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Trapped by design: Why America’s housing market is stuck — and what the rest of the world can teach us

Housing Wire

Banks and credit unionsmany of which depend on mortgage activity to fuel lending, gather deposits, and generate fee incomeare facing an extended drought. The core insight: a well-designed financial product can serve both borrowers and lenders without creating systemic friction. Its a design problem. The model worksand the U.S.

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LoanSnap troubles continue as California revokes its lender license

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That policy, which is designed to protect consumers from lender fraud and financial risk, expired in early August. 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.

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Real launches three new products during its agent conference

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The final product Real unveiled at RISE is Real Wallet , a financial platform designed to help agents control and manage their finances. based agents can sign up for a business checking account with Thread Bank , which includes a Real-branded debit card.

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‘There will be bank failures,’ Fed chief tells lawmakers

Housing Wire

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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University Bank adds four reverse mortgage veterans to its HECM division

Housing Wire

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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Cambridge Wilkinson to launch $100M private lending platform

Housing Wire

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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Has your banking partner come of age?

Housing Wire

HousingWire recently spoke with David Bernard, senior managing director of Specialized Mortgage Services at Western Alliance Bank , Member FDIC, about warehouse lending and how the warehouse sector and mortgage finance have progressed and continue to evolve. Western Alliance Bank transformed this model over a decade ago.

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