Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Knowing about saving, budgeting, investing and mortgage financing will serve you well if you want to target renters who want to jump off the hamster wheel of paying rent, and who are ready to dip their toe into owning a property. The lender owns foreclosures and REOs after a sale has failed or a borrower defaults on their mortgage.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

Amid a series of shakeups last week at the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) and its regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), two office closures inside the agency could hamper its fair lending and data gathering efforts that support the broader mortgage industry.

Lending

Afford Anything

MAY 14, 2025

When I grew up, we didn’t have much insider access to personal finance and investing. We had Money magazine and a finance book from the local library. I owned a home for 18 years, and including the mortgage, I averaged just £665 a month in total housing costs. There were no experts to listen to.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Equifax ‘s new product integration with the United Kingdom’s IRIS Software Group aims to cut down underwriting time for mortgage borrowers at small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). When a consumer applies for a home mortgage , auto loan or social service benefits, their employer is required to provide employment and income history.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Department of Veterans Affairs mortgage loans. With the passage of HR 7735, known as the “Improving access to the VA home loan benefit Act of 2022,” the VA is now permitting desktop appraisals and in some circumstances, waiving appraisals altogether. The bill, introduced by Rep.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2022

new jobs hiring, housing jobs, recruiting for mortgage industry. Based on the headlines, one might assume the mortgage business is a complete disaster. Some mortgage companies will merge to stay afloat, and many others will go under. Recruiting battles for LOs remain fierce, mortgage executives and LOs told HousingWire.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

House of Representatives that would codify the “tri-merge” credit model into law, a rebuke to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)’s recent efforts to transition to a “bi-merge” model that would require only two credit reports to be pulled instead of three. Fitzgerald in a statement. government relations at TransUnion.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2024

Dozens of former employees at Guaranteed Rate say the mortgage lender has fostered a toxic work environment — including verbal abuse, misogyny and bullying — amid the laser focus of its founder and CEO, Victor Ciardelli, on making money and growing the business, according to a report published Saturday by the Chicago Tribune.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

United Wholesale Mortgage. Finance of America Reverse. First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation. First American Mortgage Solutions. DHI Mortgage Company. American Mortgage Network. Senior Director of Strategic Finance. First Community Mortgage. HR Director. Freedom Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2022

Few other industries must deal with the level of complexity of home finance. From mortgage origination to servicing, companies are constantly grappling with high volume and stringent regulatory oversight while managing a large cohort of vendor partners. We’re seeing mortgage executives and workers retiring at record rates.

Lending

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The blowback from the industry has been immense, with many mortgage executives questioning the ethics of firing employees just weeks before the holidays. The reason stems from a recent amendment to a financing agreement between Better’s SPAC partner, blank-check firm Aurora Acquisition Corp. and venture capital company SoftBank.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Students chose the school for its offering of live instruction classes for salespersons, brokers, appraisers, mortgage, and home inspection courses at various locations and convenient times, including weekend classes. Mon – Sun access. 60 days given to complete course Gold Online Supervised Video Salesperson Course: Webinar.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

government, insurance companies and financial institutions as well as asset-backed security issuances and transactions in the private-label residential mortgage-backed securities (MBS) sector. HR Ratings de Mexico and Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd. first-lien mortgages on residential properties.” billion — or 68.1%

Residential

HomeLight

AUGUST 30, 2024

As of early 2024, ICE’s Mortgage Monitor revealed that the average U.S. mortgage-holding homeowner has about $299,000 in equity. miles) Ontario, Oregon $329,500 48 min-1 hr 2 min (56.4 miles) Emmett $527,000 45 min-1 hr 11 min (36.2 miles) Fruitland $430,000 49 min – 1 hr (54.4

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HomeLight

AUGUST 16, 2021

The mortgage loan process is pretty messy! Follow the list, and you’ll save yourself a lot of headaches and make the mortgage loan process a lot smoother. Businesses have expenses, which eat into how much you take home and have available to spend on a mortgage. Source: (Mangostar / ShutterStock). Loan application.

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Realty Biz

JUNE 13, 2022

Before joining Cairn, Flohr was a General Manager at Berkadia Commercial Mortgage. Feltch will lead all aspects of finance, financial strategy, and accounting. He sat on numerous industry innovation groups and was a sought-after speaker on Proptech and the multifamily industry.

