Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

And so [investors] can start having greater conviction in the future path of interest rates and in the health of the mortgage market.” The pool of non-QM borrowers includes real estate investors, fix-and-flippers, foreign nationals, business owners, gig economy workers and the self-employed.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2023

Roughly 80% of real estate investors surveyed are selling single-family homes at or above asking price after fully renovating the properties to make them habitable, according to a report from real estate marketplace New Western. Other notable markets that grew in the same period included popular Sunbelt investor havens Atlanta and Dallas.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Another single-family rental (SFR) securitization deal sponsored by a large institutional player, Progress Residential , is slated to hit the private-label market this month, bringing the total securitization-deal count for Progress to seven so far this year. billion; FirstKey Homes , $10 billion; Amherst Residential , $6.3

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

(ICE) and investment research firm Delta Terra Capital announced a partnership to offer climate-adjusted credit risk analytics for residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities (MBS). DeltaTerra Capital is an investment research and consulting firm focused on climate risk analysis for institutional investors.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2022

Two new single-family rental (SFR) securitization deals sponsored by large institutional players — often described as “Wall Street” investors — hit the private label market in June, bringing the total deal count so far this year to 10. The Progress Residential SFR platform was launched in 2012 “to capitalize on dislocation in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2024

Kiavi , one of the nation’s largest private lenders for residential real estate investors , closed a $300 million unrated securitization of residential transition loans (RTLs), the company announced on Friday. The deal drew significant interest from institutional investors. The lender also reported that it originated $1.66

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2023

In fact, ATTOM reports that one in 12 home sales in the nation last year, or 8.4%, involved fix and flip investors — whose strategy is to acquire, renovate (fix) and then resell (flip) the properties. More investors keep looking to flip homes … but are making less and less in the process “ ATTOM CEO Rob Barber said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

The time-tested resiliency of home values highlights home equity’s importance to American households and its significance for residential real estate investors alike. In today’s environment, homeowners are looking for new answers — and financing platforms — to solve that puzzle. The same story holds true for personal finance.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

California-based fix-and-flip lender Anchor Loans launched a third-party originator (TPO) channel to serve mortgage brokers, banks, private and non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) lenders and other referral partners whose clients are home builders, developers and investors.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Let’s face it: joint ventures (JVs) and affiliated business arrangements (ABAs) are all the rage in the residential real estate space right now. So why aren’t more commercial real estate (CRE) entities – investors , principals, banks, law firms or developers – seeking the same? And why not?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock has acquired home equity investment platform Balance Homes , the company announced on Tuesday. Investors included Blumberg Capital , Gaingels , Moderne Ventures , QED Investors , Viola FinTech , and Zillow founder, Spencer Rascoff’s venture firm 75 & Sunny.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

For investors, single-family rentals have emerged as a better hedge against slowing rents than apartments in 2023. As home and financing prices were too high for prospective buyers, many turned to single-family rentals instead, buoying demand.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A group of investors led by Colorado-based fund manager Proprietary Capital has completed the acquisition of multichannel lender American Financial Resources (AFR), the parties announced on Monday. residential mortgage market and housing-related assets. The financials of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Das spent six years as CEO of Caliber Home Loans — a NewRez -owned residential mortgage lending company — until January 2022. Pagaya, founded in 2016, provides comprehensive consumer credit and residential real estate solutions for its partners, their customers and investors, according to the firm’s website.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

That includes the nation’s top homebuilders ( DR Horton and Lennar ), mortgage originators ( United Wholesale Mortgage and Rocket Mortgage ), brokerages ( Anywhere and Compass ) and residential search portals ( Zillow and CoStar , which owns Homes.com ). There are other dynamics at play for some of these companies, however.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2022

CoreVest provides financing to real estate investors across the country and boasts more than $15 billion in loans closed and some 125,000 units financed, according to the lender. We believe that this additional information will benefit investors in our securitizations.”. Liquid Mortgage Inc. ,

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Marco Santarelli

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Successful real estate investors aren’t made overnight. It’s not easy to succeed in real estate investing, but there are some tips to become a successful real estate investor. Getting lucky on one investment does not amount to becoming a successful real estate investor. The same is valid for real estate investing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Finance of America Companies (FOA) has entered into an agreement to sell the operational assets of its Finance of America Commercial vertical to Roc Capital Holdings LLC. The deal will offload an FoA subsidiary division that offers residential real estate investment loans.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

According to a Bloomberg report, the bank has already started to offer its mortgage assets to investors in order to transfer the portfolio risks. Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, reported that NYCB has contacted investors to finance a large portfolio of residential mortgages held by Flagstar Bank. It also had $84.3

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

The value of all residential real estate worldwide is approximately $200 trillion. The numbers are staggering so it is no surprise that residential proptech is a heady market, capturing the imagination of entrepreneurs and institutions alike. Investors’ No. Of this, the U.S. accounts for approximately 23%. exceeds $1.5

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

Year Founded Description 98 OptiFunder 4,767% 2018 Finance company helping independent mortgage lenders choose among funding options and streamline the process. 533 ReBuilt 1,096% 2015 Vertically integrated marketplace helping homeowners sell their unwanted property and real estate investors find great off-market deals.

