Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Finance of America (FOA), the leading reverse mortgage lender, presented a robust outlook last week in its third-quarter 2024 earnings and is aiming to hit the ground running with business in 2025. The product was first introduced in 2018, marking the industry’s first-ever second-lien reverse mortgage option.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

It also operates outside of the regulatory purview of other home-equity tapping products, including the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-sponsored Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ). HousingWire s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD) reviewed the amicus brief , filed in the Roberts v. Unlock Partnership Solutions case in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2021

As we think about coming out of this first month of the year, we’ve quickly realized this year is going to be anything but planned or what we in the mortgage lending industry are used to. But for others, low mortgage rates gave way to pre-approved borrowers struggling in a very competitive seller’s market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In today’s economy, mortgage rates and housing expenses have consistently risen. Mortgage professionals must keep up with the new demand for home equity products in the new market. Jonathan Scarpati: I started with Senior Lending Network out of New York. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on Thursday it has extended relaxed lending and appraisal standards put in place due to COVID-19 another month for both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. To that end, the GSEs will accept alternative forms of employment verification, including a recent paystub, to ensure lending can continue.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2021

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on Thursday that it has again extended relaxed lending and appraisal standards for both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. To that end, the GSEs will accept alternative forms of employment verification, including a recent paystub, to ensure lending can continue. In a statement issued on Feb.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

“This has been a difficult time for everyone affected by this tragic event, and our hearts go out to those impacted,” Rabi Aziz, CEO of OCMBC, said in a statement. ” Founded in 2001, California-headquartered OCMBC originates in the wholesale , retail and correspondent channels. .”

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

The complexities of Non-QM lending demand a strategic approach that combines innovation, efficiency, and resilience. Acra Lending has positioned itself at the forefront of this sector by investing in its workforce, optimizing processes, leveraging cutting-edge technology, and building a robust infrastructure. Craig Timmins.:

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The excited and at times nervous first-time homebuyers that James Dunn often represents ask him how that whole process of taking out a mortgage works, and Dunn, a Los Angeles-based real estate agent with eXp , replies with a few trusted names. Two hours south in San Diego, clients ask eXp agent Alanna Strei for a mortgage reference.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

In mid-January, Pennsylvanias former attorney general Michelle Henry filed a kickback lawsuit against Barry Newhart and six mortgage entities he controls: Bright Financial Group , Conquest Mortgage , Flagship Home Loans , Legacy Mortgage Partners , Nittany Home Loans , MCT Financial , Conquest Holdings and Newhart Holdings.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Home-equity lending overall found its wings in 2023 as a number of independent mortgage banks ramped up product lines over the course of the year — despite a bump in the road in the third quarter when mortgage rates surged past 7%. Market indicators so far appear tentatively promising. from $490 billion in the second quarter.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2021

So mortgage lending morphed from a trust-based system to what could be called a “trust, but verify” model, to coin a favorite Russian proverb of Reagan’s. The problem with the “trust, but verify” model, which is still used by many lending institutions today, is that it’s time-consuming and expensive.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

One of the most unloved American economic success stories has been how spectacular American households with mortgage debt look today. Post-2010, lending standards in America became normal again, and while I still believe they’re very liberal, they’re sane. Exclusive access to the HW+ Slack community and virtual 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

MARCH 27, 2025

Pulte’s order describes climate-related risk as a “transverse risk that manifests itself through existing risk types, including credit risk; whereas, risks to the FHLBank System driven by climate-related events are managed through the FHLBanks’ existing frameworks.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

New York-based asset manager Rithm Capital , the owner of multichannel lender Newrez , reported a 58% increase in refinances to $3 billion in the third quarter of 2024 after mortgage rates dropped due to the Federal Reserve ’s 50 basis-point rate cut. billion in mortgages in Q3 2024, higher than the figures of $14.6 billion in Q3 2023.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Add American Neighborhood Mortgage Acceptance Company LLC , doing business as AnnieMac, to the list of mortgage lenders that have recently suffered a data breach from a cyberattack. The type of information affected by this event includes name and Social Security number.” New Jersey-based AnnieMac originated $2.5

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Gregory Meola, managing director, head of business development & strategy, Acra Lending Rather than formulaic QM lending, non-QM lending can be more complex. HousingWire: What are the unique complexities of non-QM lending as compared to QM loans? This leads to a better overall experience for the customer.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

