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Freedom Mortgage agrees to sell RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing 

Housing Wire

The acquisition is slated to close in 2023, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Once finalized, the acquisition of RoundPoint is expected to provide Two Harbors with annual annual pre-tax earnings of about $20 million, according to Two Harbors.

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How the Fed’s rate hike will affect the housing market

Housing Wire

Consequently (it) will shrink the buyer pool,” Yun said, adding: “Sales could fall even further with some inventory sitting on the market for more than a month like in the pre-pandemic days.”. mortgage industry to fund $4.1 What remains clear for industry observers is that higher mortgage rates will cool down the housing market.

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Mortgage rates might soar even higher

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates, now around 6.5%, are cooling down the housing market and triggering mass layoffs in the mortgage and real estate industries. Will Savage, a loan originator at PMC Mortgage , sees many pre-approved clients having to get reapproved for a mortgage based on the rate increases.

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Help for troubled borrowers is on the way. But will it come soon enough?

Housing Wire

The four-bed property was perfect for the pre-Covid reality, but it is challenging to afford right now. A component of the American Rescue Plan Act, it was approved by Congress in March. The money can be used for mortgage payment assistance or mortgage principal or interest rate reductions. Department of the Treasury approval.

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When borrowers ‘ghost’ their servicers

Housing Wire

Bill Bymel, managing director at Spurs Capital , an investment manager specializing in distressed mortgages, said that about 15% of the overall portfolio during the pandemic contained non-communicative borrowers, up 50% compared to the same pool of borrowers pre-COVID. Some are especially haunted by the Great Recession between 2008 and 2011.

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Mortgage Partnership Gives Georgia Broker the Edge in a Red-Hot Market

RIS Media

“With Rocket Mortgage, I’m able to get people approved fairly quickly, and they are as flexible and available to me as I am to my client,” says DaCosta, an agent at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers. The same rang true while she was on the other end of the transaction table.

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Mortgage Rates Will Remain High in 2024: Predicted by Fannie Mae

Marco Santarelli

Mortgage Rates Predicted High in 2024 Fannie Mae Weighs In: Rates to Stay High in 2024 Fannie Mae, a major player in the mortgage industry, recently released a forecast predicting a slowdown in housing activity due to interest rates that are stubbornly sticking at high levels. Here's the latest intel to help you navigate the current market.