fact that nearly two-thirds of borrowers with at least some home equity have mortgage rates below 4% — and would not benefit from refinancing — is helping to propel a resurgent market for home-equity lines of credit (HELOCs). billion in 2021 to $4.6 We’ll probably trade a little over $1.2

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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.” In January 2022, Sam Ryder, principal at LLR Partners, cited the companies’ solutions products as the reason for the capital investment.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Its owned servicing portfolio reached $78 billion in unpaid principal value (UPB) at the end of 2023, with a carrying value of $1.1 In addition, NYCB is also responsible for a subservicing portfolio close to $300 billion in UPB, comprehending about 1 million loans, per KBW analysts’ estimate. billion put even more pressure.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

But unlike financing with a traditional mortgage, monthly principal and interest payments are not required on the loan, so long as the homeowner keeps up to date with real estate taxes, homeowners’ insurance and property maintenance. They own the home with their name on the title, as with any mortgage, traditional or reverse.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Despite feelings of optimism expressed by loan originators in the opening weeks of 2024, the road to more normalized levels of reverse mortgage volume and securities issuances may be longer than expected. Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements fell 11.8% Most industry growth must come from proprietary loans.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

I’ve also been working on the HECM Toolbox, which is really just for lenders and loan officers who haven’t really got to the point where they want to grow their business, and also for lenders that are in the [mortgage] space but not yet in the reverse mortgage space. On the other hand], there’s never one loan that’s the same as another.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

As people look for alternate means to access the equity in their homes, home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) are poised to make a comeback. Here’s why: Homeowners will still want to use the record levels of equity in their homes. According to CNBC, homeowner equity is an aggregate $9.9 A HELOC is now cheaper than a refi.

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Realty Biz

MAY 25, 2022

A Home Equity Loan and a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) are not the same thing. In general, a home equity loan is a better financial tool for most consumers. Both are ways to finance large expenses by borrowing against the equity in your home minus closing costs. Credit cards are unsecured loans.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2023

Cooper was interested in Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Home Point spread prior to the latter selling its wholesale origination business to The Loan Store on April 7 and were amplified after. million customers and $853 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) at the end of March. Mr. Cooper had 4.1

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

The result included a mark-to-market of $63 million, a $1 million severance charge and $10 million losses with equity investments. million customers and $853 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) at the end of March, compared to $870 billion at the end of December. Cooper had 4.1 But the servicing portfolio is expected to grow.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2022

As people look for alternate means to access the equity in their homes, home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) are poised to make a comeback. Here’s why: Homeowners will still want to use the record levels of equity in their homes. According to CNBC, homeowner equity is an aggregate $9.9 A HELOC is now cheaper than a refi.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Prior to joining Nations Direct, O’Brien held leadership positions at LoanDepot , was Northeast regional sales manager at Fifth Third Bank; principal at J.H. O’Brien & Associates and VP, Eastern regional sales manager at National City Home Equity, among others. . About half of its loans were originated in California.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

For at least the past five years, according to market data, the MSR sector has been increasingly dominated by nonbanks — with a good portion of the loan balance they service at historically low legacy rates. In 2019, total agency MSRs outstanding, based on agency loan balances serviced, stood at $6.219 trillion, Recursion data shows.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Rocket Mortgage and its wholesale arm Rocket Pro TPO will reduce homebuyers’ monthly mortgage payments by one full percentage point for the first year of their loan. Rocket said that a homebuyer with a $400,000, 30-year fixed rate mortgage with 5.75% interest would generally pay about $2,334 in principal and interest.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

MSRs gain value as interest rates rise, in part because upward-bound rates cause mortgage refinancing to ebb, which slows prepayment speeds on mortgages — increasing the effective long-term yield of the servicing rights tied to those loans. In fact, the largest MSR deal of the month for Incenter, involving a loan portfolio valued at $23.7

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2022

posted in March 2021, according to CoreLogic ‘s latest loan performance report. . Other contributing factors to the decline were rising home prices and the resulting equity gains providing alternative options to those who may be coming out of forbearance or facing foreclosures, said CoreLogic’s report. . About 2.7%

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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

MARCH 6, 2023

of the median household income to make the monthly principal and interest payments on the average home purchase. Rising interest rates are the predominant driver as such rate increases have made it more expensive to access home equity and have simultaneously incentivized borrowers to withdraw equity via second lien products instead.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2023

According to Mr. Cooper, the offer is conditioned to certain conditions, including consent from state mortgage regulators, the Government Mortgage Association , the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and the Federal National Mortgage Association. million customers and $853 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) at the end of March.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Cash-out refis continued to increase in 2021, with borrowers taking advantage of surging home prices and record levels of home equity. In terms of demographics, in a more competitive marketplace, minority borrowers grew in their share of total loans closed. Black borrowers’ share of home purchase loans increased to 7.9%

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Realty Biz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Your home equity is the difference between what you owe on your mortgage(s) and what your home is currently worth if you sold it today (the appraised value). For instance, if the remaining balance on your mortgage is $195,000 and the market value is $295,000, you have $100,000 of equity in your home. Your equity increases in two ways.

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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. homeowners with mortgages (roughly 62% of all properties) saw their equity increase by a total of more than $3.8 What is home equity? According to CoreLogic , U.S.

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Realtor.com

APRIL 5, 2021

It’s a type of home loan where you start off paying only the interest for a certain time period, followed by a time where you pay back both the interest and principal. Most interest-only home loans are adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs , says Scott Sheldon , a senior loan officer and consumer advocate in Sonoma County, CA.

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