Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Amid higher rates, lower volumes, and fiercer competition , Santander Bank decided it will stop originating residential mortgages and home equity loans in the United States. The Spanish bank said it will continue to service current loans and honor pending borrowers’ applications. regulators. regulators.

Banks 468

Banks Mortgages Fixed-rate mortgage Equity 468

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Banks have tightened lending standards for most categories of residential real estate (RRE) loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOC) over the third quarter of 2023. Government residential mortgage was an exception, where standards remained basically unchanged. Responses were received from 62 domestic banks and 19 U.S.

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Lending Banks Mortgages Loan Officer 497

Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2023

The Beige Book is a compilation of data and interviews with bank and branch directors, community organizations and economists from on or before May 22. Residential real estate activity picked up in most Districts despite continued low inventories of homes for sale,” the report states.

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Residential Construction Finance Sales 459

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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Banks Commercial Residential Lending 493

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.

Banks 448

Banks Lending Residential Staging 448

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2021

New Residential Investment Corp. New Residential said that it expects Genesis to originate close to $2 billion of loans in 2021 and that the fix-and-flip lender has originated over 12,000 loans since 2014. The post New Residential scoops up fix-and-flip lender appeared first on HousingWire.

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Residential Finance Loans Lending 397

Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

Executives at Swiss bank UBS said on Wednesday that they’ve struck a deal to sell Credit Suisse ’s U.S. According to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF), SPS was the 20th-largest U.S. servicing business, expected to close in the first quarter of 2025, benefits the bank by reducing costs and lowering risk for its balance sheet.

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Banks Closing Principal Residential 435

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced the new members of its 2021 Residential Board of Governors and the Chairs of the Residential Committee. ” “MBA is an unparalleled leader in the real estate finance industry,” Stewart said. and Ashley Savill of Chase. .”

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Residential Finance Lending Mortgages 426

Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

Unlike other HousingWire awards, Finance Leaders focuses specifically on corporate finance, secondary marketing, capital markets or strategic finance executives within mortgage banking or a real estate brokerage only. The post Nominations for HousingWire’s Finance Leaders award are now open!

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Finance Residential Title Mortgages 418

Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

First Internet Bank is shutting down its consumer mortgage business due to a steep decline in mortgage volumes and the negative outlook for mortgage lending that is forecasted to continue for the next several years. The residential mortgage loan balance for First Internet was $383.9 million as of December 31, 2022, a 13.7% million. “The

Banks 448

Banks Mortgages Lending Commercial 448

Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2023

Less than two months after the abrupt failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank , federal regulators seized First Republic Bank and sold it to JPMorgan Chase Bank. First Republic is the largest lender to collapse since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest bank failure in American history.

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Banks Commercial Loans Principal 397

Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2023

Bank , the fourth-largest U.S. Bank, we make decisions that position us well for today’s market and in the future,” a spokesperson told HousingWire. “As Inside Mortgage Finance first reported news of the layoffs. U.S. Bank, owned by U.S. However, mortgage volume has been in free fall at the bank amid surging rates.

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Banks Mortgages Residential Lending 370

Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

New Jersey-based TD Bank has decided to invest $10 billion in affordable homeownership initiatives by 2027, including providing loans and liquidity to the residential lending market. In the mortgage space, TD Bank was a top-35 U.S. billion in loans, down 25% year over year, according to Inside Mortgage Finance estimates.

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Banks Lending Loans Finance 446

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. bank account is also created to help the investor manage the property remotely, including through fast currency exchange capabilities.

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Finance Investor Banks Residential 448

Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2021

HousingWire’s Finance Leader award recognizes outstanding performers in the finance space. Those rates resulted in record-setting volume for real estate and mortgage companies, and a whole new set of challenges for their finance leaders. The following pages honor HousingWire’s first class of housing finance heavy hitters.

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Finance Lending Title Mortgages 418

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Northpointe Bank , a regional bank headquartered in Michigan, will walk away from its correspondent lending business to focus on its retail lending, mortgage warehouse financing division and specialty loan servicing business. The last day for fundings is April 28, the regional bank said in an e-mailed response.

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Lending Banks Finance Loans 397

Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

The current bank crisis hit California-based Pacific Western Bank , a community bank owned by PacWest Bancorp that has a focus on real estate and commercial loans. billion in fully funded cash proceeds from the global investment firm Atlas SP Partners through a new senior asset-backed financing facility.

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Banks Commercial Loans Investor 418

Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2023

Fannie Mae has projected that the recent bank failures may act as the catalyst that tips an already precarious economy into a recession — primarily due to the combination of tighter lending standards by small- and mid-sized regional banks. Jumbo loans account for approximately 12% of all loans originated as of February 2022.

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Banks Lending Fixed-rate mortgage Construction 397

Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

New York Community Bank , one of New York City’s largest multifamily lenders, is set to diversify its business strategy with the acquisition of Michigan-based retail bank Flagstar Bancorp. The bank’s stock price was trading at a 26% discount to book value in late January. according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

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Banks Branding Commercial Loans 397

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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Banks Loan Officer Lending Loans 481

Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Finance of America intends to acquire Parkside Lending ‘s third-party origination channel operation for $40 million, the publicly traded lender and servicer announced Tuesday. Our TPO business is a part of our long-term growth strategy,” Bill Dallas, president of Finance of America Mortgage, said in a statement.

