Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

Because of certain persistent reputational challenges faced by the reverse mortgage industry, it can be challenging for borrowers to find objective informational sources about the product category. I was wondering if you guys could explain reverse mortgages,” the listener asked the group.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2023

The refi boom is in our rearview mirrors and the road ahead looks promising for home equity volume. Who knows how high that volume could go, considering tappable equity is at a historic high of $11 trillion and total home equity at a record $27.8 How do you identify the right home equity partner? Excellent turn times.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2023

In December, HousingWire spoke to Flueid about the concept of instant title and why it is a misnomer for mortgage lenders. HousingWire: HousingWire recently spoke to Flueid about the concept of instant title and why it’s a misnomer for mortgage lenders. We’ve seen this shorten the transaction timeline by only about a day.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Fractional real estate investment firm reAlpha announced late last week that it is partnering with Title First Agency to provide title and closing services on all of the firm’s property acquisitions. A look at the role instant title plays in the borrower journey. Title First Agency has a footprint in all 50 U.S.,

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The American Land Title Association saw a 32.5% year-over-year increase in title insurance premium volume during the third quarter of 2021 according to ALTA’s Market Share Analysis , published on Thursday. During Q3 2021, the title insurance industry generated $6.8 A look at the role instant title plays in the borrower journey.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2022

Even those with a considerable equity stake may find themselves in this dilemma. What can lenders do to help borrowers facilitate a sale, protect the equity in their home, and potentially remain in their home following the sale by negotiating a leaseback option? The borrower’s equity can be further eroded by legal and other fees.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Rising home prices continue to fuel the growth of the nation’s multi-trillion dollar home-equity market, a fact not lost on behemoth investment-management firm PIMCO. A look at the role instant title plays in the borrower journey. Learn about the tools lenders should leverage to streamline home equity title and closing.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2022

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut the country down in 2020, title and settlement professionals were deemed essential and continued to help consumers purchase homes and refinance mortgages. Protecting homeowners is always at the center of the title insurance industry’s core values: to lead, deliver and protect.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with Barry Coffin, managing director of home equity title/close at ServiceLink , about the ways lenders can capitalize on these trends by revving up their home equity solutions. Barry Coffin : It’s a good time to prioritize home equity transactions for a couple of reasons.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2020

announced it will broaden its digital offerings with its acquisition of NotaryCam , a top online notarization provider and mortgage eClosings solutions provider. Stewart Title has seen significant growth this year, including the acquisition of a significant number of Western U.S. Presented by: Stewart Title.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Many analysts who cover the mortgage industry believe that the worst of the current cycle may be in the rearview mirror. In 2022 and 2023, quickly rising mortgage rates and shrinking volumes sent shockwaves through the industry and prompted massive job cutbacks. According to data from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

Title insurers wrote $19.2 billion in premiums last year, but a recent report from the American Land Title Association predicts a slowdown in 2021 due to – you guessed it! – Just how fruitful was 2020 for title insurers? Old Republic reported a 20% increase in title insurance income for the full year in 2020, rounding out at $3.29

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2021

Title insurance startup Doma – formerly known as States Title – announced today that it will go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Capitol Investment Corp. Doma, founded in 2016, says its patented machine-learning technology reduces title processing time from five days to five minutes.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2021

Lovell Minnick Partners , a private equity firm that acquired ATTOM Data Solutions in 2019, announced Wednesday morning that it’s diving further in to the housing space with the acquisition of UniversalCIS. UniversalCIS also moved into the appraisal space in January after it acquired mortgage tech provider Sharper Lending.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2021

Tennessee-based Foundation Title & Escrow LLC announced another move in the Southeast, this time opening a branch in Georgia. Foundation Title & Escrow is excited to serve a new state with our first office in Georgia,” said Chris Cantrell, CEO. The company expanded into Alabama in January , merging with Paulus Title.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2021

A small issue within the title process can have an impact on the length of the closing process, impacting mortgage lenders and borrowers. HousingWire recently spoke with Dave Steinmetz, Division President of Origination Services for ServiceLink, on what tools lenders should leverage to streamline home equity title and closing.

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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. This is a different situation.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

But there’s another threat that Homepoint executives must worry about – United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the top dog in wholesale, has embarked on a strategy of heavy price cutting, forcing Homepoint and others to limbo to compete for business. Mortgage executives project that number to remain steady or even tick up in the third quarter.

