Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

As 2023 winds to a close, so too does a brutal year for the housing market, a year marked by rising rates , steep home prices , scarce inventory and anemic mortgage originations, compared with the boom years of 2020 and 2021.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

As any professional involved in it will know, bringing new people into the fold of the reverse mortgage business can be a difficult task. Reputational challenges , the narrow focus of the product and low mortgage market penetration are just a few of the reasons why. With the right ambassador, that task is made simpler.

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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).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Recent cyberattacks at mortgage companies have put the industry in alert mode, executives at top lenders, servicers, tech vendors and investors told HousingWire. But they acknowledge that they keep a vast amount of customer data and some players may be vulnerable amid a shrinking market.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

Rumors this week that regulators would increase residential mortgage capital requirements for larger depositary banks, far exceeding international standards under the Basel III rules, have raised alarms for industry executives, analysts and trade groups. That’s 20 basis points higher than the international standard.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

mortgage lender Newrez , owned by asset manager Rithm Capital , is imposing a round of layoffs to its workforce following the acquisitions of Computershare Mortgage Services and its affiliate Specialized Loan Servicing (SLS). The layoffs include mortgage professionals such as processors, underwriters and loan officers.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In some markets, more than 50% of active listings have experienced a price cut, according to Altos Research. And because mortgage rates have been above 7% for about two months consecutively, the cost of financing is extreme. According to the brokerage, 6.5% the month prior. The median U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

The mortgage-servicing rights (MSR) market remains robust as we turn the corner into 2024, and though it is expected to slightly underperform 2023, the market is still projected to notch healthy trading volumes in 2024 — hovering near the $1 trillion mark for the fourth year in a row, market observers forecast.

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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

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.” This represents $15.6

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In September 2022, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.1%, according to Freddie Mac data. But compare mortgage delinquencies over the same period: 2.8% CoreLogic principal economist Molly Boesel attributes much of the stability in the low delinquency rate to low unemployment over the period. in September 2022, 2.8%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The year ahead promises to offer the housing industry some relief, compared with a grueling 2023, but it is likely to be only a small bounce forward toward a healthier market. John Toohig, head of whole-loan trading on the Raymond James whole-loan desk and president of Raymond James Mortgage Co.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Marty Green thinks of the housing market in 2022 as two very different movies. The first half of the year, with mortgage rates in the 3s and 4s, was like “Fast and Furious.” But the housing market in the second half of 2022? “The By September, a full-fledged housing market recession had set in.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

year over year in Q3, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index. house price growth continued to accelerate in the third quarter, appreciating more than in each of the previous four quarters,” Anju Vajja, principal associate director in FHFA ’s division of research and statistics, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Mortgage rates, now around 6.5%, are cooling down the housing market and triggering mass layoffs in the mortgage and real estate industries. Mortgage rates have nearly doubled to around 6.5% Will Savage, an LO at PMC Mortgage. Before the Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by 0.75

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

The currency policy will put VA buyers on the sidelines, especially in a market with already tight inventory, Sears pointed out. “In Concerns over the existing VA policies have been echoed among mortgage professionals. VA loans are probably the best loans on the market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Prices in nearly half of the nation’s 50 largest markets climbed by 0.75% or more. Even on a non-adjusted basis, August’s gain of 0.24% was more than 60% larger than the 25-year average for the month, according to a mortgage monitor report from Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

Movement Mortgage will pay $75,000 to resolve allegations of racial discrimination, in violation of the Fair Housing Act, identified by undercover testers from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. ” NCRC had previously provided training to Movement Mortgage, at the lender’s request, in 2019.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In the face of spiking interest rates and historically high home prices , $3,000 monthly mortgage payments are common in today’s housing market. Between 2010 and 2021, mortgage holders withdrew an average 0.92% of available tappable equity each quarter. That share fell to just 0.4%

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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 Mortgage will be covering the difference in mortgage payments in the first 12 months through a special escrow account.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Seven months after a $16 million Series B round, digital mortgage platform Maxwell has raised $52.5 A source told Bloomberg that the latest financing – split between $28.5 The company, founded in 2015, uses artificial intelligence to streamline and accelerate the mortgage process for community lenders and their borrowers.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The latest weekly survey data from Freddie Mac shows the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage jumped 40 basis points to an average of 6.70% this week, the highest level since 2007. The uncertainty and volatility in financial markets is heavily impacting mortgage rates,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. Pressure on demand.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

