Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A group of current and former real estate executives have launched The Helm, a coaching platform designed to provide professional development to a more diverse audience. eXp Realty is also facing lawsuits from women who claim that recruiters Michael Bjorkman and David Golden drugged and raped them at company events.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

Representatives from lenders and servicers, as well as individual originators, have told HousingWire s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD) that its imperative for borrowers to let their servicer know about anything that could impact the occupancy of their property due to the terms of Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed reverse mortgages.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

When I notice a significant increase or decrease compared to estimates, I often suspect that revisions will be made or that a one-time event may have influenced the figures. Mortgage rates have been rising and the housing market is also experiencing the impacts of hurricanes. This is 17.3 percent (±12.8 percent (±19.0

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

A bill that would seek to bolster the disclosures that reverse mortgage lenders make to potential clients in an effort to broaden their understanding of the product inside New York state is getting pushback from industry advocates. Leroy Comrie (D-Queens), who introduced the bill on Jan. Again, it’s very concerning, Irwin said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

After taking the time to digest elements of a proposal from lawmakers in Hawaii , the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) has expressed support for a measure to establish a state-run Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) program there. At that point, the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corp.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2024

Richelle Hopkins of Mutual of Omaha Mortgage has been a reverse mortgage professional for 20 years, moving to Arizona in 2006. At a recent WIFS Phoenix event, Hopkins was able to bring a discussion about reverse mortgages to attendees and sat down with HousingWire ’s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD) to share details about the experience.

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2023

The event serves as a starting line for conquering next year. With less than 100 days left until these leaders meet in Austin, Texas at the Hyatt Lost Pines, sign up today to not only optimize your time at the event, but also to take advantage of some of the lowest rates available.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 4, 2025

The mortgage industry has traditionally been dominated by men, and although we have made laudable progress, women in our space still face challenges in terms of pay equity, bias, and advancement. Women do hold a dominant percentage of Mortgage Processor positions, at 78%, and 56% of marketing positions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) announced that it will return to the Western U.S. The 2018 edition of the event was the last one to take place in San Diego, which was also the last edition of the event held on the West Coast. The 2024 NRMLA Annual Meeting and Expo will be held Sept.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Central, when the Five Star Institute , in partnership with Global Strategic , present “ Partnering for Performance: Mortgage Operations Outsourcing.” The Five Star Institute Webinar Series aims to broaden the horizons of the mortgage industry. He joined the Covius team in March of 2013 as SVP of Operations.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Reverse mortgage industry conferences are often seen as an effective way for professionals to meet up, discuss best practices from across their markets and assess the regulatory environment at entities like the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and within the states. Occasionally, U.S.-based Why make the trip? they explained.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

Bond credit-rating organization Moody’s Investors Service has reaffirmed its “above-average” rating for the reverse mortgage servicing performance of Celink , which is the current holder of the U.S. In 2023, Celink renewed subservicing deals with major reverse mortgage lenders including Finance of America and Mutual of Omaha Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2021

In its quarterly earnings call on Thursday, CEO Jay Farner and CFO Julie Booth described a sophisticated company that has developed a product solution for every piece of the home-buying and home-selling ecosystem. Mortgage, title, appraisal, servicing, iBuying, real estate brokerage , green energy — the gamut. Become a member today.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

He is overseeing the sizable government portfolio of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) while navigating the company’s stated need for more budgetary resources. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and recent budget cycles have shown Congress’s support as well.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

26 in Dallas, provided valuable insights into the forces shaping the mortgage and housing markets in 2025. Logan Mohtashami, an expert in the mortgage and housing ecosystem and lead analyst for HousingWire, set the tone with this optimistic message. The HousingWire Economic Summit, held Feb. The worst is behind us. Those who dont?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

I’m calling developers asking about vacancies to see if we can figure out some short-term rentals to house people,” he said. While California law does not require homeowners to have fire insurance, most mortgage lenders do. . “We’ve got clients calling us frantically looking for leases.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The challenges that higher costs place on carriers, regulators , lenders and consumers has been well documented this year, and the acceleration of extreme weather events has only made things worse. And it raises questions about how more of these events could impact the mortgage industry. That’s no longer the case. “I

