Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) on Monday issued a statement outlining examination principles related to valuation and appraisal discrimination or bias in residential lending. FFIEC is a federal interagency coalition consisting of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Although commercial mortgage debt is propelling these concerns, the possibility of failure for a federally insured bank has implications for the residential mortgage sector. According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. banks moved away from commercial real estate lending. FDIC), banks held $2.78 NYCB, one of the largest U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

Stavvy , a fintech company specializing in digital and remote collaboration for lending and real estate companies, announced on Wednesday a new partnership with WFG National Title Insurance Company (WFG) to provide the company and its customers with eClosing technology solutions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Both Droge and Olmos come to University Bank from Open Mortgage , which shuttered its own top 10 reverse mortgage lending division late last year. Certifications, reverse posture Haviland and Droge have certified reverse mortgage professional (CRMP) designations from the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA).

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Partial claims are designed to offer assistance to mortgage borrowers who have fallen behind on their monthly payments, allowing them to become current without impacting the terms of their original loan. The proposal would also extend the time frame for lenders to “record partial claim security instruments from 5 to 15 days,” FHA said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. This setup lets a consumer compare quotes from several insurers, including Progressive, with only one click. billion U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 3, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Wednesday announced that it has released five new language translations for 19 separate single-family mortgage documents used for Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured mortgage servicing.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

Through partnerships with Bubble Insurance Solutions and New American Funding , real estate agents at The Agency will have access to mortgage lending services and insurance services for their clients. The affiliation will provide The Agency’s agents with access to Bubble Insurance’s insurance coverage for their clients.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In May this year, Polly’s mortgage SaaS technology integrated with mortgage insurance providers like Arch MI, Enact, Essent, MGIC, National MI and Radian.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Lenders invest significant time and money into building diverse portfolios of loan products designed to meet borrowers’ unique needs, yet those products often sit underutilized,” Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang Chief Lending Officer Joe Puthur said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2021

So far his venture-backed title company has launched platforms that have sped up title clearance and title insurance acquisition, and they have their sights on expanding into the lending and appraisal space. As title insurers our business practices and our regulatory oversight are different in every single state,” Stone said. “So

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on Tuesday issued an informational notice to mortgage lenders in which it reiterates various loss-mitigation options afforded to companies and borrowers who are engaged in FHA lending programs in presidentially declared major disaster areas (PDMDAs).

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Those loans, originated between 2007 and 2011, defaulted and led to claims to the FHA for mortgage insurance. As this settlement demonstrates, we are committed to holding mortgage lenders accountable when they choose to abuse the integrity of vital government programs that are designed to assist homeownership,” U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Cooper Mansoor Bahramand Chief Technology Officer Revive Real Estate Maria Barrios Executive Director of Operations and CFO The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) Mark McDonough Owner and CEO Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Winans McKenna McCormick Vice President of Strategic Sales The CE Shop Melissa Wooldridge (..)

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The product is designed specifically for homeowners who require in-hand leases to qualify for mortgages on new home purchases. Knox Upside, which distributes rental income to the investment property owner when a resident pays rent and enables owners to access their equity through Knox’s proprietary lending platform. .

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

There are many government program offerings designed to support low-income borrowers and underserved communities available through banks and credit unions, including: Federal Housing Administration (FHA): FHA provides mortgage insurance on loans made by FHA-approved lenders. This insurance protects lenders against losses.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2022

Servicers, especially those who service government-insured loan products, are under statutory time constraints that give them very little wiggle room. But unless the automation is specifically designed to solve these problems, it stands little chance of being effective. appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

The designers historically have been unwilling to tell lenders all the factors used and how they are weighted,” Kully said. In his own statement Thursday, Chopra said companies have “legal responsibilities when they let a black-box model make lending decisions.”. Presented by: Mortgage Coach.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2022

The lender’s 30-year crypto mortgage is designed to make it easy for investors to use their digital holdings to acquire homes in the U.S. Miami-based fintech Milo has closed $10 million in cryptocurrency mortgages since unveiling the product earlier this year, the company announced early Tuesday. or pursue refinancing.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2024

