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FHA’s HECM limit rises above $1.2 million in 2025

Housing Wire

. “I am delighted to see the HECM lending limit increase for calendar year 2025,” Irwin said in a statement to HousingWire ‘s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD). For several years, the reverse mortgage lending limit remained stagnant before rising in 2017 from $625,500 to $636,150. compared to third-quarter 2023.

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IMBs have a duty to serve lower-income communities

Housing Wire

Bank CRA obligations cover far more than their mortgage lending. IMBs have expanded because of the warehouse lending and short-term credit provided them by the nation’s depositories and because they can sell their loans into the government-guaranteed agency secondary market ( Ginnie Mae , Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac ).

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Ginnie Mae’s new liquidity standards are sorely needed

Housing Wire

Unlike lenders or servicers for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , Ginnie Mae issuers are responsible for passing along payments to investors after borrower equity, federal agency and mortgage insurance resources are exhausted. If those issuers fail, Ginnie Mae is ultimately responsible for making those investor payments.

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How 2020 raised the stakes for the mortgage industry

Housing Wire

Sure, new online lending operations like SoFi, Better and a handful of others are taking advantage of their lack of traditional infrastructure. Digital lending is easier for companies that were born in the cloud. The cloud has helped to accelerate online and virtual processes extending into every step of the lending process.

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Top lender UWM debuts a 89.99% LTV, cash-out refinance. Is it worth the risk? 

Housing Wire

UWM has debuted a new cash-out refi product without mortgage insurance. On Wednesday, UWM unveiled a new cash-out refinance product —dubbed Cash-Out 90—that allows borrowers to refinance with a loan-to-value ratio of up to 89.99% without requiring mortgage insurance (MI). Is the juice worth the squeeze?

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New York poised to expand CRA rule to nonbank lenders

Housing Wire

“Omitting non-depository lenders, who currently hold a substantial portion of the mortgage lending market, from CRA monitoring leaves communities vulnerable to fair lending abuses in the New York State residential loan market,” the bill states. The key to implementing non-QM products.

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RealFi lays off employees without paying salaries, severance: sources 

Housing Wire

However, two former employees said the company communicated it’s shutting down its mortgage lending business. The FDIC was the receiver of Washington Mutual Bank after it failed during the 2008 financial crisis. It wasn’t immediately clear what restructuring Mosiello was referring to.