Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

There are many government program offerings designed to support low-income borrowers and underserved communities available through banks and credit unions, including: Federal Housing Administration (FHA): FHA provides mortgage insurance on loans made by FHA-approved lenders. This insurance protects lenders against losses.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

That’s one of the key conclusions reached by the BlackFin Group in a recently published white paper, “Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Mortgage Banking.” And it can fundamentally change the origination and servicing processes. But the authors also stress that none of this should be expected to happen quickly.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Mike Fratantoni , the chief economist and senior vice president of research and industry technology at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), addressed three major challenges in the housing market during testimony before the U.S. banks in comparison to international standards.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Reverse mortgage industry veteran Tane Cabe recently left his position at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.’s That way, credit unions, banks and other lenders [can use it] to help them get off to a good start.” Cabe has some industry partnerships for the software already in place. That seems to be the general feeling.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

A fresh set of quarterly economic projections from Fed officials showed that borrowing costs are expected to end the year at 4.6%, suggesting that the central bank still plans to make three cuts of 25 basis points (bps) each in 2024.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Kevin Wilzbach : Without question, the growth in the use of AI and particularly GenAI has been transformational for the banking industry. Kevin Wilzbach: While the industry awaits relief in the form of interest rate reductions, there’s no quick fix to the associated high costs of housing in the near term.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Carol Dujanovich, senior vice president and director of reverse mortgages at University Bank , has been reappointed to a new three-year term as a member of the U.S. By serving on this committee on behalf of the reverse mortgage industry, I feel that I will be able to bring forward what issues our seniors face daily.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

The increased awareness around these benefits have positioned brokers to be the obvious choice when it comes to consumer mortgage needs, keeping them competitive with large banks and retail lenders. So, what exactly does this mean for the industry? Second, nearly 20,000 loan officers moved into the wholesale channel in 2023.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

However, the industry is approaching this cycle with caution. loanDepot’s focus is on the sales side, attracting experienced loan officers (LOs) and people who want to join the industry via its accelerated career in effective sales (ACES) program. As the hiring landscape in the mortgage industry evolves, so does compensation packages.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Chicago-based multichannel mortgage lender Rate , formerly known as Guaranteed Rate , has announced a shakeup in its reverse mortgage division’s leadership by appointing two longtime industry veterans to lead the company’s efforts with older borrowers. PRMI) and The Federal Savings Bank. “I

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Last week’s above-consensus inflation figures brought the mortgage market back to a sour reality: The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate, an index closely watched by industry experts, may be close to or even above the 7% level for longer than previously expected. Hagen believes that rates below 6.25% would be supportive of the market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Amid soaring mortgage rates, housing trade groups — including the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), NAR and National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) – have asked the central bank to provide market certainty regarding its rate path.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

Federal Reserve vice chair for supervision Michael Barr said the central bank is taking “a very thoughtful approach” to the Basel III rules (aka the Basel endgame), which would significantly increase bank capital requirements and, if implemented, affect the mortgage industry. “We Barr said that the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

New York Community Bancorp , the parent of Flagstar Bank , said it’s still committed to the home loan business despite selling approximately $5 billion in warehouse mortgages to JPMorgan Chase Bank to improve its capital and liquidity position. The bank was followed by Flagstar, with $11.8 billion in volume and a 12.3%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

Toronto-based Bank of Nova Scotia , which operates as Scotiabank , has hired a group of JPMorgan Chase Bank executives to lead a new mortgage capital markets business that expects to launch this fall. The bank was followed by Flagstar Bancorp (11.5% share), Merchants Bank (7% share) and Everbank (6% share). per share.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), last week filed a slew of new documents in their court case against Texas Capital Bank (TCB). These were primarily in response to the bank’s prior motion for a partial summary judgment and offer reasons why the motion should be denied. Attorneys for the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Independent mortgage banks ( IMBs ) and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks lost an average of $1,056 on each loan they originated in 2023, down from an average loss of $301 per loan in 2022, according to data released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). On average, production volume was $1.9

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Akwaboah, who is currently serving as COO for technology and global head of innovation at Morgan Stanley , has nearly 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. In 2005, he began a 10-year stint working for the Royal Bank of Scotland in Singapore, then joined Morgan Stanley in 2015, according to his biography.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

