Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2025

Applications for refinances drove the decrease in the overall index as they fell 36%, while applications for purchase loans were down 13%. Data at HousingWire ‘s Mortgage Rates Center also shows consistent upward movement in the cost of a home loan during the last two weeks of the year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Banks reported having tightened lending standards across almost all categories of residential real estate loans over the fourth quarter of 2023 amid an elevated interest rate environment. banks said they saw weaker demand for all types of residential real estate loans except for government (46.2%) and subprime mortgage loans (41.6%).

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

After two years of limited demand, private equity and insurance companies are increasing their allocations to single family residential mortgages. The current stress in the CRE and C&I loan markets further highlights the advantages of residential mortgages.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Arrival Home Loans on Tuesday announced a partnership with zavvie a fintech company that specializes in bringing liquidity to residential real estate in an effort to enhance the homebuying experience for its customers. Arrival Home Loans, which is powered by Pacific Private Money Inc. produced a total volume of $52.5

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A California regulator has revoked the residential mortgage lending license of LoanSnap , the latest in a series of difficulties for the fintech lender. According to a filing from the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation dated Oct. 18, LoanSnap had its license revoked after it failed to renew its surety bond.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2025

The share of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan applications hit a record high for the survey, accounting for nearly one-third of all applications. The average loan size decreased, signaling that first-time homebuyers remain active in the market, Kan said. By loan type, conventional mortgages made up 56.7%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

New data released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) revealed that the delinquency rate for mortgages on one- to four-unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 3.98% of all loans outstanding at the end of 2024. Department of Veterans Affairs loans.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The best hard money loans for real estate depend on your investment strategy, whether youre financing a short-term flip, a rental property or a large-scale development. Youll also learn how hard money loans work, what it takes to get approved and key factors to consider before applying.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2025

For subservicers, managing loans can generate stable income through fees, and when agreements allow and align with their strategy, it opens doors for cross-selling activity. Indeed, the total residential subservicing market declined to $3.96 including affiliated Rushmore Loan Management Services ) and Flagstar s servicing assets.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Non-QM loans are utilized primarily by entrepreneurs and other self-employed individuals who dont have the necessary documentation to qualify for Freddie and Fannies conventional mortgages. Non-QMs are attractive because they have strong credit quality, low loan-to-value ratios, and stable origination volumes.

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

Highlands Residential Mortgage announced that Dan Carson recently joined the company as a senior vice president and area manager of its Park Cities branch in Dallas. I love the mortgage industry and I can’t wait to share that passion and drive that comes with it to the Highlands Residential Mortgage Team.“ “We billion in volume.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

Global asset manager Bain Capital announced Monday that it has acquired a controlling stake in Archwest Capital , a California -based company that offers financing to residential real estate investors. Its product mix includes fix-and-flip loans, bridge loans and construction loans.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Alterra Home Loans , a Nevada headquartered retail lender and a Panorama Mortgage Group company, has promoted Fernando Ospina to president. He originated more than $46 million in loans in 2022, the company said. billion across 3,900 loans in 2022, data from mortgage data platform Modex showed. The company originated $1.23

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

Roughly eight months after acquiring PacWest Bancorp in a rescue deal , Banc of California is selling roughly $2 billion in business-purpose residential mortgage loans, according to Bloomberg. billion of single-family residential loans at a discount. The bank entered into an agreement to buy $1.8

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

is acquiring Garden State Home Loans Inc. Garden State had 34 sponsored loan officers and two active branches—in Medford (New Jersey) and Maitland (Florida)—as of Friday, per the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS). billion in 19,000 loans since its foundation. OceanFirst Bank N.A.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

One such solution includes the Edge Platform —designed to survey loan portfolios and identify recapture opportunities based on current mortgage rates. Chris Kennedy: Recapture is refinancing the customer into a new loan. When a loan is recaptured, it’s refinanced into a new loan.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

Founder and CEO Robert Wasmund has a deep background in the residential construction and bridge lending industry. “We Wasmund is also the former CEO of Genesis Capital , which was sold by Goldman Sachs in 2021 to New Residential Investment Corp. , now known as Rithm Capital.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

San Francisco -based private lender Kiavi announced Monday that it has closed another multimillion-dollar securitization of residential transition loans (RTLs), bringing its six-month volume of issuances to nearly $1 billion. million in short-term RTLs (aka fix-and-flip loans or bridge loans) across 18 transactions since 2019.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The initial digital integration involved reports, pay stubs and W-2s to the more than 370 mortgage companies and 52,000 loan officers that rely on nCino to manage the loan application process. Our expanded integration with nCino reflects Argyles commitment to meeting lenders and their customers throughout the loan journey.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

