Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB), up 2% from the end of 2024 and 10% higher compared to March 2024. “We have the scale, capital, technology , and we’ve invested forward. Wholesale partnerships Last week’s earnings painted an interesting picture for the company. And, you know, we’re here, right?

Marketing

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Detroit-based Rocket Companies , the parent of Rocket Mortgage , saw its strategy of investing in technology and expanding its servicing portfolio start to pay off in the third quarter of 2024. billion in loans during the period — up 28% year over year. million loans, Rocket’s servicing operations generated approximately $1.5

Purchase and sale agreement

Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2025

The Pontiac, Michigan-based wholesale lender also announced it has selected ICE Mortgage Technology s MSP loan servicing system as its servicing platform, with a strategic focus on boosting recapture and referral business through its broker network. Cooper Group in the wake of the latters $9.4 Pennymac , the third-largest U.S.

Mortgages

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.

Equity

Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

This could negate any profit potential from increased loan volume. To combat this, lenders should retain their servicing rights to collect the maximum amount of revenue throughout the loan’s life. Effective loan servicing positions servicers as reliable advisors for the homeowner.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Mutual of Omaha approved brokers and principal agents will have access to five core protections, including a promise that the lender “will not solicit borrowers established within the broker network.” We see this program as a way to show our broker and principal agent partners that we are aligned with their success.”

Principal

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In the midst of a servicing acquisition spree, the company now has millions of potential new customers in its ecosystem, and executives say its technological advancements allow for faster decision-making and better outcomes, creating efficiencies others can’t match when the refis do come. That’s 220,000 customers added through Q3.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2025

And the company’s servicing portfolio, measured by unpaid principal balance (UPB), rose 10% during the year to $665.8 “Our best-in-class management team has built a platform with significant scale and remains committed to unlocking additional efficiencies through continued investments in workflow and technology.

Principal

Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Name Job Title Company Name Aaron Heidorn Director of Software Engineering & Infrastructure Cloudvirga Aaron Smith Director, Sales CubiCasa Adrian Provost Chief Executive Officer Realty ONE Group Terminus Ana LeBlanc Human Resources Director InterLinc Mortgage Annie Lemon Producing Branch Manager Gold Star Mortgage Financial Anthony Russo Diamond (..)

Lending

Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2025

During the quarter, UWM extended its 60-bps incentive pricing on conventional and government loans for qualifying brokers through March 31 to help increase volume during the slower winter months. The expectation is to bring all loans in-house by the end of 2026. billion as of March 31, compared to $242.4 billion as of December 31.

Principal

Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2025

These loans are frequently sold to entities like Fannie Mae and managed by large companies. To further complicate things, these loans are sold to the GSEs and GNMA with various types of remittances which dictate how cash flows are treated for scheduled or actual principal and interest handling. And were not even done.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

San Francisco-based private lender Kiavi announced on Thursday that it has secured $300 million in capital after another securitization of its residential transition loans (RTLs). The deal leaves room for reinvestment via a two-year window, allowing investors to reuse principal payoffs to purchase newlyoriginated loans.

Land

Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2025

The HECM Tool a software platform designed to serve as a reverse mortgage sales conversion tool announced this week that it has integrated the proprietary reverse mortgage offering from Smartfi Home Loans into the platforms existing visualization and comparison capabilities.

Mortgages

The Close

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

You also want to add overhead expenses like filing your business entity, advertising costs, real estate commissions and finder’s fees, taxes, and mortgage principal and interest. Cash on hand lets you move quickly without worrying about loan or mortgage interest charges. Hard money loans are most commonly used for fix-and-flip loans.

Hard money loan

The Close

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

They usually find financing through hard money lenders or loans made just for flipping houses. The two main ways to dive into the house-flipping game are: Hard money loans : These loans offer faster approval and funding times than traditional mortgages. It’s common for flippers to aim for an ROI of 20%.

House Flipping

Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

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. Brown expressed excitement over his new role and said he intends to continue serving customers with new solutions.

Principal

The Close

JULY 1, 2025

However, some will struggle with getting approved for a loan, which is something that could result in the transaction falling through for you as a real estate agent. That’s where FHA loans can save the day for everyone. This makes it possible for buyers who might not qualify for traditional loans to still secure financing.

FHA loan

Marco Santarelli

MARCH 22, 2025

Understanding the implications of these rates is crucial for anyone considering purchasing a home or refinancing an existing loan. This figure takes into account only principal and interest, not including property taxes, homeowners insurance, or private mortgage insurance (PMI).

