Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

TD: There will be an uptick throughout the rest of 2024 and into 2025 due to a deficit of 5-7 million homes. We have access to and business purpose financing with loan amounts up to $10 million for builders, developers and experienced real estate investors. This will allow them to serve investors, builders and developers.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2024

1, 2025, for FHA-insured forward mortgages and Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs). The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on Friday published Mortgagee Letter 2024-15 , which extends a foreclosure moratorium on the Hawaiian island of Maui through Jan.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

To get there, Martell said loanDepot is still committed to its Vision 2025 plan, announced three months following his arrival to the company last year. So, the Vision 2025 was built to have a little bit of wiggle room to adjust it. Martel spoke during the HW Annual Conference held from Oct. 4-7 in Austin, Texas. ”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This downward pricing trend at distressed property auctions, combined with affordability constraints for retail buyers and rising rates of serious delinquency, foreshadows slowing home-price appreciation in 2025. 26, 2025 and hear Daren Blomquist in person. Register today to attend the Housing Economic Summit in Dallas, on Feb.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Many in the real estate industry are looking at 2025 as a year to get back to the basics of the business, but Side is taking it one step further. As Side looks to 2025, the company wants to continue strengthening its agents and the industry as a whole through its education initiatives.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced last week that the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) limit for 2025 will be $1,209,750. It’s the ninth straight year that the limit will increase based on home-price appreciation levels, which feeds into a single, national limit for all HECM loans.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced this week that the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) limit for 2025 will be $1,209,750. I don’t think it’s a dramatic difference maker in terms of 2025 volume but also don’t believe it’s intended to be that,” Lunde said.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In 2025, home purchasers and homeowners will design cozy, environmentally friendly, and climate-resilient homes by fusing the newest technology with vintage, rustic beauty. Floral designs, tapestries, antique furniture, and chintz are all expected to make a big comeback in 2025.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As the new year draws near, Fannie Mae anticipates that many of the housing trends from 2024 will persist in 2025, with the lock-in effect of mortgage rates and housing affordability continuing to be major obstacles for countless Americans. In 2025, economists predict that the average mortgage rate will continue to be higher than 6%.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The third, a gift from the United franchise in Richmond, Virginia , states, Only the strong survive in 2025. Like many other brokerages , United will be focused on growth in 2025. And that, according to Haase, will continue to remain at the forefront for the brokerage in 2025 and beyond.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As Compass looks ahead to 2025, Golod said the housing industry should expect to see more M&A action out of the largest firm in the country by sales volume. While expansion and growth are clearly on the horizon for Compass in 2025, Golod said it will look different this time around than it did in Compass early days.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has announced 10 top hot spots for the 2025 housing market based on economic, demographic and housing factors predicted to significantly impact local markets. 2025 Outlook NAR expects the Federal Reserve to maintain a gradual approach to easing monetary policy in 2025.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In this fireside chat, Velt and Lane explore her approach to leadership, Coldwell Banker’s unique focus on agent development and its training program that is designed to teach effective communication. Velt: Tell me a little bit about your growth strategy and goals moving into 2025. What is your unique value proposition?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In this HousingWire executive conversation, Chris Kennedy , Director of Sales and Business Development at RiskSpan , explores the key recapture strategies that lenders can follow to maximize profit in the 2025 real estate market. In 2025, we could see a huge booming refinance market. It beats waiting for the phone to ring.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The family-run brokerage firm recorded some legal w ins and losses , developed new tools for agents and clients , and navigated one of the slowest years for home sales in nearly three decades. In 2025 and beyond, Hanna said he hopes these innovations lead to more growth.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Required under separate regulatory frameworks, the FHFA submitted the plans as part of the 2025-2027 Duty to Serve (DTS) requirements and the 2025-2027 Equitable Housing Finance Plans (EHFPs). And Fannie Mae “will focus on enabling rural Community Development Financial Institutions to access secondary markets,” the FHFA explained.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2024

