Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Retail lender Movement Mortgage has invested $200 million to expand its nonprofit Movement Foundation , and to accelerate the development of its growing charter school network. The investment will also aide in the development of adjacent affordable housing and health clinics in Central America, the company said in a statement this week.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

In the message reviewed by HousingWire, DeJoseph wrote that by becoming part of a larger organization, Garden State gains access to a “national lending platform, greater resources, enhanced career development opportunities, and the ability to offer more comprehensive services to our clients, well beyond residential mortgage lending.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2024

The draft Mortgagee Letter (ML) “proposes updates to HUD’s calculations for the payment of debenture interest for HECM claims and establishes a process for retroactively adjusting the calculation of debenture interest for claims filed on HECMs that became due and payable on or after September 19, 2017,” FHA said in an announcement of the proposal.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The bank will pay a $200,000 fine for reporting inaccurate HMDA data in 2016 and 2017 — with error rates up to 40% in some cases, according to the CFPB. The settlement also orders Washington Federal to “develop and implement an effective compliance-management system to prevent future violations,” per the CFPB.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

ERA Prime Real Estate was founded in 2017 by owner Willie Ray III. This exciting development will allow us to provide an even higher level of service to our clients.” GAP Realty Group was founded in 2015 by Alex Pandoff and has 50 agents. The combined firm will do business as ERA Prime Real Estate Group.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

FNB was involved in the case as a successor in interest of Yadkin Bank , which it acquired in 2017. The complaint alleges that, from 2017 through 2021, FNB failed to provide mortgage services to predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Charlotte and Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Founded by Karl Jacob and Allan Carroll in 2017, LoanSnap raised $100 million in seed funding from investors such as Richard Branson’s Virgin Group ; former NFL star Joe Montana’s Liquid 2 Ventures ; and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Rawls is the latest addition to a leadership team of seven executives at the developing company. Guaranteed Rate Affinity was formed in 2017 through a partnership between Rate , formerly branded as Guaranteed Rate , and Anywhere Real Estate , formerly known as Realogy.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

hired two executives as it looks to take the company to its next phase of development. In 2017, Cunningham, de Jong and three others founded Sales Boomerang, an automated borrower intelligence and retention system for the mortgage industry. Mortgage tech firm TRAiNED Inc.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), addressed industry attendees at the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) Annual Meeting and Expo in San Diego last week. He then turned his attention to data, highlighting that in 2017 there were nearly 100,000 HECM counseling sessions.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The events will feature speakers focused on professional development for loan originators to grow their business and what is likely to happen in the next Congress that could impact the mortgage industry in 2023, according to a statement from NAMB. Louis, Missouri. said in a release. “We

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

My passion for fostering both professional and personal development within teams has always been at the core of my work, and I’m excited to continue this mission at ARC Realty. In 2017 she became a managing partner at the firm and was eventually named ERA King’s chief operating officer in 2022.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Steve Irwin, president of the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA), lauded the development. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for federally backed reverse mortgages in 2024 was $1,149,825, which matched the FHFA’s high-cost limit and pushed the HECM lending limit above $1.1 million for the first time.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) have released new appraisal data from loan applications on single-family mortgages submitted to HUD’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The appraisal-level PUF for FHA-insured mortgages contains details on approximately 266,000 single-family appraisals conducted from 2017 through 2022.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2024

Rob Keefe commented on these developments, stating, “The data from July clearly show a market in transition. For instance, our June 2024 release highlighted the ongoing increase of active agents and the stabilization of agent movement at pre-2017 levels. The July AMI, however, records a trailing 12 month score of 98.9,

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

The company also said it “continues to evaluate new products to reach additional segments of the population facing a retirement gap,” and describes recent reverse mortgage industry consolidation following influential industry changes in 2017 and the 2022 bankruptcy of Reverse Mortgage Funding (RMF). “As

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

In 2019, Tyrrell became chief operating officer and was awarded membership within the Forbes Business Development Council the same year. In 2005, Tyrrell temporarily left the company to work as an independent executive consultant, ultimately returning to Ellie Mae in 2010 as a senior vice president.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In her current role, Scott develops strategy and infrastructure that fosters a culture of equity and inclusion – leveraging the diverse perspectives of Rock Venture’s team. She also seeks to build positive connections between the Rock family of companies and its local communities by helping to attract, engage, and develop top talent.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

million in a settlement agreement stemming from a 2017 case brought by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by falsely certifying that the money was being spent in compliance with federal accessibility laws.” The City of Los Angeles will pay $38.2 Department of Justice (DOJ) on behalf of a disabled resident.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) set the HECM limit at $625,500, an increase from $417,000. HUD extended that HECM limit through 2017, at which point it was modestly increased to $636,150. In 2009, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

