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Could American reverse mortgage companies someday partner with one from Australia?

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). There is also a requirement that a client must seek independent legal advice before taking out a loan. Also, meeting system providers like HECM Toolbox who have developed specific products to improve the reverse mortgage market was great.” ” Partnership possibility?

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Waltz launches streamlined financing option for international homebuyers

Housing Wire

” Waltz aims to support international buyers with a “comprehensive” solution that covers the compliance, legal, banking and regulatory processes to close the purchase process within 30 days. homes for any year on record since 2009. . “From my experiences investing globally and in the U.S.,

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Game of chicken: Private MLSs stare down DOJ over settlement terms

Housing Wire

The privately owned multiple listing service has taken a laissez faire approach since its launch in 2009, as it promises no fees and fewer rules than MLSs owned by Realtor associations. You have to follow the law, but if it’s legal, you can do it,” Pfaff said. The DOJ isn’t the only remaining legal threat to the real estate industry.

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Ex-loanDepot COO: Tony Hsieh cut corners to boost volume

Housing Wire

Richards accuses the CEO, who founded loanDepot in 2009, of directing the company’s Chief Credit Officer, Brian Rugg, to refrain from auditing the 8,000 loans. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Mike Linton, marketing expert who currently serves as chief revenue officer at genomics firm Ancestry , The company was trading at $6.98

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ALTA shakes up leadership team with staff promotions

Housing Wire

Steve Gottheim, who has been with ALTA since 2009, was promoted to general counsel. This year, he has also been driving ALTA’s internal legal efforts regarding the SECURE Notarization Act while overseeing the Title Insurance Political Action Committee and its regulatory efforts.

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Homebuilders are primed for an even better 2024

Housing Wire

The biggest headwind that homebuilders will confront when it comes to multifamily construction is the tight financing conditions in multifamily development. Labor shortages, lot shortages, lending issues, cost of lumber and materials as well as legal and regulatory barriers have made it difficult to deliver more homes to the American market.

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Auctions see high owner-occupancy rates for foreclosed homes

Housing Wire

In 2009, at the peak of the Great Recession’s foreclosure crisis, more than half (52%) of all foreclosure sales were sold to entities who purchased at least 10 properties in a calendar year, according to data from ATTOM Data Solutions. Public record data looking at the total foreclosure sales market demonstrates this.