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FirstFunding sues Sprout for breaching of contract

Housing Wire

Sprout was founded in 2009 by industry veteran Michael Strauss and became “one of the fastest growing non-QM lenders in the country,” according to the lawsuit. Consequently, the warehouse lender filed the lawsuit against Sprout on Wednesday for breaching the contract and injunction in the U.S.

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Mortgage applications rise despite higher rates

Housing Wire

Conventional, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Veterans Affairs (VA) purchase loan application volume led the gain in mortgage application volume even as mortgage rates rose to 5.53%, marking the highest since 2009, according to Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting. Presented by: RMF.

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David Stevens, former FHA Commissioner and MBA President, has died

Housing Wire

He left for Freddie Mac in 1995, where he was senior vice president of single family lending and led product development, credit risk and contract negotiations for all single family businesses.

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Mortgage apps decline 11% amid economic uncertainty

Housing Wire

“Mortgage applications decreased for the first time in three weeks, as mortgage rates — despite declining last week — remained over two percentage points higher than a year ago and close to the highest levels since 2009,” Joel Kan, associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting at MBA, said in a statement.

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Purchase mortgage apps defy surging rates

Housing Wire

“Mortgage rates continued to surge last week, with the 30-year fixed mortgage rate jumping 33 basis points to 5.98% – the highest since November 2008 and the largest single-week increase since 2009,” Joel Kan, associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting for the trade group, said in a statement. the week prior. .

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What a dip in mortgage demand says about the housing market

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates are now firmly above the 5% mark , at the highest level since 2009, depressing both purchase and refinance applications. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with jumbo loan balances (greater than $647,200) increased to 5.37% from 5.20%. Interest in residential mortgage loans fell 8.3%

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How JVM Lending plans to expand without any loan originators

Housing Wire

Back in the 2007-2009 meltdown, we had loan officers with us at that time. After the 2008 mortgage meltdown, JVM let go of all its loan originators and trained its employees to target the jumbo loan market in the San Francisco Bay area instead.

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