Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Rocket Companies will soon shut down Rocket Pro Originate , a mortgage origination platform for real estate agents, insurance agents, tax professionals and other financial professionals who are also licensed to originate mortgages.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Northpointe Bank , a regional bank headquartered in Michigan, will walk away from its correspondent lending business to focus on its retail lending, mortgage warehouse financing division and specialty loan servicing business. Production declined 25% to $5.49 billion in 2022 from the previous year’s volume of $7.29

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2022

vertical manager of strategic partnerships at Liberty Mutual, to discuss how partnering with a nationally recognized insurance company improve borrower engagement for lenders. HW: How can partnering with a nationally recognized insurance company improve borrower engagement for lenders?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

“It’s the fear of the unknown,” said McGrath, whose lending company is based in Florida. “I’m in Houston and Dallas predominantly and lend a bit in Kentucky and Ohio, where we have low-balance loans, and it’s a legitimate struggle. What keeps McGrath up at night? “Something needs to be done.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

RMK Financial Corporation , which does business as Majestic Home Loans , has been permanently banned by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from the mortgage lending industry following a series of repeat offenses — which occurred despite the CFPB’s law enforcement order issued in 2015. government.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Homeowners with the Federal Housing Administration -insured mortgage financing will now be allowed to obtain private flood insurance policies, expanding consumer options to protect borrowers from the country’s major natural disaster. . billion, did not have the required NFIP coverage.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

“It’s the fear of the unknown,” said McGrath, whose lending company, Republic State Mortgage , has a presence in Florida. “I’m in Houston and Dallas predominantly and lend a bit in Kentucky and Ohio, where we have low-balance loans, and it’s a legitimate struggle,” McGrath said. ”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2023

Warehouse lending, one of the sources of liquidity to independent mortgage bankers (IMBs), usually has good yields and short term, according to industry experts. The bank expects to improve its loan-to-deposit ratio by 150 basis points by the end of 2023. It forecasts the ratio to be in the “mid 80s” by the end of this year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

San Antonio, Texas-headquartered USAA eliminated 130 positions in the real estate lending group amid projections that the mortgage industry will shrink in 2023. The layoffs at USAA Federal Savings Bank represent about 1.6% of the total bank workforce, Bradley Russell, USAA’s corporate spokesperson, confirmed. “In

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

UWM’s TRAC+ announcement comes as the federal government pushes title insurance alternatives designed to save consumers money. The product is available on conventional, Federal Housing Administration (FHA), and U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (V.A.) loans but only for refinances. 0% down During UWM Live!

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2023

The Federal Reserve , Federal Depository Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency , which together regulate large depository banks, are expected to unveil the proposed changes on July 27. It would likely further chill jumbo lending by regional banks. Bloomberg reported that U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2023

banks have tightened their lending standards for residential real estate (REE) loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOC) in the second quarter amid the collapse of regional banks and a cascade of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve to tame inflation. Responses were received from 66 domestic banks and 19 U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2023

The Federal Reserve , Federal Depository Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released on Thursday the proposed changes for the Basel III rule (called the Basel endgame), which significantly increases capital requirements for banks. Community banks would not be impacted.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

In practice, the direct endorsement authority allows lenders to underwrite single-family mortgages and submit them to FHA for insurance endorsement. Open Mortgage has continued to operate in the forward lending space. Iowa was responsible for 3.4% of the total, Modex data shows.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As the housing market changes, so does lending fraud. This white paper covers new fraud schemes in mortgage lending as well as solutions for fraud detection. He set his sights on CapLOC , a North Carolina-based mortgage lender, and tried to sell CapLOC First Mortgage Company’s lending arm.