Mortgages

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The company’s volume in Q3 2024 consisted mainly of purchase loans, which accounted for $26.2 In October, it also announced a conventional cash-out loan product with a loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of up to 89.99% and no mortgage insurance. UWM originated $39.5 billion in mortgages in the third quarter, higher than the $33.6

Loan Officer

Marco Santarelli

APRIL 3, 2025

This decline is relevant for both new mortgage borrowers and those considering refinancing their existing loans. Understanding Today's Mortgage Rates Mortgage rates are crucial in determining how much youll pay for a home over the life of your loan. Rate Trends: The market might see fluctuations as economic conditions evolve.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Large MSR owners are getting a lot of benefits through their skills and investment in technology, and they’re able to pass that through to the MSR economics, including things like retention,” said Chris King, senior vice president at Texas-based Mr. Cooper , the largest primary servicer in the U.S., which manages a $1.34 trillion portfolio.

Mortgages

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; and pool 3, $312.9

Loans

Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2024

The update will also now allow 203(k) consultant fees to be financed for a limited 203(k) loan, and rehabilitation periods will be extended for both limited 203(k) loans (to nine months) and for standard 203(k) loans (to 12 months). FHA has also updated its FHAC guide to provide details for these changes.

Loans

Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

Loan repurchases continue to trend downward at both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , but there appears to be a separation developing in loan-repurchase patterns — with Freddie reducing its loan buybacks at a faster clip than Fannie, according to recently released data and public filings. Breaking it down There was a total of $335.6

Loans

Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2023

We’ve asked Phillip McCall, president and chief operating officer at ACES Quality Management , how lenders can keep up with new and upcoming regulations to maintain loan quality in this very competitive environment. Our team has literally gone through the alphabet soup of lending regulations to fully apply them within our technology.

Loans

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Ginnie Mae announced its first guarantee of a mortgage-backed security backed by digital pools, or pools of loans that consist entirely of eNotes. The MBS were loans closed by Rocket Mortgage in December, are issued as of Jan. The total principal value of the digital pools came to about $24 million. Presented by: CoreLogic.

Principal

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Rocket Companies , the parent of Rocket Mortgage , has set ambitious goals to increase market share by 2027 using its multichannel reach, its origination and servicing flywheel, and its advanced technology platform. We are unique in the sense that we’re building what we consider to be an elastic technology platform,” Krishna said.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Lux joins the mortgage tech company from Cenlar FSB , the nation’s largest subservicer, where he served as executive vice president and chief operating officer for the past six years leading their entire servicing and technology operation.

Technology

Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

Fintech firms Rocktop Technologies and LiquidFi on Thursday announced a milestone in their business partnership that was formed earlier this year. At the same time, LiquidFi — an asset tokenization platform for mortgage investors — has used its patented technology to create digital assets on more than $7.7 billion in UPB.

Due diligence

Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB). The credit rating agency noted in a November 2023 report that SPS had approximately 806,000 non-agency RMBS loans (total value of $150 billion), 82,250 third-party serviced loans ($21.4 billion), and 26,500 agency and owned loans ($4.4 In the U.S., 36 in the IMF ranking.

Banks

Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Almeida Realtor- Team Leader The American Dream Group Coldwell Banker Abhishek Shende Senior Principal Software Engineer Zillow Group Adi Pavlovic CEO Newzip Alnur Kassim-Lakha Director Mile Rock Capital Amy Macken Senior Vice President, Due Diligence Operations Consolidated Analytics Anaid Chacón Senior Vice President of Product Argyle Mortgage Arkadiusz (..)

Principal

Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Kiavi , one of the nation’s largest private lenders for residential real estate investors , closed a $350 million unrated securitization of residential transition loans (RTLs), the company announced on Monday. The loans bundled in the securitization were mostly investment property loans used for fix-and-flip transactions.

Closing

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

LauraMac, a provider of mortgage loan review SaaS technology, has appointed Rick Seehausen as its chief strategy officer. I look forward to working closely with Rick to leverage the success of our Loan Review System, prepare the launch of our Loan Acquisition System, and guide us in the development of new product lines.”

Loans

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2021

has raised $175 million to accelerate growth and fund new technologies , just 16 months after relaunching its operations. Principals of the private holding company StoicLane led the round, the firms said on Wednesday. Last year, Interfirst relaunched its services with a new proprietary loan origination technology platform.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This was the first earnings delivered by Rocket’s new CEO, Varun Krishna , who focused his conversation with analysts on the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies to transform the business. billion in sold loans through its direct-to-consumer channel, down from $12.4 By channel, Rocket reported $11.9

Principal

Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

Financial wellness technology company EarnUp reached a new milestone last quarter, helping millions of Americans schedule mortgage, auto, and student loan payments through its Payday to Payday program and technology. The company says it processed more than 50 million payment transactions worth $43 billion in total as of Q1 2023.

Technology

Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

Top mortgage technology executives say their companies are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) in their operations but still relying on human decision-making to sell loans. “There’s one question every CEO, CTO, CIO, loan officer, processor, underwriter, they all ask the same thing: will AI replace my job?

Mortgages