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Next on the road map: Candor automates underwriting for FHA loans

Housing Wire

Mortgage tech firm Candor Technology has expanded its Loan Engineering System (LES) to include Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans. The company now fully automates underwriting decisions for FHA loans — minus collateral – and also offers a warranty on income calculations and cleared conditions for funded FHA loans.

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NexTier Bank to acquire Mars Bank

Housing Wire

NexTier , the holding company of NexTier Bank , will acquire Mars Bancorp , the holding company of Mars Bank. The combined company and branch locations will operate under the NexTier Bank brand, both banks said in a release Thursday. With the acquisition, NexTier Bank will have total assets in excess of $2.6

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Three yards and a cloud of dust

Housing Wire

In late 2021, Congress renewed a 10 basis point tax on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans for another decade – not based on loan risk, but to pay for non-housing spending. Homeownership is used far too often as the federal piggy bank. But now a new threat is emerging on this front. Such opportunities may arise.

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Nonbanks deliver a wishlist to the FHA

Housing Wire

A coalition of independent mortgage banks want the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to take steps it says would significantly improve access to credit for underserved borrowers. 55% and get rid of its life of loan premium policy.

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Fannie Mae’s chief economist on housing market outlook

Housing Wire

While the central bank left the benchmark rate unchanged in the target range of 5.25%-5.5% Elevated mortgage rates will lead to more lenders spilling red ink in the latter half of the year, in contrast to the improved financial performance of independent mortgage banks in Q2. DPA programs were predominantly for FHA loans.

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CHLA takes antitrust concerns about ICE/ Black Knight merger to DOJ

Housing Wire

In its Wednesday letter to the DOJ, CHLA claimed the small and midsize independent mortgage banks it represents would be “particularly vulnerable” to market concentration — such as the large conglomerate resulting from an ICE/ Black Knight merger — in mortgage services. The planned merger between Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

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RenoFi targets homeowners who don’t qualify for HELOCs

Housing Wire

An estimated 140,000 renovated properties purchased at foreclosure auction or bank-owned auction were resold to owner-occupant buyers between January 2020 and December 2021. Could renovated foreclosure resales help solve the nation’s increasingly complex affordable housing puzzle? Presented by: Auction.com.

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