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Blue Ridge Bankshares is selling its mortgage banking division

Housing Wire

the holding company for Blue Ridge Bank and BRB Financial Group Inc. , on Thursday announced that Blue Ridge Bank has entered into a definitive asset purchase and sale agreement to sell certain assets of its mortgage division. Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc. , William Beale, president and CEO of Blue Ridge Bankshares, said in a statement.

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Dunmor CEO Franck Ruimy on Newfi partnership and the residential investment lending sector

Housing Wire

Last week, business-purpose residential mortgage lender Dunmor announced that it received a minority equity investment from Newfi Lending , a nonagency mortgage lender owned by funds managed by Apollo Global Management. What does this mean for the residential real estate sector and how business-purpose mortgage lenders are trying to expand?

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Banks report tightened lending standards for nearly all residential mortgages: Fed survey

Housing Wire

Banks reported having tightened lending standards across almost all categories of residential real estate loans over the fourth quarter of 2023 amid an elevated interest rate environment. banks said they saw weaker demand for all types of residential real estate loans except for government (46.2%) and subprime mortgage loans (41.6%).

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MBA teams with Cleveland State University on mortgage banking education program

Housing Wire

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)s education division, MBA Education, recently launched its Mortgage Banking Bound (MBB) program at Cleveland State University. The course is available as an elective to juniors or seniors in the university’s Monte Ahuja College of Business.

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Private equity and insurance companies piling into residential mortgages

Housing Wire

After two years of limited demand, private equity and insurance companies are increasing their allocations to single family residential mortgages. The current stress in the CRE and C&I loan markets further highlights the advantages of residential mortgages.

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LoanSnap troubles continue as California revokes its lender license

Housing Wire

A California regulator has revoked the residential mortgage lending license of LoanSnap , the latest in a series of difficulties for the fintech lender. 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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Banks report tighter lending standards for mortgages, HELOCs in Q3

Housing Wire

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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