Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

It is crunch time in the housing industry. Whether you’ve been affected by industry layoffs or you’re future-proofing your career, applying for new positions and interviewing can be daunting. This is especially true for former housing industry professionals who were in the game for many years before finding themselves on the job hunt.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2023

Some say that the nearly 150-year-old title industry has a difficult time adapting and evolving. However, the title industry has proven these critics wrong over the past decade, and importantly, it has done so without leaving homeowners vulnerable to unnecessary risks. Innovation should be encouraged across the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2023

Residential mortgage industry analysts and executives continue to see challenges ahead. In addition, the mortgage industry still has an overcapacity problem, which means more cuts are needed for struggling originators. Even if the U.S. debt limit impasse is solved, the U.S. Even if the U.S. debt limit impasse is solved, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2023

An industry downturn is when leaders find out the real capabilities of the companies they have built. In the title industry , like the rest of the home finance industry, the real dangers are high operating costs that come from inefficiency. No platform was completely successful in achieving this goal.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2023

The ongoing tumult in the banking industry brought to light by the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank — the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. Even a solid lending line, however, isn’t bulletproofed against a systemic industry shock. billion in total assets) and Dallas-based Comerica Bank ($85.4

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Anywhere Real Estate ’s settlement agreement in two class action antitrust lawsuits dealing with buyer broker compensation raises important questions about the future of buyer’s agency and how other defendants are viewing the fast approaching trials. million in damages for both the Moehrl and Sitzer/Burnett suits.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2021

Ransomware attackers hit major title industry cloud services provider Cloudstar , stopping an untold number of loans from closing on Monday. The ramifications for the title and mortgage industry may extend beyond the immediately impacted loan applications. The incident may also further accelerate consolidation in the title industry.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2022

Not many would count the title industry among the economy’s technology leaders. More than a few observers have referred to us as a mom-and-pop industry because it’s comprised of a significant number of small agencies. In fact, many title agents will proudly tell you that ours is a “traditional” industry. A tipping point?

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2023

Residential mortgage industry analysts and executives continue to see choppy waters ahead. In addition, the mortgage industry still has overcapacity, which means the landscape remains challenging for originators. Even if the U.S. debt limit impasse is solved, the U.S. Even if the U.S. debt limit impasse is solved, the U.S. ”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2023

It’s been delayed, but that’s not enough for the mortgage industry. Mortgage industry trade groups such as the MBA say the new deadline helps, but it doesn’t fix an unworkable problem that represents both a logistical nightmare and also confusion to the customer.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2023

While it will take time to fully implement AI in the mortgage industry, the most practical use of AI in the mortgage process is document and data point recognition — or finding data and figuring out what the data is, according to a new Stratmor report on the potentials and limitations of AI.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

The private mortgage insurance industry also supported $600 billion in mortgage originations. The mortgage insurance industry also updated its guides and processes to align with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the GSEs’ policies to implement nationwide forbearance programs. The result was approximately $1.3

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2023

But for potential homebuyers to benefit from new technology, the industry must figure out a way to keep bias out of decision-making models, experts said Monday. That’s something that will have to be overcome before we have wholesale adoption and use across the industry,” Stucky explained.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It’s becoming clear that the settlement services industry, long reluctant to adopt new technology, is finally moving in the direction of comprehensive automation. For an industry where processes, clientele and compliance requirements vary dramatically from state to state or even county to county, this is great news.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2023

The title insurance industry is on the front lines in a never-ending war with the fraudsters. As the industry has gotten better at combatting wire fraud and even the more recent seller impersonation fraud , criminals looking for larger paydays have turned to mortgage payoffs. Can you afford to lose a million dollars?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Each year, the TECH100 awards recognize the 200 most influential tech companies in mortgage and real estate that are working to improve the housing industry through tech innovation. The promises of technology have largely been lost in the mortgage industry and little has been done to reduce costs for homebuyers.”.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Even with a sharp rise in interest rates toward the end of the second quarter, the title insurance industry still recorded a relatively strong fiscal quarter, according to the American Land Title Association’s Market Share Analysis. Total operating income for the industry was down 4.2% During Q2 2022, ALTA recorded $6.21

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

As mortgage rates rise and home price appreciation continues , employees in the housing industry are hard at work preparing for shifting market conditions. title insurance industry’s risk-adjusted industry capital declined, however, overall it remained supportive of ratings at the close of 2021.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2023

Happy New Year to everyone in the housing industry! These five leaders from across the housing industry have shared their new year’s resolutions with HousingWire. Creating a realistic and inspiring new years resolution for your business can be a creative way to goal set in this new year. Matt Lionetti.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2023