“Rico is a collaborative team player, he is widely respected, and he has proven successful at developing meaningful relationships – both internally and with external partners.”. He joined the company as the quality control manager in July 2017.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

ServiceMac was founded in 2017 as an independent subservicer, offering lenders, investors and other mortgage servicers personalized solutions that span the mortgage life cycle, enhancing security, customer satisfaction, retention capabilities and profitability, the company said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

During his time at the FHFA from 2017 to 2022 , Valverde led agency-wide projects intended to support greater access to mortgage credit and affordable rental opportunities for working families. Additionally, Valverde worked to develop a post-conservatorship regulatory framework for the government-sponsored enterprises.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

The ADU Plans Gallery is the newest offering from CPC through ADUAccelerator.org , which offers services for local governments in the ADU development process. Permit applications for new units in California grew from less than 10,000 in 2017 to an estimated 30,000 in 2022.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2024

It was acquired in 2017 by FRONTSTEPS , a software platform for homeowners associations , homebuilders , Realtors and homeowners. In April, iHomefinder announced a partnership with Wix.com to further develop its digital tools and presence. iHomefinder was established in 2001 by Brett DeSchepper and is based in Berkeley, California.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In the post, Covey noted the his region’s growth from $125M in 2017, a year before he joined, to more than $2.45 At Revolution Mortgage, Covey will serve as executive vice president of strategy and development. He also provided training to loan originators. billion in 2021. “…we

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As a part of NAMB’s 50th anniversary, the organization also entered into a partnership with Freddie Mac for a professional development program focusing on young leaders in the mortgage industry over the next year.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

She founded the company in 2017. of the market controlled by the “Big Four” away it will need to continue to develop these assets. Previously Slade serviced only 10 counties, but thanks to Punctual Abstract’s technology and increased staffing, Slade will be able to serve all of Mississippi.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2020

Reames started as a processor with Planet Home Lending in July 2017. For the last 16 years, the brokerage ranked as Northern Nevada’s highest-producing real estate office by agent activity. Gibbons has been with Planet Home Lending since September 2019. Berg joined Planet Home Lending in September 2013.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Founded by Karl Jacob and Allan Carroll in 2017, LoanSnap raised $100 million in seed funding from investors such as Richard Branson’s Virgin Group ; former NFL star Joe Montana’s Liquid 2 Ventures ; and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Report Highlights: National Housing Survey 2024 Due to sharp rises in property prices and mortgage interest rates, a much larger percentage of consumers now feel it is difficult to locate affordable housing than when we originally posed the topic in 2017.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

Regulation H permits a state member bank to “make public welfare investments for the purpose of investing in, developing, rehabilitating, managing, selling, or renting residential property, provided that a majority of the units will be occupied by [ low and middle income] persons ,” according to the Fed.

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2022

Over the last 12 months, Riverbend [founded in 2017] has originated over $1.0 It also serves professional developers of multifamily properties. billion of loans across 33 states, with additional key markets targeted for future expansion,” states the April announcement detailing the acquisition deal then still in motion.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Industry veteran Dan Hanson joined loanDepot in 2011 and, in January 2017, became the company’s chief retail production officer, a job position he held for six years. According to the company, Hanson will be responsible for “developing new revenue-generating opportunities, including national referral relationships and acquisitions.”

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Key Developments In 2024, Colorado, Hawaii, and Washington joined the growing list of states addressing affordability through shared housing legislation. In Washington, where rents climbed 42% between 2017 and 2023, H.B. By reducing parking mandates for these projects, Hawaii makes such developments more financially feasible.

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Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2021

Since then, we developed proprietary technology to improve every piece of the process but we officially revolutionized the mortgage industry when we launched Rocket Mortgage in 2015,” said Jay Farner, Rocket Mortgage CEO. It became the country’s largest mortgage lender in 2017. as “Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2021

In March 2017, the company revived plans for an IPO but didn’t follow through. The company recently announced a joint venture partnership with Canadian developer Brookfield. At the time, LoanDepot had sought a market value of $2.4 billion to $2.6 The updated S-1 shows impressive profitability in recent months.

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