Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

Credit reporting errors can have serious consequences for a familys finances, and it is critical that credit reporting giants follow the law. The CFPB alleges that Experian routinely and uncritically accepted responses from banks, credit companies and debt collectors on consumer disputes, even when it was illogical on its face or unreliable.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

Flagstar Bank has made changes to its third-party origination (TPO) channel leadership. Hoffman has spent more than 30 years in mortgage banking, 22 of them at Flagstar, where he started as an account executive. Hoffman has spent more than 30 years in mortgage banking, 22 of them at Flagstar, where he started as an account executive.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Sandoval said her approach is one that is difficult for banks and mortgage servicers to replicate, not only because of the face-to-face experience she offers but also because of the inherent – and often misguided– distrust that many distressed homeowners have for financial institutions. “A There is nothing like that face to face.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

New York-based mortgage lender Logan Finance Corp. Established in 1949, Logan Finance Corp. Logan’s correspondent and wholesale channels focus on nonagency products such as debt-service-coverage ratio (DSCR), bank-statement, full-document jumbo and asset qualification loans. Logan Finance Corp. Logan Finance Corp.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

Apollo orchestrated this transaction and now our partnership through Newfi provides the financing needed to grow this business and scale it to a higher level. It’s a complete financing solution that helps us ramp up and scale our production in the BPL sector. Apollo has 16 lending platforms in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

In commentary released last week, Bank of America analysts labeled the December jobs report as gangbusters as nonfarm payrolls jumped by 256,000 positions, well above the six-month average growth rate of 165,000. Given a resilient labor market, we now think the Fed cutting cycle is over, Bank of America analysts wrote. in November.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In September, the nation’s banking regulators released a proposal to increase the capital required of banks with more than $100 billion in assets. The effort was intended to decrease systemic risk, but by focusing narrowly on the risk posed by banks, it would likely increase risk in the mortgage market.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

“A national secondary market for construction financing could allow lenders, like state housing finance agencies and banks, to provide the investment capital needed to get multifamily housing projects built and keys in families’ hands.” This could make the overall cost to entry — which is already low — more digestible.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Smith will lead teams across sales, operations, finance, servicing and corporate functions at the South Carolina-based mortgage lender that originated about $16 billion in mortgage loans from January to September, up 2.7% compared to the same period last year, according to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF).

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Bosman and Kulvin each have decades of experience in real estate finance and “will strengthen Pretium’s investment team as the firm continues to expand its impact in the residential financial ecosystem,” the company said in its announcement. The firm hired Brendan Bosman, a former senior managing director and head of U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A consent order signed by a Connecticut banking commissioner said that LoanSnap failed to notify the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) that its main address had changed. These actions include a Wells Fargo suit filed in Minnesota, where the bank sought more than $430,000 over an alleged breach of contract.

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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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In a recent episode of “The Loan Officer Podcast,” host Dustin Owen and guest John Coleman explore key tips that all aspiring real estate agents should know when navigating mortgage financing for a potential client. Warrantable condos are easier to finance, while non-warrantable condos and condotels are typically harder to fund.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2024

Christopher George, the founder of California-based multichannel mortgage lender CMG Financial , has struck a deal to acquire Greenwoods Financial Group , the owner of Greenwoods State Bank. Greenwoods State Bank will be owned by a single individual, pending regulatory approval and board vote.” advised Greenwoods State Bank.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

At their core, the FHLBanks exist to serve their members community banks, credit unions, insurance companies, and community development financial institutions by providing access to low-cost, reliable funding. The availability of funding at the local level is the driving force in building stronger communities.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Reverse mortgage industry leader Finance of America (FOA) announced updates on Thursday to the interest rate for HomeSafe Second, its proprietary second-lien reverse mortgage product. It will also be available in four new states, bringing the total to 10 with more planned for 2025. The new states are Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Utah.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

In remarks made Thursday to the Senate Banking Committee this week, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he expects some U.S. banks to fail in the coming months because of declining values and defaults in their commercial real estate loan portfolios. There will be bank failures, but not the big banks.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ordered TD Bank to pay $28 million for illegal actions that could tarnish consumer credit reports and for not taking timely action to correct its errors. The bank will pay $7.76 Regulators will need to focus major attention on TD Bank to change its course.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio-based regional bank, moved its origination and servicing operations to Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Mortgage Technology ’s end-to-end mortgage technology ecosystem, the companies announced on Tuesday. That is a common goal we share.