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Afford Anything

JANUARY 4, 2021

They have $150,000 saved for a downpayment, but a $600,000 mortgage isn’t what they had in mind. They’d like to pay off their $90,000 mortgage in three years, but they’re afraid to use the money in case of unexpected baby expenses. I’d like to stay home for the next 10 years, and we also want to pay off our $90,000 mortgage.

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HomeLight

MARCH 31, 2022

Potential homebuyers will need to budget for a down payment, closing costs, monthly mortgage payment, and that doesn’t even include the cost of utilities. Second mortgage. Many other down payment assistance programs are offered in the form of a second mortgage. Forgivable second mortgage.

Closing costs

Afford Anything

OCTOBER 4, 2021

And what type of mortgage is she eligible for since she already owns a home? I’m a real estate broker making $150,000 – $200,000 per year with no debt aside from my mortgages. I approach finances conservatively because my income fluctuates. We collect $1,315 per month on the duplex we own, with a mortgage of $637.

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Afford Anything

JULY 6, 2020

An anonymous listener, whom we call “Mary,” is curious about the auto-rebalancing feature offered by M1 Finance. Anonymous “Mary” asks (at 1:36 minutes): I’m curious about investing with M1 Finance. Resources Mentioned : M1 Finance. Gusto makes payroll, benefits, and HR easy for modern small businesses.

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Afford Anything

APRIL 7, 2021

My only debt is my mortgage, which is $76,000 at a fixed 4.125 percent interest rate. If I move, I’m required to pay a prorated portion of the grant back, and I can’t refinance my mortgage. Should I continue to pay extra on my mortgage? Gusto makes payroll, benefits, and HR easy for modern small businesses.

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Afford Anything

JANUARY 10, 2022

We have two mortgages, with one being a rental home, and we have a car loan at just 1.9%. Gusto makes payroll, benefits, and HR easy for modern small businesses. We are also saving $24,000 a year towards our next investment, which might be another rental home or starting a business. I also have about $40,000 in an old 403b.

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Afford Anything

JANUARY 25, 2021

We have a 30-year home mortgage of $200,000 at a 3.5 Gusto makes payroll, benefits, and HR easy for modern small businesses. Value of any small business. Money in 529s. Personal assets (clothing and cars). Life insurance cash value. There’s a small asset protection allowance of $992 per year as well. percent interest rate.

Loans

Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Rising costs “The 30-year fixed mortgage has increased over 100%, doubled, since 2020,” Davidson said. The first is HR 7480, known as the Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act, sponsored by Rep. The third bill, HR 5837, known as the Protecting America’s Property Rights Act, is sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-Texas).

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mortgage loans. With the passage of HR 7735, known as the “Improving access to the VA home loan benefit Act of 2022,” the VA is now permitting desktop appraisals, and in some circumstances, waiving appraisals altogether. Senate this week passed a bill that streamlines the appraisal process for U.S.

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Afford Anything

JANUARY 11, 2022

My husband is a real estate agent, and I am a loan processor for a private mortgage company. We’re cash flowing our child through college at about $13,000 per year and any extra income goes to paying off our remaining mortgage balance of $110,000. Gusto makes payroll, benefits, and HR easy for modern small businesses.

Loans

Notorious ROB

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Rocket Mortgage Acquires Redfin. To be fair, there were a number of big announcements, but the one I honed in on was this one: We plan to overhaul our current mortgage funnels away from third-party lead generation and toward Zillow Home Loans , and bolster our loan officers’ tools and capabilities to help the customers who come their way.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2025

A key decision maker in the federal housing apparatus, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) oversees the regulator of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) and the Federal Home Loan Banks. He quickly pledged to scrutinize the GSEs by calling them underperforming , and to root out mortgage fraud.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

The top executives at Freddie Mac , along with a top HR official at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), were fired today, according to a report on SEMAFOR. The publication reported that Freddie Mac s CEO, COO and head of HR plus the FHFA’s COO and head of HR were all fired on Thursday.

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BAM Media

MARCH 21, 2025

More changes at Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) took place yesterday. How this plays out for the mortgage marketand whether privatization is the next stepwill be something to watch in the months ahead. Meanwhile, FHFA has also shut down two departments, cutting about 10% of its workforce. Success!

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