Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Last week’s above-consensus inflation figures brought the mortgage market back to a sour reality: The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate, an index closely watched by industry experts, may be close to or even above the 7% level for longer than previously expected. Where are mortgage rates headed? in second-quarter 2024.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2022

The Department of Housing and Urban Development said it is “looking very hard” at how to make it easier to finance small-dollar mortgages, but has yet to spell out how it will accomplish that goal. But a senior HUD official in mid-July stated the obstacles to providing small-dollar mortgages, instead of giving solutions.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

They restrict the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) and banks from dealing in loans encumbered by PTFCs or related securities, “and prohibits the banks from accepting such mortgages or securities as collateral for advances, unless such PTFCs are ‘excepted transfer fee covenants,’” the entry explained.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

The result is that safe and affordable financing is out of reach for tens of thousands of credit-ready homebuyers looking to purchase a manufactured home. Demand for home-only financing is strong; in 2019, there were more than 200,000 home-only loan applications. Yet help might be on the way.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2023

Delmar Mortgage has become the latest lender to partner with Freddie Mac on a special purchase credit program that aims to narrow the housing gap for historically underserved communities. Delmar Mortgage was founded in 1966 and operates in 38 states with 16 branch locations.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2023

Mortgage rates and home prices are high and inventory is paltry, resulting in a largely frozen housing market. Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they are waiting for mortgage rates to drop before entering the market, according to a survey released this week by BMO Financial Group , the eight-largest bank in North America.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A slight cooling in mortgage rates wasn’t enough to keep mortgage applications from sinking to a 28-year low. Freddie Mac‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, which focuses on conventional and conforming loans with a 20% down payment, shows the 30-year fixed rate averaged 7.12% as of Sept. 7, down from last week ’s 7.18%.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Last year, fast-rising rates and related volatility, coupled with liquidity challenges in the bank and nonbank sectors, high home prices and a shortage of housing inventory all worked together to suppress mortgage originations and the secondary market outlets for those loans as well. trillion portfolio of MBS.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The baseline conforming loan limit for mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2024 will be $766,550, up 5.5% compared to the current limit of $726,200 , the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced Tuesday. Moreover, for the first time, the federal government backed mortgages north of $1 million.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2021

Depository bank Citi continues to round out its mortgage executive team under the stewardship of Brad Wayman. Citi announced this week that it had appointed industry veteran Liz Bryant as the new head of retail mortgage sales for the U.S. billion in residential mortgages last year. Bryant comes to the St. The bank funded $33.94

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

The program provides direct loans to Native American veterans and veterans who are married to Native American non-veterans to help with the purchase, construction or renovation of a home on trust land. Native Americans often face difficulty when accessing credit on tribal lands.

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Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2022

Senior officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development , which houses the FHA, said today during a press briefing that it would focus on improving financing for manufactured homes and revamp its renovation financing. Another area of focus for the administration is improving its financing for manufactured housing.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

billion in title insurance premiums, a 31% annual drop, according to the American Land Title Association’s Market Share Analysis , released Tuesday. ALTA attributed the drop in premium volume to a decrease in mortgage originations. Rounding out the top 10 for Q3 2023 were Westcor Land Title Insurance Co.

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Point2Homes

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Owning your own plot of land is a dream come true for many of us. But, if you’re ready to make that dream a reality, you might be wondering exactly how to go about buying land. Find a Plot of Land. Once you’ve found a plot of land you like, it’s essential to check the most recent land survey. Secure Financing.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In late August, when mortgage rates were well over 7% and beginning their climb toward 8%, Jeff Anderson had a client do what few other homeowners are willing to do: She gave up her 4% mortgage rate. By doing a cash-out refi, she landed a $340,000 FHA loan and locked in a 6.9% mortgage rate at the end of August. “At

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The government sponsored entities is part of its Equitable Housing Finance Plans , which are required by their regulator Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). The initial version of the GSE’s Equitable Housing Finance Plans were approved in the summer of 2022 by the FHFA.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

For more than a decade, HousingWire’s Tech100 program has identified and recognized the most innovative technology companies serving the mortgage and real estate industries. The 2023 Tech100 Mortgage winners are continuing to bring innovation to the mortgage process – from origination to closing, and servicing to secondary markets.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) submitted a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) expressing its support for the use of attorney opinion letters (AOLs) on Wednesday. Since Fannie Mae’s announcement in April 2022, the American Land Title Association has been a vocal opponent to the use of AOLs.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Mortgage rates this week saw the biggest one-week decline in a year and potential homebuyers waiting for rates to drop responded, said Josh Mettle, division president and co-creator of NEO Home Loans. “I I think we were up right around 15% increase in the number of initial mortgage applications. What’s going on with mortgage rates?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Consolidation in the mortgage industry is likely in 2022, analysts and lending executives said. Justin Woodward has experienced the best and the worst of the mortgage industry in only 18 months. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

When Thaddeus, the American Land Title Association’s eagle mascot, landed in Colorado Spring at The Broadmoor Hotel after a month-long virtual journey across the country from Washington, D.C., he did so with a new look. In August, however, news broke that Fannie had decided to scrap the pilot program before it had even launched.

