Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

homeowners are “house-rich, cash-poor,” home equity investment firm Hometap provides clients with a way to tap into their home equity instead of selling their home or taking out a loan. Hometap, as an investor, provides cash in exchange for a share of their home’s future value. Based on the notion that far too many U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

Capital Fundings , a Florida -based private mortgage lender, has partnered with real estate investment platform Privy , the companies announced on Tuesday. The collaboration will allow Capital Fundings’ borrowers to receive personalized investor insights. It also offers a library of training and educational resources. “Our

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Online bank Ally Financial recorded a $136 million impairment related to its investment in struggling digital mortgage lender Better.com , bank executives said Wednesday during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. The post Ally Financial takes a big hit on Better.com investment appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

Minneapolis-based CarVal Investors , a global alternative investment manager and long-time player in the mortgage market, has launched a real estate mortgage investment conduit, or REMIC, that plans to work with loan originators around the country to develop and acquire innovative nonagency mortgage products.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

He stresses the importance of optimizing recapture workflows in the new market with new tools and strategies. Following that, Kennedy introduces RiskSpan’s unique strategies and tools. A mortgage servicer collects payments from an asset and repays the investor. Click Here

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

The Mortgage Bankers Association on Tuesday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria expressing concern over several amendments to the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements announced in January , including changes to investment properties.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to dramatically change every aspect of daily life, and it’s starting to bring tools to homeowners as well. Private equity firm Exuma Capital Partners announced that it is the lead investor for a newly launched, AI-powered homeowner management tool called Property.com.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Cleveland, Ohio-based fintech Upright has launched a debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) rental loan to investors, the company announced on Monday. DSCR rental loans are non-qualifying mortgages (non-QMs) used by real estate investors to qualify for a loan based on their property’s cash flow without personal income verification.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Fractional real estate investment firm reAlpha announced late last week that it is partnering with Title First Agency to provide title and closing services on all of the firm’s property acquisitions. As a perk to investors, they are allowed to vacation at the short term rentals they have invested in. Presented by: ServiceLink.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In an interview with HousingWire, Ginnie Mae President Alanna McCargo explained that this represents Ginnie’s first social bond label in the investment space. McCargo also stressed that determinations of social impact will be left to the investors, and will not be made by Ginnie Mae itself. And that is privacy-protected.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Global investment firm Carlyle has agreed to purchase up to $300 million of equity sharing home loans from home equity solutions provider Unison. The product, which rolled out on Tuesday, combines the features of traditional mortgage financing and emerging home equity investment (HEI) options. Unison has more than $1.8

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

SitusAMC a top-of-the-line provider of investment advice, talent solutions, and digital tools offers a rare opportunity for lenders and investors. Digital tools and technology are only the tip of the spear regarding SitusAMCs solutions. Digital tools also sit among valuable solutions for mortgage originators.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2024

The platform provides tools for both landlords and renters, which the company said is designed to automate and streamline the management process. “As Working alongside NAR opens the door to many collaborative initiatives, including positioning RentRedi as the go-to property management tool for real estate agents and their clients.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

ICE) and investment research firm Delta Terra Capital announced a partnership to offer climate-adjusted credit risk analytics for residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Our climate risk data can help inform investment decisions of U.S. Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

million in 15 funding rounds with 25 investors since its inception in 2012. The following year, it acquired Disclosures.io , an innovative provider of listing management tools. Its other investors include Group 11 , Crosslink Capital , Bullpen Capital , Montage Ventures , Citi Ventures and Google Ventures.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

was acquired by Presidio Investors in 2018. “It has been an exciting six-year journey to see Alliant National dramatically increase its footprint and develop tools to scale and to assist its customers,” Chris Puscasiu, the managing partner of Presidio Investors, said in a statement. .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In this HousingWire Executive Conversation, Tom Davis, Chief Sales Officer at Deephaven , discusses the opportunities in the non-QM investor loan space as we head into the new year. Davis also highlights Deephaven’s edge in products like their Ground-Up Construction and Fix-and-Flip products, offering originators essential tools and training.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The call for smart home technology is coming from inside the house, as it were — but during times of economic pressure, how can investors and property managers justify the effort and expense of upgrading their communities? How does smart home technology benefit investors? Why smart home technology now? Rently’s Smart Home Technology.