Mortgage banking executive and industry mergers & acquisitions advisor Rick Roque has taken a new executive position at NFM Lending. Roque co-founded M&A and retail mortgage banking firm Menlo Co. “Looking forward to seeing what we can do together.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

To continue fostering innovation across the industry and better serve these homebuyers, regulators must take aim at one of the largest impediments to innovation: monopolies. The formation of a monopoly in the mortgage industry would slow the introduction of new solutions that would improve access to credit and customer experience.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

Mortgage rates hold major power in the housing industry; most importantly, high rates exacerbate the current affordability crisis by walloping the buying power of would-be buyers and discouraging some would-be sellers – those with low, fixed-rate mortgages – from listing their homes, a drain on available inventories.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

A federal judge in Texas has granted a preliminary injunction to banking trade groups that seek to halt the implementation of new rules for modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), according to court documents reviewed by HousingWire. The injunction is extended for each day the matter remains pending, according to the judge’s order.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2024

Attorneys for Ginnie Mae have responded to Texas Capital Bank (TBC) over the government’s motion to move the case to a different venue. They say that the bank’s own filing on the matter avoids the key issues that the government sought to raise regarding the original clause that specifies where any related legal actions should take place.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

With October being Cybersecurity Awareness Month, it is important that the real estate industry and consumers speak up and spread the word about how to prevent these real estate cybercrimes. Consumers should also avoid emailing financial information, such as bank account numbers.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The trough for the mortgage origination market is nearing an end point and 2024 is shaping up to be a better year for the industry, economists of the the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said at the 2023 Annual Convention & Expo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. and reach 5.5%

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2024

Cooper and First Horizon Bank , as its new chief financial officer. That’s the exact space in the mortgage industry that the company wants to target with its software platform, Dara , which was launched in February. The hiring coincided with the departure of the company’s chief technology officer, Uday Devalla.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Industry veteran Mark Elbaum will succeed him. Chang, who joined the company in 2012, will “pursue other interests in the mortgage banking industry” after leaving on Oct. Before joining Pennymac, Chang spent 13 years at Credit Suisse , holding the position of director for mergers and acquisitions.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Utah-based Capital Community Bank (CCBank) has struck a deal to acquire Security Home Mortgage (SHM), which will become an independent subsidiary division of the bank, the parties announced on Friday. The financials of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

David Stevens, a legend of the mortgage banking industry who helmed the Federal Housing Agency and the Mortgage Bankers Association in a career that spanned four decades, has died. He added: “MBA and the entire industry will miss Dave’s voice, leadership, and friendship. This is a breaking new story. Check back for updates.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Reverse mortgage software and calculator provider Ibis Software announced this week that it appointed Robert Sivori, a reverse mortgage industry veteran, to its board of directors. Ibis and Wagner provide regular mortgage rate updates for reverse mortgage industry professionals.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

by a number of industry players. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBs) in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. The initiative comes as the mortgage industry prepares for mandatory adoption of VantageScore 4.0 These include the U.S. now or risk losing access to key mortgage GSEs.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2024

Warehouse lender Flagstar Bank , which has a lawsuit filed against Hometown Lenders , has the largest unsecured claim, $20.1 It’s followed by another warehouse lender, First Horizon Bank ($3.5 When the company shut down, loans were sold to investors, except those remaining with Flagstar Bank and First Horizon.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In August 2023 , the bank disclosed it was under investigation by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) after the nonprofit organization filed a complaint alleging violations of the U.S. California and Washington are the bank’s main markets. According to the mortgage tech platform Modex , HSBC originated about $3.5

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In a new episode of “The Loan Officer Podcast,” host Dustin Owen chats with John Cornish of Iowa-based Key Mortgage Group about his path into the industry, tips for scaling a mortgage lending business and how to avoid stagnation as a loan originator. Cornish started his career in mortgage banking at Wells Fargo in Iowa in 2003.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

In a competitive market full of options, banks must rely on more than their rate sheet to compete for the business of third-party originators. We specialize in non-agency loans, including bank statement loans, government lending, new construction and renovation products, and HELOCs , positioning us as a leader in the industry.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

VantageScore has released a pilot of its latest credit-scoring model , VantageScore 4 Plus, for banks, fintechs and government lenders. ” This includes recent immigrants and the those without bank accounts. credit score, which itself has up to an 8% lift over conventional scoring models.”

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