Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

2 industry player in reverse-backed securities issuance and one of the top two providers of proprietary reverse mortgage loans, is expanding its product suite beyond government-backed and proprietary reverse mortgages while remaining focused on older customers. Reverse mortgage lender and servicer Longbridge Financial , a no.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

Late last month, Ginnie Mae released a term sheet for one of the most anticipated new developments for the reverse mortgage industry — a new Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-backed Securities (HMBS) product referred to as “ HMBS 2.0.” I think, as a whole, the industry is reacting pretty favorably to this.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

The company is looking to expand its industry reach and mentor the next generation of proptech innovators. In February, Maverix Advisory Group added industry veteran Kevin Van Eck to its leadership roster, appointing him to the role of principal after a 16-year tenure at @properties.

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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

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Mitchell, who has reverse mortgage industry experience in the loan origination system (LOS) space, sat down with HousingWire s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD) to talk about the market opportunity that he sees and where he hopes the industry can go from here. Not long after, the company was acquired by Constellation Software.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

As we continue to invest deeply into providing our KW-affiliated brokerages support for the development of their team leaders and operating principals, we are excited to welcome Shanan, who will spearhead those efforts,” KW President and CEO Mark Willis said in a statement. “An

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In the case of FOA — the current industry leader — the earnings results were robust. While Ellington’s results were softer in comparison , company leaders remain bullish on profitability prospects for Longbridge and the wider industry. With several top 10 reverse mortgage lenders now active in some form within the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

Make sure you research your options, said gerontologist Nancy Schier-Anzelmo, principal in Alzheimers Care Associates in an interview with Yonder. As we get older its hard to make new friends and thats why its important to find your tribe those people who are at the same stage of life and have the same life experience as you do.

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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

APRIL 7, 2025

The property management landscape is evolving rapidly, with rising costs, shifting renter expectations, and increasing competition pushing industry professionals to rethink strategies. Cybersecurity solutions and secure property management technology are evolving the industrys approach to fraud prevention and data protection.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2025

This week at The Gathering by HousingWire , reverse mortgages took center stage on Tuesday as HW Media CEO Clayton Collins welcomed two leading industry executives to the stage. Ventura described how it often comes down to educating financial advisers — a key reverse mortgage industry referral source target. It’s the Model T.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Compass shares our passion for empowering clients at every stage of their homeownership journey and has been a powerful leader in driving positive change within our industry, Thomas Anderson, president of Washington Fine Properties, said in a statement. At the end of 2023, the number of principal agents at the brokerage stood at 14,683.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Reverse mortgage industry veteran Tane Cabe recently left his position at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.’s Cabe has similar feelings as his colleagues in different parts of the country, and he is generally optimistic about the state of the industry in early 2024. “I I think things have definitely picked up,” he said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

HousingWire is proud to announce the 2025 Finance Leaders, recognizing 40 of the most impactful finance executives in the mortgage and real estate industries.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The housing industry, from servicers to real estate agents and more, will feel the impacts of this year’s hurricane season far beyond 2022. Gibson went on to discuss reform that could help the industry move toward greater resilience in order to be more prepared for the next disaster. 16, 2022, according to FEMA.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

The report also states that the idea is being championed by Irving Dennis, HUDs new chief financial officer and principal deputy. Dennis, the agencys new principal deputy chief financial officer, is a former partner at the global consulting giant EY , also commonly known by its original name, Ernst & Young , the report said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

That’s why industry leaders are working on new solutions to the loss mitigation toolkit, including successors for the Covid-19 partial claim options. Among other initiatives, the FHA raised the maximum partial claim amount from 25% of the mortgage ‘s unpaid principal balance to the maximum 30% allowed by statute.