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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. Savage currently holds the title of chief innovation officer and Kutsishin assumed the role of chief visionary officer, the companies said.

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Inman

APRIL 30, 2024

The struggling loan technology provider will use an influx of cash from Haveli Investments to pay off the debt it took on to get into the title insurance business by acquiring Title365 in 2021.

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HomeLight

MARCH 25, 2024

As a homebuyer, you’ll be asked to protect your investment with title insurance, a policy that initially sounds ambiguous. In this post, we provide clear insights into title insurance costs, benefits, and the buying process to help you make informed, confident decisions. Get Estimate What is title insurance?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2022

Nima Ghamsari, CEO and founder of mortgage fintech Blend Labs. Publicly traded mortgage tech company Blend Labs isn’t changing its strategy to survive a shrinking mortgage market, even though a drop in originations is sapping its revenue stream and forcing it to trim its workforce. million per year in savings.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Special purpose acquisition companies’ appetite for real estate and mortgage businesses apparently isn’t dead yet , despite recent problems involving Better.com that pushed a merger with Aurora Acquisitions Corp. The SPAC’s chairman is Jared Stone, co-founder of the private equity firm Northgate Capita l. to next year, if at all.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

To reach a key financial goal in 2026, Blend Labs plans to diversify far beyond mortgage. On Tuesday, executives from the San Francisco, California-headquartered mortgage tech firm, which has yet to post a profit since going public in July 2021, shared the firm’s vision for growth during its first investor day.

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2023

Flueid , a leading technology company specializing in real estate transactions, announced on Thursday the integration of its patented Flueid Decision platform with Encompass by ICE Mortgage Technology. The report includes Flueid ‘Pro Tips’ that explain alerts and provide guidance on curative items for title.

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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

APRIL 7, 2022

Nima Ghamsari, CEO and founder of mortgage fintech Blend Labs. In 2008, as the financial crisis was unfolding, he landed a job at secretive big data startup Palantir , where he learned that the $10 trillion mortgage industry was still in the Stone Age technologically. Blend Labs CEO Nima Ghamsari is a betting man. He was right.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Thursday was a big day for title firm earnings, with three of the Big Four title insurers reporting their third-quarter 2023 earnings. Despite what Eppinger called a “ challenging environment ” the title segment of the firm continued to perform well, although not as well as a year ago. million, down from $716.4

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Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2022

The fintech also will offer additional loan products, including home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), new purchase loans and cash-out refinancings. “A The funding comes shortly after Knox launched its first mortgage product, dubbed the Knox equity access program (KEAP), in April. Presented by: ServiceLink.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

From leading mortgage companies and real estate firms to spearheading groundbreaking initiatives and driving policy reforms, these honorees are making an indelible impact on housing. Congratulations to the 2023 Women of Influence winners.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Stavvy , a fintech firm specializing in digital and remote collaboration for lending and real estate companies, acquired SigniaDocuments, a technology suite from Texas-based lender Evolve Mortgage Services. The acquisition also facilitates the adoption of digital second-lien products like home equity lines of credit (HELOCs).

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Take a look at the full list of winners below to see their accolades and achievements that are helping to move the housing market forward. Congratulations to the 2023 HW Insiders!

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

Chicago-based mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate launched a new program this week that will provide up to $8,000 in assistance to potential first-time homebuyers from underserved communities. Buyers who qualify in these metro areas can use the assistance to purchase a house anywhere in the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

July saw whiplash mortgage rates and our audience followed economic news very closely. But we also saw some resiliency, with companies expanding loan products — especially cash out and home equity— and shoring up their mortgage servicing rights. This theme wasn’t limited to white papers.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

According to a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) titled “A Snapshot of Race and Home Buying in America,” Asian and Hispanic Americans achieved historic heights in homeownership rates in 2022 of 63.3% But it fell slightly from 2021 (65.4%) due to higher mortgage rates and inventory constraints. The overall U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

million was driven by a decline in mortgage banking and its title insurance business revenue, which occurred despite its consumer banking revenue more than doubling from the same period last year. Within the Blend platform, mortgage banking revenue was $19.9 Blend Lab ‘s third-quarter loss of $133.98 million, down by $7.4

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2024

On top of this, TCB claims that in March 2023, “the FHA’s current Commissioner, who also holds the title of Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at HUD, stated that FHA disagrees with Ginnie Mae’s position.” Attorneys for the U.S.

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