Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

This is roughly in line with other proprietary product offerings in the space from companies such as Finance of America (FOA), Longbridge Financial , University Bank , Smartfi Home Loans and Nationwide Equities. The product line, known as SecureEquity, is available to homeowners as young as age 55.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

The government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) are now targeting a 20% reduction in principal and interest (P&I) payments to keep borrowers facing permanent financial stress in their homes. “The Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Wednesday announced an update to one of their loss-mitigation solutions known as Flex Modification.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

billion in the unpaid principal balance of MSRs as of June 30, 2023, compared to $297.9 “Unlike others that are more reactive to cyclical market conditions, we will continue to be aggressive in our technology and product investments. UWM originated $31.8 billion in the first quarter of 2023 and $22.4 billion in the second quarter of 2022.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

And Rithm Capital priced an offering of $775 million in aggregate principal of senior unsecured notes due in 2029 at 8% per year. million in aggregate principal of 2028 senior notes held by Artemis Management LLC. The new debt will pay 8.75% — an incremental 0.5% The debt extension is credit positive, giving them now two more years.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Whether you’re looking to start a career in real estate, already have one or are involved in real estate transactions, you may find yourself wondering about industry terminology and job titles. The industry acronyms alone look like alphabet soup. So, let’s start with the basics: What is a real estate broker vs. an agent? Let’s dive in!

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

The bill would allow borrowers to finance up to 100% of the acquisition price. percent of the principal, which could be financed, and would not pay a monthly insurance premium. Homesellers, who now have many offers to choose from, are not likely to look favorably on anything that entails more complicated financing.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In September, Biden’s administration also called on state and local governments to “reduce zoning and financing barriers to these kinds of housing – housing that allows families to achieve homeownership and build wealth.”. (The How Freddie Mac is addressing affordable housing challenges. Presented by: Freddie Mac.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The deal leaves room for reinvestment via a two-year window, allowing investors to reuse principal payoffs to purchase newlyoriginated loans. The deal leaves room for reinvestment via a two-year window, allowing investors to reuse principal payoffs to purchase newlyoriginated loans. billion since 2019. million received a 21.8%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Fannie Mae on Thursday announced that its Desktop Underwriter (DU) system will include new changes to the maximum allowable loan-to-value (LTV) ratios for two- to four-unit, principal residence, purchase and limited cash-out transactions, as well as other updates to further align the system with recent changes to the Selling Guide.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2021

A Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) report highlighted the perils of low-rates for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ’s single-family Credit Risk Transfers. By the end of 2020, Freddie Mac’s overall proportion of risk transfer to unpaid principal balance had surpassed December 2019 levels.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2022

The administration said that the new loss mitigation option could be an alternative for borrowers who cannot reduce their principal and interest payments by 25% through FHA’s existing 30-year mortgage modification with a partial claim. Comments from the mortgage industry are due by May 31.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Government-owned corporation Ginnie Mae announced on Wednesday that it has revised its definition for high-balance loans, conforming to new limits announced earlier this week by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), according to All Participants Memorandum (APM) 23-13. Virgin Islands, the one-unit property limit is ​$1,149,825​​.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2024

The update will also now allow 203(k) consultant fees to be financed for a limited 203(k) loan, and rehabilitation periods will be extended for both limited 203(k) loans (to nine months) and for standard 203(k) loans (to 12 months). The 203(k) offering has two separate programs. Updates have been made to both variations.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

Last July, the company sold its title insurance business to Essent Group , followed by strategic changes in September including a transition of its offshore-based operations to a team in the Philippines and the sale of “certain operations” of its home improvement lending business to Aqua Finance.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

It has built an MSR platform with 608,000 loans, representing $192 billion in unpaid principal value (UPB) and $2.8 Inside Mortgage Finance ranked Rocket as the eighth-largest U.S. Annaly has $75 billion in assets invested across its agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), residential credit and MSR strategies. billion as of June 30.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

year over year, according to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) estimates. The company owned $537 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) of servicing at the end of March. The company owned $537 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) of servicing at the end of March. Newrez, a top-five U.S. mortgage lender, originated $10.8

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

According to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF), SPS was the 20th-largest U.S. billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB). Swiss bank UBS Group AG has decided to sell Credit Suisse ’s mortgage servicing company, Select Portfolio Servicing (SPS), to a group of investors led by Sixth Street , HousingWire has learned. 36 in the IMF ranking.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2023

Ginnie Mae has promoted Sam Valverde to principal executive vice president, where he will serve as the the second-in-command to Ginnie Mae President Alanna McCargo. He joined Ginnie in March 2022 following a stint as supervising attorney advisor for the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). The position is based in Washington, D.C.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2021

