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Watchdog report: Institutional investors ‘may have contributed to increasing home prices’

Housing Wire

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded that while institutional investors may have contributed to rising home prices since 2009, the actual impact they have had on homeownership opportunities is more difficult to assess.

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How JVM Lending plans to expand without any loan originators

Housing Wire

California-based retail lender JVM Lending plans to drum up business this year — but by doing the exact opposite. Back in the 2007-2009 meltdown, we had loan officers with us at that time. We are going to pursue the investor niche aggressively, meeting very specific realtors. I thought it was sparse.

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What happens when borrowers have more control of the lending process?

Housing Wire

Yet borrowers have had limited agency in the lending process to date. FormFree, the ATP fintech led by HousingWire Tech Trendsetter Brent Chandler , is launching a blockchain-based exchange for consumers to take control of the lending process. The smart contract presents the borrower’s lending request to the exchange.

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Dominion Financial adds Dustin Wells to head up wholesale division

Housing Wire

Baltimore -based Dominion Financial Services , a nationwide private lender that specializes in financing for real estate investors , announced the hiring of Dustin Wells as the president of its newly launched wholesale lending division. Wells has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services arena.

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3 questions lenders should ask before implementing non-QM

Housing Wire

“I think non-QM could be another money-making product for all of these originators,” said Keith Lind, executive chairman and president at Acra Lending. When you’re dealing with investors, mistakes cannot happen.”. 1 it was underwritten correctly, and two it fits a credit box of an investor that’s willing to buy it,” Lind said.

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CSBS takes aim at nonbanks with proposed rule

Housing Wire

In the fallout of the housing collapse of 2007- 2009, the U.S. Nonbanks are intermediaries that originate loans to the terms of the ultimate investor. These investors included the GSEs, the Ginnie Mae programs, larger bank portfolios, and Wall Street firms. Nonbanks do not set the rules of lending.

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Opinion: The ripple effect on the U.S. housing market from China’s real estate crisis

Housing Wire

in 2008 and 2009. Lax lending standards and cheap credit, plus a popular belief that real estate values never decline, created a massive bubble. Investors who have been burned by events in China may also start seeing ghosts in other markets and decide the risk profile is just too unfavorable. In the U.S.,