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Teraverde CEO Jim Deitch on finding ways to monetize home equity

Housing Wire

The dismal 2024 mortgage market has one very silver lining: $32 trillion in home equity. Compare that with $30 trillion in financeable equity — it dwarfs it. You have to think about how you monetize that equity,” Deitch said. You have to think about how you monetize that equity,” Deitch said. “So,

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Better improves loan volume by 25% but remains unprofitable in Q1

Housing Wire

million, driven mainly by home equity line of credit (HELOC) and cash-out refinance products, executives said. Funded loan volumes came in at $661 million, up 25% quarter over quarter. Purchase loans comprised 80% of the funded volume, followed by refinances (12%) and HELOCs (8%). The company’s stock was trading at $0.44

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Home-equity lending blossomed in 2023

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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%. homeowners with outstanding mortgages — some 63% of all homes — home equity tied up in properties jumped by 6.8%

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What are the potential home equity and tax strategies for wealthy seniors?

Housing Wire

Seniors could choose to employ home equity through a reverse mortgage or other equity-tapping product to manage a series of expenses in retirement , but when it comes to managing their tax burden , it can get more complicated.

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High mortgage rates sideline homeowners from tapping home equity: ICE

Housing Wire

Rising home prices have pushed the third quarter’s tappable home equity amount near its 2022 peak, but interest rates are making homeowners reluctant to extract that wealth. Rising equity levels are also contributing to low default and foreclosure activity. In 2024, roughly 75% of originations expected to come from purchase loans.

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Opinion: How did homeowners get into home equity prison?

Housing Wire

Even though they have a low mortgage rate on their home loan, the pandemic causes unanticipated financial hardships which lead to a decrease in their annual income as well as the necessity of using credit cards for their basic needs. How could they ever justify walking away from a loan with this low of an interest rate ?

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NYCB to sell $5B in mortgage warehouse loans to JPMorgan

Housing Wire

New York Community Bancorp , the parent of Flagstar Bank , said it’s still committed to the home loan business despite selling approximately $5 billion in warehouse mortgages to JPMorgan Chase Bank to improve its capital and liquidity position. But they are not immune to systemic industry shocks, including last year’s bank crisis.

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