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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. Non-QM market share grew from less than 3% of U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2022

With eMortgages, when the most critical component of the loan file – the note – is digitized, it allows lenders to expedite the delivery of loan collateral to their investors or warehouse lenders. “They impact the delivery processes to warehouse lenders and investors.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2021

Custodians are responsible for storing mortgage collateral documents on behalf of the investor for the life of the loan – 30 years, plus ~4 years after the mortgage is paid in full. The GSEs require this certification be completed before they securitize and sell the mortgage to investors.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

However, some lead generation tools do some of the pre-vetting for you, and using an effective CRM that helps you organize, nurture and manage your communication with new real estate leads can help you set realistic targets and be successful with this approach. Use this tool: FloDesk Looking for a way to make your brand pop?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

The first is the ongoing impact of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, which if deployed effectively provide an opportunity for property managers to increase operational efficiency and unlock business intelligence. The rental real estate space is built on human relationships between owners, investors, vendors and residents.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

of investors were anticipating the benchmark interest rate to remain the same after the FOMC meeting, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch tool. of investors have priced in a cut of at least a quarter point in March. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets again on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Monday, meanwhile, 97.9%

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

For investors eyeing these properties, the challenge lies in higher interest rates for investment properties compared to single-family homes. This financial barrier, coupled with the standard 20-25 percent down payment requirement, has led to the exclusion of many potential investors from the market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

During the transactions, Apollo purchased eNote digital mortgage assets, originated by Figure on the Provenance Blockchain and registered on its Digital Asset Registration Technologies (DART) platform, via an investment vehicle it manages on a blockchain-based marketplace.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

Real estate investors in nine states just gained a new option for finding homes and agents. Investors and agents in these states won’t have to wait to take advantage of the platform as the expansion is effective June 30. The states added are Utah, Pennsylvania , Oklahoma , Missouri , Kansas, Indiana, Florida, Georgia and Colorado.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

Through the FHA-sponsored program, however, residents of such communities will have a potential tool to help finance the acquisition of their communities, according to HUD. HUD estimates that there could be about 5,000 individual and family beneficiaries of this program over the next five years based on the average community size.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2022

The tech firm aims to provide customers with “the right tools and workflow automation to navigate an ever-changing market,” Adam Carmel, chief executive officer of Polly, said in a statement. When the cap was in place, private-label electronic mortgage clearinghouses with Wall Street investors benefited.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 25, 2024

BLOG VIEW: To help provide needed liquidity, many lenders sell mortgage loans to government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) or other investors to boost capital and balance portfolio risk. Some servicers choose to utilize the limited tools in their core processing systems to cut costs, treating mortgage loans similarly to auto and personal loans.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Mortgage loan buybacks, often referred to as repurchases, occur when a loan sold to an investor or GSE fails to meet the agreed-upon underwriting, legal, or regulatory standards. Loan buybacks also harm investors by introducing volatility and diminishing returns. Documentation issues : Missing or inadequate documentation.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The app offers potential buyers tools to find, research and bid on homes via a competitive auction format. Our app is a must-have for real estate investors,” said Michael Jansta, general manager of Hubzu in a statement. It’s reflective of our commitment to invest in technology and continuously improve the Hubzu marketplace.”.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

At the vanguard stands Mortgage Connect Risk Solutions (MCRS), formerly Adfitech, a leader in risk management, quality control , third-party reviews, and due diligence, known for protecting mortgage lenders and investors from the risks inherent in mortgage lending. million loans and reviewing over 300 million documents. Click Here

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

Tech enters the picture Alongside these possibilities, the integration of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool can also be a solution. When AI started to gain momentum in the real estate industry, most investment capital was poured into consumer-facing products such as Zillow ’s Zestimate or predictive marketing solutions.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The Tom Ferry Podcast Experience features a wide range of topics, providing listeners with the “knowledge, support, motivation, and tools needed to succeed in business and achieve their true potential.” In each episode, you’ll learn from up-and-coming agents, seasoned brokers, real estate investors, and more. Episode 953. Episode 104.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Purveyors of very complex financial instruments, sold to risk-averse investors under the careful oversight of government regulators, have given us a process that must conform to investor and regulatory compliance requirements. We have fared much better on the automation side. Uniformity is a perfect breeding ground for automation.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

533 ReBuilt 1,096% 2015 Vertically integrated marketplace helping homeowners sell their unwanted property and real estate investors find great off-market deals. 678 TriusLending 869% 2003 A mid-Atlantic real estate investment firm and financing lender focused on short-term private lending and long-term rental loans.

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