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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

APRIL 5, 2022

Lending is lending. Product, Pricing and Eligibility: Whether you’re lending for virtual real estate, automobiles or a student loan, you’ll probably want to clearly define your product, its pricing and of course eligibility for said product/rate. But we do live in a world of disclosures when lending money.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

Previously, Mike spent 4 years on the early product team at Blend, where he launched key components of the flagship mortgage platform, and later started and ran new business lines such as Blend Insurance. Mike graduated from Stanford University with an MS in Computer Science/AI and a BA in Economics.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

House of Representatives ‘ Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance. The Basel Endgame proposal — issued by the Federal Reserve , Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The average cost to insure a $300,000 home surged by 12% in 2023, reaching $1,770 per year, according to an Insurify report.

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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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The Federal Housing Administration’s 203(k) rehabilitation mortgage insurance program is designed for borrowers to renovate when they purchase or refinance. For over 40 years with Section 203(k) of the National Housing Act, FHA has been protecting lenders with fully-insured mortgage loans even as renovations are underway.

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Housing Wire

JULY 7, 2022

Another cornerstone of Fannie Mae’s equity plan is the use of targeted lending programs. Fannie Mae sought feedback while its plan was in development and learned some lenders were hesitant to implement special purpose credit programs, which can target lending products based on a protected class.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

The American Land Title Association is making it clear that it won’t have the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau making drastic changes to title insurance without first at least hearing the trade groups thoughts on the issue. 2, the trade group stressed the importance of title insurance.

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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

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

. “I am delighted to see the HECM lending limit increase for calendar year 2025,” Irwin said in a statement to HousingWire ‘s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD). For several years, the reverse mortgage lending limit remained stagnant before rising in 2017 from $625,500 to $636,150. compared to third-quarter 2023.

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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. Obviously we have a forward lending division, we have the reverse mortgage lending division and a commercial panel, as well as an insurance company.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

First Internet Bank is shutting down its consumer mortgage business due to a steep decline in mortgage volumes and the negative outlook for mortgage lending that is forecasted to continue for the next several years. It will also include the company’s local traditional consumer mortgage and construction-to-permanent businesses.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

California-based Provident Funding Associates LLC is getting out of the Florida condo lending business , it told broker partners on Friday. Condos in Florida have to be next level,” said one retail lending executive. Provident told broker partners that all loans in the pipeline must be locked by 11:59 p.m. . Condos are hard.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

Agencies in alignment on the new rules include the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency , the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Each of the agencies are named as defendants in the case. In a joint statement issued by the plaintiffs and posted by the ABA, they lauded the judge’s decision.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Wells Fargo has been slapped with a $250 million civil money penalty by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for “unsafe or unsound practices” pertaining to their home lending loss mitigation program this week. As the housing market changes, so does lending fraud. Presented by: First American Data & Analytics.

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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

MARCH 20, 2023

from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). It says the transaction adds new verticals, including middle market specialty finance, healthcare lending and SBA lending. And the Signature’s transaction adds to the mortgage warehouse lending, Flagstar said. Flagstar Bank , a top-20 U.S. billion.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As the lending arm of mortgage companies can no longer depend on new loans or the rate-based refinancing that’s kept them afloat throughout the pandemic, the value of mortgage servicing rights is serving as a lifeline. Why insurance? These customers may be paying too much for insurance or looking to switch providers or coverage.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Title I program insures mortgage loans made by private lending institutions to finance the purchase of a new or used manufactured home.). With renewed attention towards the manufactured housing space, the FHA moved this week to provide updated guidance to its Title I loan program, making it easier to understand and use for lenders.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Publicly traded lending software firm MeridianLink has acquired OpenClose , a fintech company that specializes in residential mortgage software solutions for banks, credit unions and mortgage lenders. In April, MeridianLink paid roughly $28 million to acquire StreetShares , which provides lending technology to banks and credit unions.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2024

Based in Cary, North Carolina , Fathom Holdings is a national, technology-driven real estate services platform that integrates residential brokerage, mortgage, title, insurance and software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2022

Servicers for FHA-insured mortgages can offer the modification immediately, according to the latest update to FHA’s mortgage lending policies. The Federal Housing Administration told mortgage servicers that they can now offer a 40-year loan term as a COVID-19 recovery option. Comments from the mortgage industry are due by May 31.

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