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Entering the mortgage industry as a loan officer can be both exciting and overwhelming. The first year is crucial for developing the habits, relationships, and skills that lay the foundation for long-term success. Start a weekly networking event at a central, affordable location.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Whether it’s infrastructure developments, seasonal shifts, or political events like the upcoming election, these micro-shifts create opportunities for educated buyers and sellers. Leveraging micro-market shifts Realtors have an opportunity to use local market changes to drive urgency for their clients.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Lennar Mortgage , a financial services subsidiary of Lennar Corp. will move its servicing operations to the industry-leading MSP loan servicing system from ICE Mortgage Technology , ICE announced on Monday. It can also be used as a channel for mortgage holders to seek assistance in times of distress.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

1 loan originator in the country by volume for at least five years, is assuming the role of president at Rate Mortgage , the company announced Tuesday. 8 on the Inside Mortgage Finance ranking of top originators at just under $40 billion. 1 mortgage company in America. 1 mortgage company in the country.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

It offers a wide variety of services in the mortgage and real estate spaces, including pipeline development, integration support, recruiting, branding, strategic partnerships, sales support, events, mergers and acquisitions, and fundraising. Maverix was founded in 2024 by Kennedy and is based in Charlotte.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Housing Counseling (OHC) has made a series of updates to its Housing Counseling Program Handbook, including extensive additions, consolidations and reorganizations to a section focused on the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

Credit education advocate Sue Buswell , known widely in the mortgage industry for her “Sue Knows the Score” initiative, died unexpectedly this week. Buswell, a business development executive for Gridavate , was 58. We miss you, Sue, and we honor you with every page.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Every borrower wants to believe their homeownership journey will be smooth sailing, without financial hardships or missed mortgage payments. But as the last few years have taught us, unforeseen events like COVID-19, natural disasters , inflation and low affordable inventory make mortgage relief awareness critical.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

University Bank ’s reverse mortgage division has added four key hires across different disciplines as it prepares to grow further in the reverse mortgage space. Both Droge and Olmos come to University Bank from Open Mortgage , which shuttered its own top 10 reverse mortgage lending division late last year.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2021

The global pandemic hit our industry like a pair of defibrillator paddles, bringing mortgage industry CFOs to life and sending millions of dollars into new technology investment and implementation. Development of this technology was slow initially compared to other markets, but COVID has accelerated it into high gear. housing industry.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

Onity Group , parent company of top five reverse mortgage lender and servicer Liberty Reverse Mortgage , will acquire reverse mortgage assets from Mortgage Assets Management, LLC (MAM), a subsidiary of investment funds managed by Waterfall Asset Management. Onity became involved in reverse mortgage servicing with a $12.4

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Nguyen, who emigrated from Vietnam to the United States and fell into the mortgage business about 14 years ago after leaving an unsatisfying career in finance, has capitalized on the historic mortgage boom like few others. The rest of this content is for HW+ members. Join today with an HW+ Membership ! Already a member?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Gordon echoed some of her recent statements at a housing counseling event, where she alluded to the idea that education will be important in addressing the needs of seniors. Gordon hopes that this continues to be a point of collaboration between members of the reverse mortgage industry and officials at the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

An historic home in Chicago ’s Austin neighborhood designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903 is in serious need of repairs and renovations, but an existing reverse mortgage loan is complicating the process of initiating the work. The home, designed by Lloyd Wright for real estate developer Joseph Jacob (JJ) Walser Jr.,

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

To get a better idea of what prompted the letter and his interest in the reverse mortgage program, RMD reached out to Braun’s office with a series of questions about his perspectives. ‘Red When asked to expand on that thought, Braun explained that additional transparency into an important event like the RMF collapse is necessary.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 22, 2025

For instance, homeowners insurance and mortgage insurance facilitate a prospective homebuyers access to mortgage credit, and after a disaster, an insurance claim payout can lessen the financial shock and help the homeowner rebuild, preserving hard-earned home equity. housing market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Unsurprisingly, another month of record-low mortgage rates, limited supply of existing homes, and a wave of millennial buyers resulted in the market maintaining a blistering sales pace in the start of 2021. above December’s rate, and a whopping 19.3% in the West.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), will be returning for the third consecutive year to the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association ‘s (NRMLA) Annual Meeting and Expo that will take place in San Diego in September. Julia Gordon The announcement was made by NRMLA in an email alert to its membership.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite mass layoffs in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation, mortgage professionals still see opportunities in the market. Industry workers didn’t pull back on investing in professional development, with the majority (51%) spending money to reach potential clients. in events to garner business.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2024

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Melissa Langdale, president and chief operating officer of The Mortgage Collaborative , to talk about the recent FHFA TechSprint focused on gen AI use cases in housing. The use case developed by Langdale and her team was recognized as the most promising use case of gen AI for consumer experience.

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