The mortgage origination industry has long made use of an operational strategy that relies on “staffing up” during cycles of high volume and then making staff reductions, sometimes en masse, when origination volume declines. This simple fact often leads to checkers checking checkers.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

In Mississippi, single women on average paid 3.47% on a 30-year, conventional fixed-rate mortgage in 2019. Over the lifespan of the mortgage, the single woman in this instance will have roughly $7,000 more in mortgage payments than the single man. Single women typically paid between 8 and 10 basis points higher on a mortgage.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2023

HousingWire reached out to 2019 HW Insiders honoree Jemma Pachiano , chief innovation officer at Legend Lending. Pachiano shared an update on her career, industry insights on digitization and advice for anyone entering the mortgage industry. In January of 2021 I was promoted to chief operating officer of Mid America Mortgage, Inc.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2023

HousingWire reached out to 2019 HW Insiders honoree Jemma Pachiano , chief inspiration officer at Legend Lending. Pachiano shared an update on her career, industry insights on digitization and advice for anyone entering the mortgage industry. In January of 2021 I was promoted to chief operating officer of Mid America Mortgage, Inc.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

Blue Sage: Digital Lending Platform Our Digital Lending Platform is a multi-channel, end-to-end digital mortgage solution that provides a superior experience for lenders and customers. Automated service ordering based on system or user events. #3 Get More Info

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

Guild Mortgage CEO Terry Schmidt speaks last week at The Gathering by HousingWire in Scottsdale, Arizona. Cherry Creek’s addition to Guild One of the biggest examples of this came during a discussion between HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler and Terry Schmidt, the CEO of Guild Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2022

From mortgage origination to servicing, companies are constantly grappling with high volume and stringent regulatory oversight while managing a large cohort of vendor partners. Current LOS and servicing software can place orders and receive reports quite well, but they do a very poor job of managing the process in between those events.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA), the reverse mortgage industry’s leading trade association, is preparing to host its 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo on Sept. The event is typically the largest, most expansive meeting for a wide variety of reverse mortgage professionals. 24-26 in San Diego.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) this week released the 10th edition of its annual Top 250 Latino Mortgage Originators rankings, honoring the top-performing Latino mortgage originators across the country. DHI Mortgage Richmond, Texas 288 8 Miguel Mouriz New American Funding Orlando, Fla.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2021

Figure Technologies CEO and co-founder Mike Cagney never intended to build a mortgage lending company. But now, with proof of concept cleared and a large war chest, he intends to buy a mortgage lender to achieve scale. The post Mike Cagney is looking to buy a mortgage company, or two appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

Following the submission of a report from a subject matter expert by Texas Capital Bank (TCB) in its ongoing suit against Ginnie Mae over reverse mortgage collateral, the presiding judge has rejected a challenge by the government and will allow the report to be submitted as part of the record.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2021

Over 70 mortgage lenders and brokers made the cut on Inc. Not surprisingly, the top mortgage lenders on the list were all tech-focused companies, leveraging in house and third-party solutions to simplify lending transactions. Exclusive access to the HW+ Slack community and virtual events. Top Verticals. Real Estate.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with John Jeanmonod, Regional Vice President of Sales at Angel Oak, about non-QM lending and the outlook for the second half of 2022. We have been out educating the mortgage industry on what non-QM is and how to utilize it since we were founded. They can help with how to market outside of normal channels.

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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 20, 2024

Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation announced on Tuesday a series of reverse mortgage maneuvers designed to increase the company’s investment in the space. The division’s leadership team will now also include Dan Ventura, who has served at Fairway since 2007 and last year was appointed as VP of reverse mortgage operations.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2022

Title insurance protects borrowers from financial loss if the lender discovers a defect in the title to the property (for example, a previous mortgage) and demands a borrower to pay back the loan. So, how do larger lenders/banks end up selecting the title company to use on all of their mortgage transactions, where possible?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

District Court for the Northern District of Texas , Ginnie Mae has filed its response to a lawsuit brought against it by Texas Capital Bank (TCB) saying the warehouse lender lacks standing and discounts the authority the government has to extinguish a lender from its reverse mortgage-backed securities program.

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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

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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