This is the technology that the Sagent team is developing for our industry, one that provides real-time data across a unified end-to-end user experience that both supports and compliments a superior consumer experience.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In this week’s episode of the RealTrending podcast , host Tracey Velt is joined by Tim Weisheyer, Florida Realtors ‘ 2025 president. The conversation concludes with a brief point on Florida Realtors goals moving into 2025. I’ll be launching a broker roundtable tour around the state of Florida going into 2025.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Wednesday issued a mortgagee letter that implements the Federal Housing Administration ’s (FHA) payment supplement partial claim. Gordon also announced that the FHA is extending the current temporary waterfall into 2025. million COVID-19 loss-mitigation actions.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 28, 2024

trillion in 2025, up 28% from the $1.79 Mike Fratantoni, chief economist and senior vice president for research and business development, says although the economy has been stronger than expected this year, the MBA is forecasting a slowdown in economic growth and additional incremental increases in the unemployment rate in 2025.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

The momentum is continuing as another 99,000 BTR homes are under construction in 2024, although the breakneck pace is expected to ease in 2025. But even in places with substantial rental supply, developers have been able to keep BTR homes mostly full. Many builders feel bullish about places that are low on rental supply.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2024

Martell said that Abarca’s promotion is a step toward fulfilling the lender’s Vision 2025 strategic plan, which includes bringing the company’s “operational capabilities to the next level in the coming years to support accelerated growth and durable stakeholder value creation.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2024

She will now oversee all aspects of the company’s enterprise development team, which is expanding as Incenter seeks to create new solutions and bolster competitive advantages for its clients. “I Parrish said then the company expects “a lot of growth“ in the second half of 2024 and into 2025.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

31, 2025, which will modernize the mortgage market even if some vendors have to go kicking and screaming. In doing so, ICE is pushing companies to Encompass Partner Network and Encompass Development Partner Connect , which use a more secure, cloud-based open application programming interface (API) structure that launched in 2021.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) signaled last summer that it would explore such a policy , saying that the rule as currently enforced is outdated and does not account for modern methods of communication that would comply with the protection of personal information for the involved parties. 1, 2025.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Matic announced that it has published its annual year-end trends and predictions report, which examines significant developments in the house insurance market and their effects on mortgage lenders and homeowners. Regulatory obstacles could still impede development, though. However, climate threats are still quite uncertain.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

A total of 84 staff were affected at five offices in Pasadena, Roseville, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village and Moorpark, California, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARN) alert submitted to the California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) in late December. “To 15 and reviewed by HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Industry-leading reverse mortgage lender Finance of America (FOA) on Tuesday announced updates and new details for a previously announced exchange offer , which would swap current investor bonds due in 2025 with new bonds due one to four years later. 25, when the deal is set to expire, the company said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

2, 2025, and will be available through July 1, 2025. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) added a DIRA request template that can be used for such submissions. HERMIT was launched by HUD in October 2012 after a protracted development cycle. This DIRA process will go into effect on Jan.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Weaker demand from the local community developers buying at auction suggests continued weakness in the retail housing market into early 2025 given that those local community developers are anticipating retail market conditions about six months into the future,” Daren Blomquist, vice president of market economics at Auction.com, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2024

Ultimately, this development will empower our members to better serve their clients and grow their businesses.” According to the announcement, the move over to NCRMLS for the Georgia MLSs will go live in first-quarter 2025. Founded in 2016, NCRMLS — which is based in Castle Hayne, North Carolina — is a wholesale cooperative MLS.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

He noted that Ginnie Mae has lent its expertise in the development of nonbank mortgage servicing policies, international collaborations and social impact disclosures. As you know, we requested $67 million for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2025, he said in October. What I can say is that weve had strong support from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

They discuss the latest developments in the mortgage market, along with key dynamics and growth strategies for lenders as interest rates continue to fall. He asks both guests to outline the dynamics and trends that will take precedence through the end of 2025.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Our licensing school brings in brand-new agents, whom we train and develop to help them become superstars. How is 2025 looking for your business? Harrington: I think 2025 is going to be a good year, and this year really turned around for us. How are you doing that in this crazy housing market? Most brand-new agents fail.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The GSEs’ 2025-2027 Duty to Serve (DTS) Underserved Markets Plans seek to improve access to mortgage liquidity across three underserved housing markets: manufactured housing, affordable housing preservation, and rural housing. The goal is to advance equitable housing access in markets and communities facing persistent challenges.

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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 23, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) showed that housing starts shrank 4.4% trillion in origination volume in 2025, up from a projected $1.70 And higher rates are also impacting the future supply of homes, as housing permits have been in a downtrend for a while.“ Data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S.

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