California-based fix-and-flip lender Anchor Loans launched a third-party originator (TPO) channel to serve mortgage brokers, banks, private and non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) lenders and other referral partners whose clients are home builders, developers and investors. Anchor Loans was acquired by investment firm Pretium in November 2021.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

The company analyzed a portfolio of residential , commercial and business-purpose loans totaling approximately $80 billion. of these transactions contained issues that could lead to fraud, with each problematic loan averaging 2.5 It found that 46.8% errors the highest number on record.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2025

The deal involves an 18-month revolving period during which principal payoffs can be reinvested to originate new loans, creating a projected $400 million in additional funding capacity. Legacy Group Capital on Thursday announced its first institutional capital partnership with LibreMax Capital LLC , an $11.8

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Business-purpose residential mortgage lender Dunmor announced Thursday that it has received a minority equity investment from Newfi Lending , a nonagency mortgage lender owned by funds managed by Apollo Global Management. According to Dunmor, the investment is an extension of an original partnership initiated in June 2024.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

“Morningstar DBRS previously confirmed its MOR RVO2 residential reverse mortgage originator ranking for FAR,” the company said. The company also mentioned the distribution channels for its reverse mortgage products, including Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) as well as its proprietary HomeSafe loans.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

As a servicer of 48 million loans , CoreLogic streamlines workflows with innovative solutions designed to enhance property tax management. CoreLogic manages over 80% of the nations residential escrow payments. We empower stakeholders to effectively manage property taxes, fostering a better experience for loan servicers and homeowners.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2025

mortgage lender United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) on Wednesday became the target of a lawsuit from the Ohio Attorney General, Dave Yost, who claims UWM conspired with mortgage brokers to steer loans and rip off consumers in Ohio. Rather, they were ensnared in UWMs scheme, and steered, without their knowledge, to UWMs higher-priced loans.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Federal student loan payments resuming on Oct. 1 will negatively affect consumer loan asset quality, including credit card, auto and, to a lesser extent, residential mortgages. According to the analysts, job market conditions remain the primary driver of consumer loan performance. in Q2 2023. in Q2 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The latest baseline increase in conforming loan limits has enabled loan originator Dave Krichmar’s client to make a 5% down payment instead of 10%. The self-employed homebuyer found an $800,000 home in Texas, but with the conforming loan limit for 2023 being $726,200, the buyer needed a jumbo loan or a bank statement loan.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

While AVMs leverage robust data to estimate a property’s value, IAG also requires valuations for home equity loans to reflect the property’s current physical condition. Typically, to use a Home equity product, the property should be a residential home with sufficient equity in an area with reliable market data. Click Here

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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.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

Findings include 71% of loan officers reporting an increase in buyers who are willing to purchase fixer-uppers, explore unconventional financing or accept high mortgage rates despite long-term financial concerns. Jones, a Colorado-based LO for Lower -backed Universal Lending Home Loans.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Das, a former CEO of Caliber Home Loans , will begin his new role on Oct. Das spent six years as CEO of Caliber Home Loans — a NewRez -owned residential mortgage lending company — until January 2022. Pagaya also offers personal loans, auto loans, credit cards and point-of-sale (POS) financing.

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2024

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) this week detailed its reasons for opposing a bill in the state of Florida designed “to expand projects eligible for residential Property Assessed Clean Energy ( PACE ) financing,” which was recently signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In June 2024, it completed the $70 million acquisition of Great Ajax , transitioning the business from a legacy residential loan platform to a vehicle focused on commercial real estate. A year prior, it acquired Sculptor Capital Management , along with Computershare Mortgage Services and Specialized Loan Servicing (SLS).

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

Nearly half (48%) of a $65 billion portfolio of loans processed during the first quarter of 2024 contained vulnerabilities to wire and title fraud , according to a report released Wednesday by FundingShield. The portfolio of loans examined included residential, commercial investor and business purpose loans.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

billion deal to acquire the depository bank’s residential mortgage servicing operations. trillion in its servicing portfolio and has made big upgrades in technology to help recapture loans. Cooper won’t be onboarding as many Flagstar Bank employees as initially projected in its $1.4 It now has north of $1.5

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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

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