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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. Mr. Cooper Group , loanDepot , First American and Fidelity National Financial Inc.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

And industry experts have pointed out that many ARM loans have reset — or will soon reset —at higher rates. BTIG analysts Eric Hagen and Jake Katsikas said in a report released Monday that there is about $550 billion in outstanding unpaid principal balance (UPB) tied to ARMs, or 5% of the single-family mortgage market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

While many in the real estate industry were surprised by the news Friday morning that the National Association of Realtors had agreed to a nationwide settlement of the commission lawsuits for $418 million, Marty Green, a principal at law firm Polunsky Beitel Green , was not one of them. Almost any time in history the U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The program is designed to be based on the UPB (unpaid principal balance), or the loan deliveries we receive in a specific quarter from the lenders, and the corresponding NAQ rate, which is the non-acceptable quality rate. We want to continue to see the right level of engagement from the industry when it comes to the loan quality.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2025

The mortgage industry continues to basically put up new challenges but also new wins and new exciting paths across our entire industry. Sanchez: Newrez has a giant servicing business with $755 billion in unpaid principal balance. Silverstein: Its been a wild ride, but its also been fun. Its been exciting.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

“Although the timing of the cuts and when they will commence is still an open question, the fact that the recent uneven inflation data did not appear to alter the Fed’s projection of three rate cuts in 2024 is reason for optimism,” said Marty Green, principal at Polunsky Beitel Green.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

“The increased M&A activity to-date has been fueled primarily by two factors: 1) pent-up demand for retirement by aged owners who achieved lifetime net worth objectives, and 2) the current industry challenges with more storm clouds on the horizon,” David Hrobon, principal at Stratmor wrote in its October Insights Report.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

“Our clients appreciate their ability to internalize their core challenges, and apply their comprehensive industry knowledge to solving them.” Brown also served as managing director of sales for mortgage technology firm Black Knight , as chief revenue officer for Lift Strategic Partners and as principal for Brown Derby Consulting.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

To excel, you must enter the industry with four main elements: a clear vision, a recognizable brand, an inspired team, and the systems to support them. If you live in one those states, leveling up your career might mean studying to become a Managing Broker or Principal Broker. The industry is constantly evolving.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

For decades, the housing industry has viewed climate risk as a fairly straightforward issue. However, the ramifications of climate risk are now being felt throughout the broader industry, especially as a larger and larger percentage of this damage comes in the form of uninsured losses. You build the home to code.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

And with Fed rates expected to rise even further, industry experts and economists don’t expect mortgage rates to stabilize for at least another year. A housing recession is here, Marty Green, principal at Polunsky Beitel Green , emphasized. . As of September, the median home price was $384,800 for existing homes of all types, an 8.4%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2022

As the principal broker for a RE/MAX franchise in coastal Cannon Beach, Oregon, Alaina Giguiere’s typical responsibilities include marketing homes for sellers, touring homes with buyers, generating new business leads, managing client relationships, and drafting and reviewing contracts with buyers and sellers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

Mortgage rates, which climbed upward one day and went down the next in the wake of the recent wave of bank failures, will continue to be volatile before it stabilizes, industry watchers said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Platforms like Mortgage Servicer can handle all standard industry reporting methods. They also manage Principal and Interest (P&I) and Taxes and Insurance (T&I) advances and recoveries. They automatically generate essential reports, including reconciliation, remittance, delinquency, prepaid, and balance reports.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The industry has also been strongly supportive of our budget requests.” Funding for 2024 is already having a stabilizing effect on Ginnie Mae, he explained, but additional resources will help the company to serve the mortgage industry and market more reliably. “As What I can say is that we’ve had strong support from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2023

​​The Federal Reserve ‘s (Fed) interest rate hike pause will give the housing industry a cautious sigh of relief, but observers are already nervous that the rate-induced pain train won’t come to a complete stop for a while longer and volatility will remain. The industry wants a complete stop.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Over the past few months, the market has thrown our industry almost every curve ball imaginable,” Varun Krishna , CEO and director of Rocket Companies, told analysts during an earnings call on Tuesday. Refinancing opportunities are largely coming from Rocket’s servicing portfolio, which reached an unpaid principal balance (UPB) of $546.1

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2025

Reverse mortgage industry professionals reacted positively to the news when reached by HousingWire ’s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD). Tom O’Donoghue, principal with Reverse Loans Now , has multiple clients impacted by the recent wildfires and said the program would help.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

A lawsuit over rights to reverse mortgage-backed collateral stemming from the collapse of a major industry lender has been brought to an end with a summary judgment, but the plaintiffs in the case have vowed to appeal the decision. The entire industry should be alarmed at this ruling and the governments unlawful seizure of collateral.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The total principal value of the digital pools came to about $24 million. This event is the culmination of efforts by numerous internal and external stakeholders in our digital initiatives, including issuers, document custodians, warehouse lenders, technology providers and other industry partners.”.

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