Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

And so [investors] can start having greater conviction in the future path of interest rates and in the health of the mortgage market.” Non-QM mortgages include loans that cannot command a government, or “agency,” stamp through Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. And future rate cuts mean less return [for investors].

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

the investment firm led by Fidelity National Financial (FNF) founder and Chairman William Foley II, is facing accusations of poor governance and a lack of strategic focus from activist investor Carronade Capital Management. Carronade was founded by investor Dan Gropper. Cannae Holdings Inc., The firm holds 2.9

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Many real estate investors were serendipitously ahead of this shift even before the pandemic started, driven by both affordability and an affinity for overlooked markets. Those markets I’m able to put a little bit less money in but also make a comfortable amount of return,” said Bijan Green, a Denver-based real estate investor. “A

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Despite ongoing challenges, such as rising energy costs, office vacancies, and economic uncertainty, commercial real estate (CRE) investors remain optimistic about the opportunities 2025 may bring. According to the survey: 52% of CRE investors believe that potential interest rate cuts will have the biggest impact on the sector in 2025.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Open to all mortgage lending and servicing professionals, GSEs , government entities, and Legal League members, the annual Spring Servicer Summit gathers the nations elite financial services law firms to discuss default policies, procedures, and emerging issues with leading mortgage servicing executives.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Servicers can automate critical tasks, such as investor reporting and compliance, to streamline workflows and position in-house servicers to win with speed. By adopting advanced mortgage servicing software, lenders can meet investor and regulatory demands while strengthening borrower relationships through faster, more accurate service.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

In January, the government-owned company announced its plans to develop a new reverse mortgage-backed security product in response to industry liquidity challenges. Last September, Ginnie Mae announced it would begin allowing the securitization of multiple participations related to a particular HECM in any one issuance month.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 13, 2024

The CFPB has found that investors are targeting people of faith with predatory mortgage products that set the borrower up to fail,” said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra. The government is taking action to ensure that these products do not turn the dream of homeownership into a nightmare.” To read the full advisory opinion, click here.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2023

has promoted Jennifer George to vice president of investor relations and credit policy, the company said in a statement issued Tuesday. At Waterstone Mortgage, George “re-engineered” the lender’s credit policy strategy and oversaw the addition of manual underwriting for the lender’s government products, according to the press release.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 17, 2025

Both conventional and government credit supply expanded over the month. The Government MCAI grew by 1.4%, while the Conventional MCAI increased by 1.3%. The Government MCAI grew by 1.4%, while the Conventional MCAI increased by 1.3%. In February, the MCAI increased by 1.4% In March 2012, the index was benchmarked at 100.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , has been granted summary judgment on the last remaining claim by investors in a lawsuit alleging the government overstepped its authority when it adjusted its stock-purchase agreements with the agencies and allowed net worth sweeps.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Garg explained that Better utilized its marketplace lending model that includes 32 different investors across the mortgage landscape from real estate investment trusts and insurance companies to hedge funds, major correspondent lenders and the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. .” How is it so fast?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

Kevin Thompson: Cost of capital and supply theres increasing consensus within the entire housing ecosystem, including government and media, that supply solves many of the problems that investors and consumers face while delivering a robust and healthy housing economy. Supply, supply, supply.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

In the meantime, states, RON providers and those putting the technology to use have stepped up to create a well-functioning status quo in the absence of federal guidelines, according to William Kooper, vice president of state government affairs and regulatory policy with the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

This increased demand is resulting in tighter credit spreads for private label, non-QM RMBS securitizations; increased prices for a broad range of mortgage loans including seconds, home equity agreements, bridge loans, and alternative documentation loans; and strategic transactions between investors and originators.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 11, 2025

Credit availability for conventional loans increased 1.3%, while credit availability for government MCAI increased by 1.4%. Both conventional and government credit supply expanded over the month. The growth in credit supply was driven by greater investor appetite for ARM and cashout refinance loans.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 20, 2025

The four main investor groups are life insurance companies, federal agency and government sponsored enterprise (GSE) portfolios, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), collateralized debt obligation (CDO) and other asset backed securities (ABS) offerings, and banks and thrifts. of the total increase. billion (1%).