Debenture interest refers to the percentage of a return that an investor would receive for lending money through a debenture. These changes are designed to “reaffirm” FHA’s commitment to the HECM program, as well as its long-term stability, the ML explained. 19, 2017, which went into effect later that year.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) this week announced the launch of a new program designed to allow for the purchase, refinance or renovation of manufactured housing under a loan program sponsored by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

New changes from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Ginnie Mae , which insure and guarantee loans, could help open an untapped market for lenders looking to expand their businesses and improve access to credit for buyers of manufactured homes. The home-only lending market presents several major opportunities.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would designate the chairperson of the body. However, we must not lose sight that structural biases within the broader marketplace and among all stakeholders within real estate and lending continue to play significant roles that impact the realities of the real property market.”.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Stavvy , a fintech company specializing in digital and remote collaboration for lending and real estate companies, acquired Brace , a digital mortgage servicing platform. Founded in 2018 , Stavvy works to increase efficiency and transparency in real estate and mortgage lending. Terms of the deal were not announced.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As a refresher, “redlining” means that no matter the features or amenities that a home provides, if the home is in a neighborhood with Black residents (homeowners or renters), traditional (and more affordable) lending and insurance would be denied — although a few sub-prime options tend to circle these communities like sharks.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

of households in current neighborhoods that were once designated undesirable for mortgage lending are non-white, compared with 40.4% of households in current neighborhoods that were labeled desirable for lending. Presented by: Ylopo. Per Redfin, 58.1% “This perpetuates a cycle in which Black families lag financially.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

New relationships are forming between insurers seeking long-term debt investments and managers specializing in origination, securitization, and sale of mortgage -backed securities. Historically, life insurance companies shied away from investing in residential mortgages.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Sure, new online lending operations like SoFi, Better and a handful of others are taking advantage of their lack of traditional infrastructure. Digital lending is easier for companies that were born in the cloud. The cloud has helped to accelerate online and virtual processes extending into every step of the lending process.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2023

The company debuted in August 2020 with a mission to automate much of the underwriting process when making income, asset and lending decisions. The firm’s automated underwriting tech is designed to augment human underwriters’ capabilities, allowing underwriters to handle more loans. In August 2021, Candor raised $12.5

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Behind him, the recent financial crisis still cast a cautionary shadow over new business development, but ahead he saw opportunities for a client-centric, tech-focused family of companies in the title insurance and real estate settlement services industry. The pandemic further validated the essential rightness of WFG’s design.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2021

WFG Title Insurance will now offer forbearance, loan modification, and foreclosure information reports as part of its general title and closing services. The company also released the MyHome platform in the fourth quarter of 2020, designed to provide transparency to every participant in the real estate transaction through immediate access.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2021

Arch Mortgage Insurance. Planet Home Lending. Supreme Lending. VP, Marketing & Design. Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. Jim Anderson. Chief Marketing Officer. Finance of America Mortgage. Chief Marketing Officer. Jim McDonald. Chief Marketing Officer. Joe Manning. Chief Marketing and Technology Officer.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2023

District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania , ESSA “failed to provide mortgage lending services and did not serve the credit needs of majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in the Philadelphia metropolitan area” from 2017 to 2021. According to a complaint filed by DOJ in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2022

CM : Firstly, reverse mortgages, whether government-insured or proprietary, are non-recourse loans. And I think it’s important for lenders to frame the product that way with borrowers – as a proactive tool designed specifically for older homeowners and one that can help them retire with more financial freedom and peace of mind.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

The company later told RMD, however, that the loan was within current product lending limits. The 2023 reverse mortgage limit for Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) stood at $1,089,300, but proprietary reverse mortgages are not subject to FHA limits. to the Heritage Harbor Foundation.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. Virtually every aspect of mortgage lending can be improved through digitization,” Mayopoulos added. Stay tuned for updates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2024

Also, if created, the “quick delivery into an agency TBA market could increase overall participation in home equity lending.“ Mortgage Insurers (USMI) , an association representing leading private mortgage insurers, disapproved of the program. But these are “theoretical benefits,“ the MBA concluded. DeMarco said in the letter.

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