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Severe storm fallout could destabilize the intersection of mortgage and insurance

Housing Wire

The home insurance marketplace has been facing a reckoning. With the death toll from Helene crossing the grim milestone of 230 this week — and with thousands of impacted homes without flood insurance wiped away — this could lead to a ripple effect that drives homeowners insurance premiums even higher.

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HECM study assesses financial impacts of program over 20 years

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) in 2022 aimed to assess the state of the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program over a 20-year period. The average loss for each loan originated in 2007 was estimated to be $37,300, or a total loss of about $2.5

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Opinion: Setting the record straight on mortgage pricing

Housing Wire

80% LTVs (no mortgage insurance required) and 80.01-85% 85% LTVs (with mortgage insurance) by credit score. As the FHFA pointed out, the current grids were developed some time ago and might reflect mortgage performance from a less benign economic environment than today.

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The Week Ahead: Preparing for 2025

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Regulatory Developments: Key updates on policy changes and new regulations affecting industry compliance and operations. Department of Labor’s Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report (Thursday) The post The Week Ahead: Preparing for 2025 first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

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The Week Ahead: Measuring Housing Market Dynamics

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He joined Fitch in 2007, and has held various roles since then. As a Criteria Officer, she was responsible for the review and approval of Fitch’s rating criteria and models, and as a founding member of CRAG, she helped develop the review framework. Economic Research at Fitch Ratings, Sonola is responsible for coverage of U.S.

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Lakeview readies rare securitization backed by nonperforming mortgages

Housing Wire

The bulk of the mortgages (97%) in Lakeview’s current private-label securities (PLS) offering involve FHA-insured mortgages 90 days or more past due that have been purchased out of Ginnie Mae (GNMA) loan pools via the agency’s early buy-out, or EBO, program. trillion in 2021 vs. approximately $400 billion in 2007.”. “EBO

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Economists cautiously optimistic as unemployment rate falls to 6.9%

Housing Wire

“That said, there was an increase in the number of workers with part-time spots who wanted full-time work, an indication that people are making tough choices to go back to work because enhanced unemployment insurance benefits have ended.”. But despite residential construction employment climbing back to only 0.8%