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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

MARCH 7, 2024

Powell acknowledged the mounting opposition to Basel III from the banking sector, assuring lawmakers of forthcoming broad revisions to the regulatory framework that is aimed at recalibrating risk assessment methodologies and capital reserves. banks to earmark billions more in capital reserves.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2025

The letter defines trigger leads as what “occurs when a consumer applies for a mortgage (both purchase and refinance loans) and the requisite inquiry to a credit reporting agency (CRA) by a lender notifies the CRA that the consumer is interested in home financing.” 2808 and S. John Rose (R-Tenn.), who co-sponsors the bill.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

In the ongoing lawsuit by Texas Capital Bank (TCB) seeking to recoup assets related to an extinguished reverse mortgage securities issuer, Ginnie Mae has fired back by continuing to seek a summary judgment. Congress clearly laid out Ginnie Maes authority to pool backing securities that the company guarantees, the bank argued.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Auction.com has long been a leading platform for bank-owned (REO) and foreclosure sales to real estate investors and others seeking a discount. Online real estate marketplace Auction.com announced Wednesday that it is launching SmartSale, a technology-powered option to foreclosure that lets distressed homeowners list and sell their property.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2025

Global investment bank Cambridge Wilkinson today announced the closing of a forward flow agreement up to $100 million for a private real estate lending platform specializing in short-term bridge , fix-and-flip, construction and land development loans.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2024

” Waltz aims to support international buyers with a “comprehensive” solution that covers the compliance, legal, banking and regulatory processes to close the purchase process within 30 days. . Its other business partners include Regent Bank , payments platform Synctera and Visa -backed currency exchange Currencycloud.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Tennessee-based community bank Patriot Bank agreed to pay $1.9 Over the same six-year period, other banks received nearly 3.5 Patriot Bank denied any allegations of redlining. million to resolve allegations from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that it engaged in redlining discriminatory practices.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

homeowners hold mortgages below 4%, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Banks and credit unionsmany of which depend on mortgage activity to fuel lending, gather deposits, and generate fee incomeare facing an extended drought. And while U.S. The scale of the lock-in problem is staggering. Nearly two-thirds of U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

A magistrate judge overseeing requests in a case against Ginnie Mae brought by Texas Capital Bank (TCB) has granted each side’s respective requests for an extension — one for a partial summary judgment for TCB, and the other for a change in venue by attorneys for the U.S. government. at the time of its 2022 bankruptcy.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

Nonbank mortgage originator Change Lending will become a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLB-SF). Treasury Department , given to specialized organizations that provide financial services to low-income communities and others who lack financing options. The transaction is expected to close in May. “We

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

In exchange for providing homeowners a lump sum of cash, they receive a share of the home’s future value or future appreciation. “In addition to that, conventional underwriting does not serve the new-age economy such as gig workers, so you are seeing this demand for alternative financing. “And The annual investment volume in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

stock market, companies like Finance of America (FOA) and Ellington Financial — the parent of reverse lender Longbridge Financial — have recently released their third-quarter 2024 earnings results. With several top 10 reverse mortgage lenders now active in some form within the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Although they’ll be competing with other large brokerages like NEXA Mortgage , C2 Financial , Swift Home Loans , Edge Home Finance and many others, Milestone executives said the biggest competition remains in the retail channel, which has more than 70% of the mortgage pie. Bristol County Savings Bank bought into Milestone in 2022.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Industries like retail, banking, transportation and food service have undergone massive digital transformation in recent years by leveraging new technologies to enhance consumer experience. Meanwhile, nearly two-thirds of smartphone users use an app to manage their finances. Census Bureau. This is a win-win for everyone involved.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Cardinal Financial is also offering real estate investor financing with its Foreign Debt Service Coverage Ratio ( DSCR ) and Investor Solutions DSCR products. The former offers financing to international investors, while the latter offers investment financing based on the potential cash flow of the subject property.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

Mr. Cooper had previously acquired the assets in a deal with Flagstar Bank , which was announced in July and closed in November. A&D Mortgage was the 80th-largest lender in the country through the first nine months of 2024, according to estimates from Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF). It originated $2.37 year over year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

“As the market stabilizes, I look forward to helping clients achieve their home financing goals with the support of Rate’s unparalleled technology and commitment to low rates.” Top 10 mortgage lender Rate — previously known as Guaranteed Rate — announced a new promotion on Wednesday.

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