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2022

Specialty finance company Redwood Trust Inc. CoreVest provides financing to real estate investors across the country and as of late June boasted more than $15 billion in loans closed and some 125,000 units financed, according to the lender. billion single-family and multifamily loans nationwide.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

KBRA Analytics , an affiliate of Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), has acquired digital-information service Direct Lending Deals , which offers investors and loan originators coverage of deal data, news and analysis in the direct-lending sector. KBRA Analytics’ acquisition of DLD closed quietly on Aug.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Smart Rate Mortgage, LLC is no longer licensed as a residential mortgage company in Illinois. I broker business-purpose loans completely in a manner which is fully compliant with all laws and regulations and anything said to the contrary is incorrect,” Strauss told Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) in early September.

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Marco Santarelli

JUNE 23, 2023

Home buyers rejoice when interest rates drop, but rising interest rates can actually be a good thing for investors. Because high rates make homes less affordable, the rental market improves, giving real estate investors a chance to improve cash flow and increase their return on investment.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The real estate market in China, both commercial and residential, have been unwinding over the last few years. Chinese real estate investments extend beyond their borders and if those investors suddenly need to liquidate those assets to cover losses at home , many countries real estate markets could be negatively impacted. In the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2022

Property valuation API and risk assessment API, released late last month, connect directly into existing systems through a single integration for lenders, investors and system providers, the company said in a news release. . The two desktop appraisal solutions were developed to meet new desktop appraisal guidelines in April. .

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Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Investors typically focus on either residential or commercial properties. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected each category of real estate, which affects investors. At the same time, interest in residential properties has expanded as residents pursue larger houses and relocate to suburban and rural areas. .

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

Lind points to Finance of America Mortgage , First Guarantee Mortgage Corp. That secondary-market pricing pressure, in turn, is compounded by the liquidity woes created for non-QM lenders due to the rising financing costs for the warehouse lines used to fund originations. That investor percentage is absolutely up from previous years.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2024

Eales elaborated on this further in his prepared remarks during NewsCorp’s earnings call with investors on Wednesday. “If The commercial real estate giant confirmed that its “Residential Network” does include the 17 sites referenced by Eales and Realtor.com. A new competitor who plays by their own rules.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Northpointe Bank , a regional bank headquartered in Michigan, will walk away from its correspondent lending business to focus on its retail lending, mortgage warehouse financing division and specialty loan servicing business. Northpointe was the 24th largest correspondent lender , according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

As investors fled the space, their valuations declined 17.4% The companies include Finance of America Companies , Flagstar Bancorp , Guild Holdings Company , Home Point Capital , loanDepot , Mr. Cooper Group , New Residential Investment Corp. billion in market capitalization. economy into a recession this year. Treasury rates.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

billion in fully funded cash proceeds from the global investment firm Atlas SP Partners through a new senior asset-backed financing facility. Pacific Western Bank also explored a capital raise with potential investors. The company secured $1.4 In addition, it has drawn $3.7 billion from the Federal Home Loan Banks , $10.5

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Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2022

Non-QM lender Kiavi , which specializes in fix-and-flip and investor loans, has laid off 39 employees, sources told HousingWire on Thursday. Because we are in the hard money space, we don’t have a lot of investors willing to buy our assets because of the rate hikes, is what our CEO told us.”.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Real estate investment trust Redwood was founded in the early 1990s as the need for more private investors in the mortgage market grew. For example, bank regulators in July released a plan to increase capital requirements for residential mortgages, the Basel III Endgame rules. We don’t originate residential mortgages.

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Realty Biz

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Investors have been throwing record-breaking amounts of cash into real estate, spending $63.6 The report found investors bought a combined 90,215 homes in Q3, up 80.2% Under Redfin’s definition, an investor is any institution or business that purchases residential homes. Investors are spending more on their homes too.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Regarding Smart Rate, Rehwinkel added that the department was concerned that not all pertinent information had been provided regarding the owner’s background in the industry, “including but not limited to the owner’s experience with real estate finance.” Strauss’s MLO license in the state was issued on December 28. Strauss agreed to pay a $2.45

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