Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In a legal memo, HUD stated that SPCPs are allowed under the Fair Housing Act. Lenders see the documentation requirement — where lenders would provide a rationale for the program’s targeting — as a record of past failings, according to attorneys who represent mortgage lenders. A special purpose credit program can take many forms.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

One area in the mortgage and real estate industry that has been evolving for nearly two decades is digital closings. E-mortgage volume spikes. E-mortgage volume spikes. Earlier this year, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac modified their Seller Guides and provided guidance on several policy areas to support mortgage originations.

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Housing Wire

JULY 7, 2021

Mortgage servicing, origination and transaction-based services company Mr. Cooper Group announced on Tuesday the sale of its reverse mortgage servicing portfolio – operating under the Champion Mortgage brand – to Mortgage Assets Management (MAM).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Goldstone is an executive at a mortgage servicer company trying to reach out to homeowners. “We But we’re having a hard time reaching out to them,” he said during a panel at the annual Residential Mortgage Servicing Rights Forum held in New York City in October. We know who the borrowers are. We service their loans. of the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

But Fannie Mae , the government-sponsored entity that backstops a significant portion of the country’s mortgages, does not seek an exception to the 1974 Federal Privacy Act. NFIP provides over five million policies, according to CRS, in jurisdictions that meet federal criteria on building, design standards, and risk index.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

The growing wave of loan-repurchase requests from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has yet another major wrinkle, industry sources reveal, and this new problem, if accurate as alleged, threatens to disrupt future merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the mortgage-finance industry.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

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Assurance Financial

DECEMBER 20, 2021

There are many factors to consider when selling a home, and you may be wondering what happens to your mortgage when you move. After all, the 2018 American Community Survey found that the median length of time homeowners stayed in their homes was 13 years, a shorter length of time than most mortgage terms.

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 23, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on AVMs and AI, good appraisal book, Real estate market, Fannie, non-lender appraisals, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. He designed the estate, completed in 2000, from the ground up. However, Fannie insists that it is looking to the future.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 14, 2023

The sale of homes with pending legal issues cannot be completed until the matter is resolved. The building’s Homeowners Association is claiming defects or deficiencies by Bosa and its contractors in a range of materials, design and construction. The most expensive MLS-listed property to sell was $60M in 2020, also on Hunts Point).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

It also extended the deadline for the first legal action and the reasonable diligence time frame to 180 days. The measures announced by HUD today include: Extending the timeframe for homeowners to request the start of a COVID-19 forbearance from their mortgage servicer through June 30, 2021.

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Appraisal Partners Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Published on: January 21, 2020 – By Lexi Klinkenberg. Increasing your property value through renovations or home additions, and paying off your mortgage, seem like the most straightforward ways to build equity. How to Build Equity in Your Home. But this is a relatively easy way to add equity.

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Assurance Financial

MAY 4, 2022

In today’s economic climate, many homeowners may find it challenging to make their large monthly mortgage payments. Especially for first-time homeowners, an unwieldy mortgage payment may feel stressful and overwhelming. What Are Mortgage Refinancing Closing Costs? Downloadable Guides. We hope you find this information helpful.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

The proposal differs from a different piece of legislation designed to give first-time, first-generation home buyers down payment assistance in the form of a grant at closing. In an address during the Mortgage Bankers Association ’s virtual spring conference, Fudge drew attention to the homeownership gap. Lawmakers, led by Rep.

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The Robert Weiler Company

MARCH 15, 2021

Today, it is in the aforementioned neighborhoods that a special purpose property – buildings designed for one specific use – are being repurposed for new ventures. And, they too, face a variety of challenges unique to their designation. For instance, the property’s layout may be distinctive or it the building’s design one-of-a-kind.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 10, 2024

However, this poses its own risks, as listing agents are legally obligated to prioritize their contractual relationship with the seller. Climate-resilient housing, which is designed and constructed to withstand and adapt to the impacts of climate change, is increasingly recognized as a critical priority for our region. King ranked No.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2021

To discuss just what that means for those in the housing economy, Kris Kully, a partner at Mayer Brown , and David Stevens, the former CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association , will speak on a panel titled A New Regulatory Regime, at HousingWire’s virtual Spring Summit on March 4.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

Many residents struggle to find and keep a home that they can afford, accentuated by soaring housing prices since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Homes considered “affordable” tend to be at or below 80% of median family income levels and only 23,877 units have been constructed across the state since 2020 – about 3.3K

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 13, 2023

You are not going to get people to come back into the office to the same degree as they did before 2020. In a recent survey by Houzz, 79% of construction and design businesses reported experiencing moderate to severe labor shortages. That’s an improvement from a year ago when the figure was 91%. The city was No.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2020

However, as the campaign transitions to the Biden-Harris administration, the incoming team needs to address significant operational and design challenges before such a tax credit is sufficiently ripe for consideration by a narrowly divided Congress. Presented by: Quicken Loans Mortgage Solutions. of the average home price.

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Clear Capital

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

And this comes courtesy of Next Mortgage News, thank you. The digital mortgage movement is alive and well. So we acquire these misprice rental assets, we quickly fix and flip them in 72 hours using standard templated designs and using basically performance standard upgrades and then we remarket them to joint tenants.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 8, 2022

Calling upon Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other secondary-market mortgage holders to lower the bar to ownership through tax credits, larger deductions on mortgage interest and greater options for down payment assistance can also help. If you don’t have a legally signed agreement, you’re in trouble.”. What happens then?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2022

A recent judge’s ruling in pending litigation involving student-loan securitization trusts could have far-reaching legal and financial implications for the private-label securities market. Mortgage securitizations in the PLS market mirror that approach as well. Supreme Court’s ruling in 2020. Moody’s Take.

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 7, 2022

The outbreak of new variant strains could both impede owners from selling this year while also possibly keeping low mortgage rates in check longer than expected – though most industry followers are optimistic for extremely strong sales activity. “We A whopping $5T in residential mortgage loans were refinanced in the last two years.

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