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Maximum Exposure Real Estate

JANUARY 30, 2022

What to Know About Mortgages For Land Are you planning to buy a plot of land to build a new home? Are you investigating a land loan? If you need financing, you may find it more challenging to get a loan for land from traditional lenders. Land loans are a more specialized finance product available […].

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Rocket Pro TPO , the wholesale arm of Rocket Mortgage , on Monday raised agency conforming loan limits to $750,000, ahead of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) decision expected in November. Meanwhile, United Wholesale Mortgage followed suit the following day. That’s only a 3% or 3.5% increase.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2023

With the mortgage industry still rightsizing, mortgage professionals are worried about regulation of the industry and inflation that thins already tiny margins. of the surveyed mortgage professionals said loans falling through was the biggest challenge, ranking as the second most challenging factor. About 19.4% Of the total, 36.1%

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

“In April, purchase open orders per day were up 4% over last year, but higher mortgage rates may temper purchase volumes going forward. Looking ahead, while Nolan believes that the housing market will rebound, he noted that the timing is “uncertain and largely dependent on lower mortgage rates.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

The American Land Title Association (ALTA) is celebrating a huge win in its ongoing war against title insurance alternatives. The pilot program was said to have been a component of the government sponsored entities’ (GSEs) Equitable Housing Finance Plans , which are required by their regulator Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

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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

MARCH 8, 2024

Despite the protests of the title insurance industry, Fitch Ratings does not believe the lender title insurance waiver pilot program for certain refinance transactions announced by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Thursday will have an impact on title insurer ratings.

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Realtor.com

MARCH 10, 2021

The first is where to build—and that means you’ll need to purchase a plot of land. But picking a suitable parcel can prove a bit more complex than you’d think—which is why, in this installment of our Guide To Building Your Own Home , we’re covering everything you need to know about buying land. Where to find land for sale.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

Mortgage lender and servicer NewRez on Monday launched a special purpose credit program through Freddie Mac that will provide $3,000 or more in closing cost assistance to qualifying first-time homebuyers. The special purpose credit program is an extension of the government sponsored enterprise’s equitable housing finance plan.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A coalition of housing trade groups — including the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), National Association of Realtors (NAR) and National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) — called on the Federal Reserve to provide market certainty about the Fed’s rate path and its plans for the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) portfolio.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

But in 2024, industry analysts believe mortgage rates will be the primary focus for many firms. “I I think the three most important factors driving sentiment and action next year are going to be supply, demand and mortgage rates.”

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RIS Media

JUNE 6, 2021

Are you wondering how land loans work? Maybe you’re setting your mind on purchasing a piece of land that wonderfully fits your future house? Getting a loan for land is a smart move, especially when you will not be constructing your home right away. Procuring land financing is a great way to make your purchase on time.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2023

Three veteran sales executives at Movement Mortgage have parted ways with the South Carolina-based lender to join the competitor Summit Funding, sources told HousingWire. Schoolfield and Shelton joined Movement in 2012, were promoted as divisional leaders in February 2021, and landed at Summit in July. division, to Summit.

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Marco Santarelli

MAY 27, 2024

Soaring mortgage rates in 2024? Let's face it, today's mortgage rates can sting. There's a little-known weapon in your arsenal: the assumable mortgage. An assumable mortgage is a way to take over the existing mortgage on a property instead of getting a brand-new loan.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A team of more than 60 mortgage bankers at now-defunct Finance of America Mortgage has landed at Hallmark Home Mortgage. “Hallmark is now positioned to become one of the nation’s top 100 residential mortgage lenders,” said founder and CEO Deborah Sturges in a statement.

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Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Finding that location and buying land to build a house is the first step in fulfilling this dream. . The loan you use for buying land to build a house on is very different than the traditional home mortgage loan. The loan you use for buying land to build a house on is very different than the traditional home mortgage loan.

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