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The drop in the availability of credit was “driven by a reduction in supply from both conventional and government segments of the market,” said Joel Kan, an MBA associate vice president. The Jumbo MCAI measuring high-balance loans fell 8.9%, and the Conventional MCAI that measures loans not backed by the government fell 8.7%.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 18, 2024

government. These initiatives promote investor confidence both domestically and internationally while ensuring that more Americans have significant opportunity to obtain a home. Government earnings. With the $423.4 billion gross yearly issuance of MBS, Ginnie Maes outstanding portfolio reached a record $2.64 This years $1.3

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

This is just one of many ways HUD is empowering residents, industry leaders, and governments to expand access to innovative, affordable housing solutions, particularly in rural communities.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2024

Attorneys for Ginnie Mae have responded to Texas Capital Bank (TBC) over the government’s motion to move the case to a different venue. They say that the bank’s own filing on the matter avoids the key issues that the government sought to raise regarding the original clause that specifies where any related legal actions should take place.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

government, working on behalf of Ginnie Mae and the U.S. The second filing is a memorandum from Ginnie Mae that reiterates several arguments the government has made against TCB. Having lost its attempt to dismiss [TCB]’s claims, the government asks this court to transfer this case to another courthouse,” TCB attorneys wrote in July.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Department of Labor (DOL) on Tuesday announced a new rule that governs retirement advice, requiring more financial advisers to follow stricter fiduciary standards when dispensing advice about retirement-focused investments. Retirement investors are best protected by a uniform and protective framework.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced this week the release of their “Mission Index,” updating or expanding their single-family social bond framework to better communicate the goals of the index to stakeholders and investors. The GSEs issued separate announcements and a joint statement.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This team during my tenure has done the yeoman’s work of really amplifying, collecting and gathering all the loan-level data that is in our securities to be able to disclose that data to investors, so they really understand what’s in the pools that they’re buying and what they’re investing in.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Tech executive and investor Keith Rabois at venture capital firm Founders Fund led the capital injection. It allows qualified buyers with a government loan to purchase a home by assuming responsibility for the sellers’ mortgage terms, including the current balance and interest rate. in March, is also listed as a senior advisor.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

The letter concluded with ALTA stressing that it is not just lenders who benefit from a lender’s title policy, but consumers and even the federal government. The comment period for the request for information closed on Aug. 2, 2024.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Pricing is as follows: General Admission: $595 Five Star Institute Membership Groups*: $495 *FORCE pricing varies based on membership level Mortgage Lender/Mortgage Servicer/Government: $99 Must be an employee of institutions that own or control the oversight and regulation of or the lending and servicing of real estate mortgages.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But the Pontiac-based lender expanded Safe Check to government and jumbo loans, it announced Wednesday. UWM’s website clarifies that Safe Check is not eligible for home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), bank statement, investor and USDA loans. In January 2023, it expanded to offer a three-bureau soft check for $23.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

He added that purchase applications increased for conventional and government loans, as demand shows resiliency in late fall when home buying activity typically slows. In the purchase activity, real estate investors are more active than ever, challenging individual homebuyers. Refi represented 62.9% the previous week. in the period.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In this role, she will lead the company’s efforts in external public and industry relations, touching on corporate communications, public policy, government enterprise and agency affairs. Prior to this new position, she served as the chief investor and industry relations officer of Home Point Financial Corporation.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2022

There is no public guidance from state or federal regulators at the time of this writing as to whether mortgages for virtual real estate are governed by traditional laws and regulations that govern traditional mortgages. Section E: Yay, no government fees… for now! TerraZero is not a licensed mortgage lender. Lending is lending.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 11, 2024

While the Government MCAI fell by 0.1%, the Conventional MCAI climbed by 2.0 While the Conventional MCAI looks at non-government loan programs, the Government MCAI looks into FHA, VA, and USDA loan programs. Government March 31, 2012=183.5. In March 2012, the index was benchmarked at 100.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The mortgage industry has complained loudly and often that government regulation and investor requirements are contributing to spiraling costs that get passed on to consumers. And Rohit Chopra , the hard-charging director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , who is often the target of such complaints, apparently agrees.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 23, 2024

By investor type, Ginnie Mae loans are showing the greatest variance, with an increase of 72 basis points over the six-month period. In the wake of natural disasters and slowing in the labor market, borrowers with government loans tend to be impacted more than conventional borrowers, Walsh adds. By reason, 51.3%

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Sam Valverde Speaking to attendees during a keynote speech, Valverde said that the government-owned company had “a reputation of being less than transparent,” according to the reporting, and wanted to “sensitize” the reverse mortgage market to its plans for the new product. on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The data gurus are ensuring the quality, finding new insights, and delivering it to our clients and our solution sets that face off into real estate, mortgage, insurance, government and so forth. from what some of the states are doing, to private investors, to the big building developers, to 3D-printed houses.

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