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Longbridge has a new addition to its proprietary reverse mortgage suite

Housing Wire

Principal agents and closed loan sellers can ask their LOS administrator to add it to their available product menu, the company said. But the variations available to brokers and principal agents differ. Other lenders active in the proprietary space include University Bank , Smartfi Home Loans and Nationwide Equities.

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Pennymac’s profits shrink, but its servicing portfolio now stands at a massive $680B

Housing Wire

. “PennyMac Financial delivered solid first quarter financial results, demonstrating our ability to consistently generate strong returns in a volatile market, Pennymac chairman and CEO David Spector said in a statement. billion in unpaid principal balance, down 19% from the prior quarter and up 33% from Q1 2024. ”

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A closer look at investor attitudes and trends in reverse mortgage stocks

Housing Wire

stock market, companies like Finance of America (FOA) and Ellington Financial — the parent of reverse lender Longbridge Financial — have recently released their third-quarter 2024 earnings results. For many investors, given the current state of volumes, it remains a niche market that doesn’t demand much attention.”

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Mutual of Omaha launches proprietary reverse mortgage product

Housing Wire

The current reverse mortgage industry market leader, Mutual of Omaha Mortgage , announced on Tuesday that it has launched a new proprietary reverse mortgage product, with initial availability in California and Florida. It will also exclude broker-network borrowers from the companys outbound marketing campaigns.

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Opinion: The Fed broke the banks. What’s next for mortgage?

Housing Wire

Many have already pointed to the failures of Silicon Valley Bank , Silvergate Bank , and Signature Bank as evidence that the Fed “finally broke something.” The Fed’s past actions in the name of checking inflation also threaten to break — or may already have broken — other critical economic sectors, including the housing market.

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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. But let’s start with the basics as to who really is expanding credit access in the market. I think it comes down to a core principal: IMBs only do mortgages.

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A repositioning of players in the MSR market is underway

Housing Wire

The mortgage-servicing rights (MSR) market remains robust as we turn the corner into 2024, and though it is expected to slightly underperform 2023, the market is still projected to notch healthy trading volumes in 2024 — hovering near the $1 trillion mark for the fourth year in a row, market observers forecast.

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