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has extended forbearance options for multifamily properties through the end of September. of the GSE’s total securitized unpaid principal balance. The options to put off debt payments for federally-backed multifamily properties had been slated to expire at the end of June.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Thursday named the inaugural members of its newly created advisory committee on affordable, equitable and sustainable housing. The FHFA began soliciting applications for the committee in September 2023.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The deal will add a mortgage servicing rights (MSR) portfolio of about $136 billion in unpaid principal balance to Rithm. mortgage lender in the first half of 2023, with a production of $17 billion in loans, per Inside Mortgage Finance data. CEDAR CREEK, Texas — Real estate investment trust Rithm Capital Corp.’s

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

Credit rating agency Fitch announced this week that its long-term issuer default rating (IDR) for Finance of America , the reverse mortgage industry’s leading lender, has been downgraded from “CCC+” to “C” following the announcement of a debt restructuring plan that staves off maturity risk beyond 2025.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2022

“With respect to nonagency loans and non-QM loans, warehouse lenders will finance between 90% and 95% of the original principal amount of the loan, which requires [FGMC] to use working capital to fund the remaining portion of the principal balance of the mortgage loans,” states a declaration filed with the court by FGMC CEO Aaron Samples. “As

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Effective immediately, issuers of Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities must notify Ginnie Mae of any cybersecurity incident within 48 hours of its detection. This new requirement is an important step in further enhancing our cybersecurity framework to meet current and future needs.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

It also sold MSRs of low-coupon originations from the 2020 and 2021 vintages, bringing its total unpaid principal balance (UPB) to $114 billion on June 30 compared to $142 billion on March 31. loanDepot said this is the 10th time it has closed a transaction of this kind.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

And because mortgage rates have been above 7% for about two months consecutively, the cost of financing is extreme. The average principal and interest payment among borrowers purchasing a home using a 30-year fixed-rate loan hit its highest point ever in July at $2,306 , according to Black Knight ’s mortgage monitor report.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

According to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) estimates, Newrez was the fifth-largest mortgage lender in the country in the first quarter of 2024. billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) in the first quarter, down 1.5% Top-five U.S. The layoffs include mortgage professionals such as processors, underwriters and loan officers.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

The new term sheet details several differences from the current HMBS program, including a reduction in the HMBS pool size to 95% of the loan’s total unpaid principal balance (UPB). To get a better idea of the potential impact that HMBS 2.0 Wong is also a member of the company’s investment committee.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

He became an interim principal financial officer in July 2022 following the death of Timothy Forrester. UWM originated $128 billion in 2022, per Inside Mortgage Finance estimates. Hubacker said in a statement he will enhance the CFO role and capabilities of UWM’s finance team as a “strategic business partner to the company.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

“Sanjiv’s depth of experience in mortgage finance, consumer understanding and thought leadership will serve our company well as we continue to grow and evolve our business strategy and operational platform,” Stephen G. Kasnet, chairman of Two Harbors, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

The transaction would include a reverse mortgage servicing portfolio, which is currently subserviced by PHH Mortgage , with a projected unpaid principal balance of approximately $3 billion,” Onity announced. This deal is also accompanied by seller-provided financing, and it is accretive to both earnings per share and cash.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) proposed some key changes to requirements for single-family seller servicers that do business with the enterprises. The lowest minimum liquidity requirement — for those servicers who are only obligated to pay whatever interest and principal the borrower pays — would be set at 3.5 basis points.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

You generally pay off the mortgage when the home is no longer your principal residence.” But the core issue of the way that retirement financing is structured in the U.S. Tapping into home equity , particularly for people in or near retirement , can be challenging — especially for those who may have a pressing need.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2022

Fannie Mae has launched its fourth reperforming-loan sale of the year — an offering of 6,130 loans with an unpaid principal balance of $997 million. million in unpaid principal balance; pool 2 is at $342.5 A reperforming loan is a mortgage that has been or is currently delinquent but has been reperforming for a period of time.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Rocket Mortgage ranked as the third-largest lender in the country during the first half of this year, per data from Inside Mortgage Finance. billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) at the end of the second quarter. Rocket originated $42.3 billion in volume during these six months, trailing only United Wholesale Mortgage ($60.7

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

This agency’s most recent credit risk transfer (CRT) offering, STACR 2022-DNA6, involves a $1.165 billion note backed by a reference loan pool of 112,865 residential mortgages with an outstanding principal balance of $35.6 billion so far in 2022. billion, according to a presale report by Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA).

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

Finance of America Companies (FOA), which controls the outgoing brands Finance of America Reverse (FAR) and American Advisors Group (AAG), recorded a net loss under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) of $16 million in Q1 2024 and an adjusted net loss of $7 million for the quarter, according to a recently released earnings report.

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