With nearly 40 years of experience in the real estate finance industry, Lowrie is widely known for making history in 2005 as the first female elected chair of the MBA. Her tenacity, resilience, and fierce advocacy for our industry will long be remembered by all those fortunate enough to have interacted with her.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

RMK Financial Corporation , which does business as Majestic Home Loans , has been permanently banned by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from the mortgage lending industry following a series of repeat offenses — which occurred despite the CFPB’s law enforcement order issued in 2015. government.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The goal is to help drum up business for lenders during an extremely challenging time in the industry. . The companies claim to have built the industry’s first borrower intelligence platform (BIP) for mortgage advisors, who can use the platform to reach out to prospective borrowers and walk them through loan comparisons.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2022

The Federal Housing Administration ’s (FHA) decision to withhold a mortgage insurance premium cut has confounded mortgage policy experts and industry stakeholders. based consultancy Potomac Partners , which specializes in the mortgage finance industry. “To I’m hoping that they’ll do something in concert together,” Chappelle said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

During Q3 2021, the title insurance industry generated $6.8 billion in title insurance premium, marking the industry’s best quarter on record. Total operating income for the industry was up 53.3% The industry has paid out $352.5 The American Land Title Association saw a 32.5% year-over-year. Presented by: ServiceLink.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The cut, widely anticipated by the industry, will result in mortgage insurance premiums (MIP) of 55 bps for most borrowers, down from 85. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on Wednesday morning announced a 30 basis point reduction in the annual premium charged to mortgage borrowers.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2021

Industry officials were quick to signal their support for yesterday’s historic U.S. ” For the housing industry , Yellen as Treasury Secretary represents a steady hand at the wheel in a deeply uncertain period. The post Housing industry reacts to Yellen’s confirmation appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2021

According to Fahad Janvekar, a loan officer at Fairway Independent Mortgage , “there is definitely some concern” about layoffs in the industry. Meanwhile, Justin Woodward, a loan officer at American Pacific Mortgage and a newcomer to the mortgage industry, said that he anticipates cycles of boom and bust to impact the sector.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2022

Mortgage industry stakeholders say a new 50 basis point fee on some Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac securities runs counter to the premise of a uniform mortgage backed security. The Structured Finance Association , which represents stakeholders in the securitization industry, sharply disagreed with that assessment.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2022

COVID-19 brought many changes to the housing industry as stay-at-home orders forced companies in the space to re-think the mortgage process. The appraisal industry was no exception, creating hybrid or remote models to conduct an appraisal and home inspection without physically entering the home as COVID-19 cases rose.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2021

Rocket Companies , parent of Rocket Mortgage , has its eyes on the solar energy industry, announcing this week that it will enter the green energy game by 2022. gigawatts (GWdc) of solar capacity in 2020, a joint study released earlier this year by the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie said. thus far and counting.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2022

That’s the consensus forecast of a panel of non-agency industry experts who spoke at the Mortgage Bankers Association ’s (MBA’s) Secondary and Capital Markets Conference & Expo in New York City this week. . The post The housing industry will soon be up in ARMs appeared first on HousingWire. It’s a very well-trodden path.”.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2022

And this time, the most wonderful time of the year gives way to what, in the mortgage industry, could be the most awfullest time of the year. Last fall I wrote a report, “Productivity, the One KPI to Rule Them All,” that among other things, states very plainly that the mortgage industry will go through a major downsizing during 2022.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Joel Kan, associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting, at the Mortgage Bankers Association said rates could head even higher in 2022. “If Few industries are as impacted by market fluctuations as housing. The post Mortgage rates blow past industry predictions appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

These trends have exacerbated industry overcapacity, leading to continual layoffs. The resizing of the housing industry will continue as mortgage lenders work to adjust to the new origination environment, said Shampa Bhattacharya, Fitch director of non-bank financial institutions. And don’t expect the layoffs to stop anytime soon.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2022

With only three weeks until 2023 arrives, housing industry executives are adjusting their operations to face what is expected to be another challenging year. . Against the backdrop of this challenging economic and housing environment, companies in the housing industry continued to restructure and cut workforce to better position themselves.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2021

HousingWire recently spoke with Keri Stichler, Divisional Vice President at Rocket Pro TPO, about why female leadership is crucial in the mortgage industry and how companies can advocate for inclusivity. HousingWire: How common is female leadership across the industry? HW: Why is female leadership vital to the mortgage industry?

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