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Finance Lending Mortgages Renovation 370

Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Ally Home , the residential mortgage lending arm of Ally Bank , is offering a $5,000 grant for eligible homebuyers in the select markets of Charlotte, Detroit and Philadelphia, the company announced on Tuesday. The upfront lump sum can be applied toward a down payment, closing costs or other expenses related to the homebuying process.

Banks 458

Banks Closing costs Lending Equity 458

Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

Higher interest rates pushed up profits for Bank of America (BofA) in the first quarter of 2023, but much like its depository peers, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo , the mortgage business dropped by double-digits during this period. The bank posted a net income of $8.2 Consumer banking division posted a net income of $3.1

Banks 370

Banks Mortgages Equity Loans 370

Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank resumed mortgage originations on Tuesday via its newly established “bridge bank” — just four days after California state regulators took possession of the financial institution and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) as receivers. was open for business. They took a $1.8

Banks 370

Banks Mortgages Loans Loan Officer 370

Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2023

The Federal Reserve , Federal Depository Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released on Thursday the proposed changes for the Basel III rule (called the Basel endgame), which significantly increases capital requirements for banks. Community banks would not be impacted.

Banks 370

Banks Lending Mortgages Equity 370

Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2023

Flagstar Bank , a top-25 U.S. Flagstar made news in recent months, expanding its footprint and further diversifying its business model with the completion of the merger with New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) and the acquisition of certain financially and strategically complementary parts of Signature Bank.

Banks 370

Banks Mortgages Commercial Lending 370

Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

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. Banks have reduced their exposure to mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) due to expected higher capital requirements and risks.

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Investor Mortgages Banks Principal 476

Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

Headquartered in Southern California , AscentDS will focus on providing customized financing solutions to single-family and multifamily housing developers and investors across the nation. Founder and CEO Robert Wasmund has a deep background in the residential construction and bridge lending industry. “We now known as Rithm Capital. “In

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Construction Development Loans Lending 459

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Roemanu , the holding company for Toorak Capital Partners and Merchants Mortgage , announced on Tuesday that it has hired former Finance of America executive Charles Macintosh as its chief operating officer. Founded in 2016, it connects small-balance residential and commercial mortgage originators with institutional capital.

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Residential Commercial Finance Loans 434

Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

Melissa Perez, a former director of operations at First Republic Bank , has joined Dunmor as senior vice president of operations. Prior to joining Dunmor, Perez led a team of more than 120 employees across six offices at First Republic Bank. She also held prior leadership roles at Prospect Mortgage , Citinet Mortgage and Countrywide.

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Lending Banks Residential Construction 444

The Close

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Stabilize & Season Your Current Rental Property If you plan to finance multiple rental properties, start by stabilizing your current one. Also, be aware that some lenders have a “seasoning period,” essentially how long you’ve owned or financed the property. Let’s break it down into six easy steps.

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Finance Equity MLS Loans 98

Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2024

million residential mortgage originations in the second quarter of 2024, an increase of 23.2% The increase in overall lending in Q2 came amid the Spring homebuying season and lower mortgage interest rates that dipped downward after months of increases, according to Attom ’s Q2 residential property mortgage origination report.

Mortgages 431

Mortgages Fixed-rate mortgage Lending Residential 431

Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2021

MAXEX , a digital exchange platform for buying and selling residential loans, announced on Wednesday the launch of two new lending programs in collaboration with JPMorgan Chase for green energy home improvements. Both programs are offered for loan values from $400,000 to $3 million. “The U.S.

Loans 468

Loans Banks Residential Finance 468

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

On Tuesday, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released a report that examines the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) system, looking back at its 90-year legacy and offering a series of transformative goals the agency hopes to reach before its centennial in 2032.

Banks 431

Banks Finance Development Loans 431

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

about the 2023 Basel III Endgame proposal , which would modify risk-based capital requirements for large banks. He also described increasing aggregate common equity tier 1 capital requirements for the global systemically important banks (G-SIB) by 9%, and increasing capital requirements for non-GSIB firms subject to the rule by 0.5%.

Banks 448

Banks Lending Finance Loans 448

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Less than a year after coming to the rescue of Signature Bank during the market turmoil of March 2023, New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) faces a confidence crisis due to its exposure to commercial real estate loans. According to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) estimates, Flagstar originated $15.7 billion in mortgages in 2023.

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Mortgages Banks Marketing Commercial 468

Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2021

decline from the prior quarter , when the bank originated $61.6 billion the San Francisco-based bank originated in the fourth quarter of 2019. The bank serviced $856 billion in residential mortgages in the fourth quarter, a drop from the $917 billion in originated in the third quarter. The lender originated $53.94

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Mortgages Marketing Banks Residential 449