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Some title insurance policies protect against home title theft. Does yours?

Housing Wire

This system worked remarkably well until fraudsters developed technology to defeat the notarial process. Despite this grim outlook, there is a title insurance product that offers homeowners immediate peace of mind. They should be prepared for some pushback, as even many title insurance professionals are unaware of this option.

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Review of MMI Fund’s reverse mortgage book sheds light on evolving HECM

Housing Wire

The cash-flow net present value (NPV) of the HECM book also increased year over year, from $3.646 billion in 2022 to $6.742 billion in 2023. Change in cash flow While there was no single factor that led the HECM book’s value to a higher level last year, the reviewers pointed instead to multiple elements that dictated the results.

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Reverse mortgage book inside MMI Fund continues to evolve

Housing Wire

The report on the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) book of business inside the Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) Fund served as another positive development for the program. The cash-flow net present value (NPV) of the HECM book also increased during the year, going from $6.742 billion in 2023 to $8.399 billion in 2024.

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Highly leveraged loans on the GSEs’ books are a real fiscal danger, Calabria argues

Housing Wire

Taylor Stork , the president of CHLA and the chief operating officer of Developer’s Mortgage Co. When you start to see a world where homeowners insurance and property taxes all go up, we’ve got borrowers hovering around a 50% DTI. “What we saw during COVID was the No. It sure as hell does.

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FHA: MMI Fund remains healthy despite mortgage headwinds

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) managed another solid year of financial performance for the Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) Fund, covering FHA’s Title II Single Family Mortgage Insurance programs. 30, a year-over-year drop of 0.6%

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Lennar triples down on homebuilding plans

Housing Wire

Those investments include the sale of SunStreet solar and stakes in insurtech firms Hippo Home Insurance and Doma (formerly known as States Title ). Operating margin is also above the industry average, which reflects LEN’s ability to earn a reasonable spread on land development. bln in owned land will be included in the new company.

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2021 MMI Report: Reverse mortgage portfolio hits positive territory for first time since 2015

Housing Wire

The reverse mortgage portion of the Federal Housing Administration’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMIF) has reached a positive capital ratio on the overall government-backed portfolio, according to an annual actuarial review of the fund’s finances and FHA’s Annual Report to Congress, both released Monday morning.

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