The lack of housing inventory – a major pain point for real estate agents and loan officers – is an issue that Mark Cohen, principal owner of Cohen Financial Group , also sees in the upper end of the Southern California market. It’s a two-story housing market in Southern California,” Cohen said. Cohen funded $751.4

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In the aftermath, one of the most contentious issues in the minds of mortgage professionals is how the ruling might affect FHA and VA mortgage borrowers. VA loans offer a 100% financing option for qualifying military service members and veterans, and don’t require mortgage insurance. points from the 7.5%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

High interest rates, coupled with a still-low supply of housing, have created price hurtles that are keeping many first-time homebuyers and lower-income borrowers locked out of the housing market. Nobody was doing buydowns in 2020 and 2021 [when 30-year fixed mortgage rates were in the 3% range]. in year one, go to 5.2% in year three.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This is projected to be a record year for consolidation among mortgage lenders, largely due to the dramatic shift from a refinance boom to a purchase mortgage market and the total origination volume, which has shrunk to about half the size from 2021. Presented by: Selene Finance.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2022

On the heels of the central bank’s announcement to raise the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to 4.25%-4.50% on Wednesday, most economists and industry experts were on the same page about the housing outlook and which direction mortgage rates would be headed. . is headed for a recession next year.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

s $720 million acquisition of Computershare Mortgage Services Inc. The deal will add a mortgage servicing rights (MSR) portfolio of about $136 billion in unpaid principal balance to Rithm. mortgage lender in the first half of 2023, with a production of $17 billion in loans, per Inside Mortgage Finance data.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Toronto-based cryptocurrency lending platform Ledn has raised $70 million in a Series B funding round to support the growth of its digital assets lending business, including a new Bitcoin-backed mortgage product. According to Ledn, if Bitcoin prices drop, the client needs to deposit more collateral or pay down some of the principal.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Pennymac Loan Services and RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing reported this week their customers were exposed to a data breach through the Sovos Compliance software , per filings with the Attorney General in California. primary mortgage servicers in the second quarter of 2023 , according to Inside Mortgage Finance data.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

One mortgage M&A expert believes that of the 130 or so IMBs that did $1 billion to $2 billion for production in 2021, 17% of them will not even be able to do $500 million over the 12 months ending June 30, 2023. The consolidation fervor is being fed by several factors, according to David Hrobon, a principal with Stratmor.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2023

Rocket Companies has rolled out its first credit card in order to attract potential homebuyers and existing homeowners into its ecosystem amid one of the most challenging mortgage markets in decades. The firm will also waive the $95 annual fee for cardholders who are clients serviced by Rocket Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2022

Fannie Mae has launched its fourth reperforming-loan sale of the year — an offering of 6,130 loans with an unpaid principal balance of $997 million. A reperforming loan is a mortgage that has been or is currently delinquent but has been reperforming for a period of time. million in unpaid principal balance; pool 2 is at $342.5

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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. This year 75 honorees were honored as HW Insiders. Congratulations to the 2023 HW Insiders!

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A perfect lending storm spurred by the pandemic resulted in an absolutely stunning year for the mortgage industry in 2020. Top lenders who were able to quickly build capacity and take advantage of near-zero interest rates were rewarded with an increase in market share. overall market share in 2021, up from 38.9%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Amid the most challenging mortgage market in decades, Rocket Companies , the parent of Rocket Mortgage , remained profitable in the third quarter of 2023, showing higher margins in the direct-to-consumer and wholesale channels. billion of unpaid principal balance to its portfolio. By channel, Rocket reported $11.9

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Incenter Mortgage Advisors was flooded with a surge of mortgage-servicing rights business in January — with bulk MSR sales approaching in one month what the firm normally tallies in an entire year. The big trigger was we had a half-point increase in the 30-year par rate [for a mortgage] in January,” he said in a recent interview.

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