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LoanSnap loses mortgage lender license in Connecticut

Housing Wire

According to the consent order signed by Connecticut banking commissioner Jorge L. In November 2023, Wells Fargo sued LoanSnap for $431,511 in a district court in Minnesota, alleging breach of contract in selling a mortgage that did not meet contractual requirements, such as excessive and unsupported debt-to-income ratios.

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Banking agencies get deluge of feedback on CRA proposal

Housing Wire

Stakeholders on all sides of the issues sounded off on the proposed changes to the federal redlining statute in comments to the banking agencies marshaling the changes. Those agencies oversee banks, and are tasked with ensuring banks do not redline , by enforcing the Community Reinvestment Act.

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UWM rolls out bank statement loans for self-employed borrowers

Housing Wire

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the nation’s largest wholesale lender, announced on Wednesday it will accept personal or business bank statements in self-employed borrowers’ loan applications. We are going to see an increase in some of the non-QM lending. I don’t think it’ll ever be a significant chunk.

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Opinion: Regulators should focus on banks, not IMBs

Housing Wire

Before I open myself up to attacks here, I am using macro data from Urban Institute and there are certainly some banks who serve a broader swath of the market. More importantly, when it comes to the Ginnie Mae programs, banks contribute only 7% of all the mortgages by the FHA , VA , and USDA. In the FHA program alone, 46.3%

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3 unique mortgage products to get today’s homebuyer qualified

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Tom Davis, chief sales officer, Deephaven Mortgage Today’s market means that more borrowers have higher debt-to-income ratios, limited access to credit and are looking for alternative ways to get qualified for a mortgage. HW: Why are DSCR cash flow, bank statement and second lien mortgages popular right now?

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First-time homebuyers made up a record share of agency purchase loans in 2023

Housing Wire

Looking back, last year’s market was dominated by purchase lending, with loans to buy homes making up 82% of a historically low number of originations. The market in which these folks purchased their first home was one of record house prices, ballooning down payments , rising rates and elevated debt-to-income ratios (DTIs).

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Stepping up the fight against fraud in mortgage lending

Housing Wire

In recent years, we have seen a significant uptick in fraudulent activity ranging from the high tech — intercepted wire transfers and electronic title phishing scams — to low-tech, such as applicants submitting falsified or doctored bank statements. How lenders can prepare for growing fraud threats. Covid challenges.

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