Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Loan Store — a wholesale lender based in Arizona — will now use the Gateless Smart Underwrite platform, according to a recent announcement. The artificial intelligence-based platform, the latest addition to the Gateless AI mortgage tool suite, aims to enhance The Loan Store’s underwriting capabilities.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

According to the MBA, rates for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans dipped to 6.42%, while refinance activity posted its fastest pace since October 2024. The move in government refinances was driven by a 75% increase in VA loans, which have been prone to large changes in recent months. More renovations?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Minneapolis -based mortgage lender Luminate Home Loans has decided to shutter its NEO Home Loans division, which transitioned to the firm two years ago, the company announced on Friday. The expectation is that NEO will close by the end of February 2025. The team was previously part of Celebrity Home Loans. “We

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In addition to all of these challenges, economic factors outside of housing are making it harder for potential buyers to acquire qualifying mortgage loans. Most lenders focus on offering traditional mortgage loans to clients, choosing to shy away from unconventional options in the market. Finance a loan, and you may lose money.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In this HousingWire Executive Conversation, Tom Davis, Chief Sales Officer at Deephaven , discusses the opportunities in the non-QM investor loan space as we head into the new year. He emphasizes the importance of a diverse product portfolio including DSCR and business-purpose loans, to better serve clients.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

The deal, which has been approved by the boards of directors of both Rocket Companies and Redfin, is expected to close in the second or third quarter of 2025. Today, Rocket Companies announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase digital real estate brokerage Redfin in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.75 billion in equity.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) this week announced a new product proposal for government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Freddie Mac that would allow the agency to purchase certain single-family, closed-end second mortgages. This is specifically designed to benefit consumers during the high rate environment, the agency said. “In

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

billion in total or as much as $1,692 per loan. The report found that the state that could experience the most savings per transaction would be Texas at a savings of $1,692 per loan, followed by Florida ($1,275 per loan), and New Mexico ($978 per loan). The pilot program is slated to run through May of 2026.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2024

Wells Fargo ’s program that provides up to $5,000 in closing costs for low- and moderate-income families to purchase a home has been extended to an additional 16 metro areas, the bank announced on Monday. It can be used to pay nonrecurring closing costs, such as appraisal, processing, title and recording fees.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

The share of piggybacked Federal Housing Administration (FHA) home purchase loans rose by more than seven percentage points from June 2022 to June 2024, going from 10.8% for conventional purchase loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The calculations were based on the number of purchase loans in CoreLogic public records.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The company also reported a funded loan volume of $1.035 billion for Q3 2024, up 42% year over year and up 8% quarter over quarter, with 71% of this volume attributed to purchase loans. million in cash, restricted cash, short-term investments and self-funded loans. NEO was previously expected to close in early 2025. “We

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The interest rate on the loan has been lowered from 9.99% to 9.49%. Interest rates on second-lien loans tend to be higher when compared to first liens, reflecting the higher amount of risk to the lender. In October 2023, FOA announced a rollout of HomeSafe Second to an expanded pool of direct retail loan officers and wholesale brokers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

has raised its closing guarantee from $5,000 to $20,000 until July 27, 2024, the bank announced on Thursday. The guarantee means that the bank promises an on-time closing on or before the contract closing date, or it will pay the homebuyer $20,000. It also offers a homebuyer grant that distributes up to $7,500 in eligible areas.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

To open the conversation, Sanchez asks Jacobson to explain how Fairway harnesses the power of positive recommendations to boost production for the company’s loan officers. If you have people focused on work, focused on what they can control, we still have people closing over 40 loans a month,” Jacobson says. “In

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The San Francisco -based Unison calls its new offering the Equity Sharing Home Loan. But it also differs from a typical HEI by including qualification and repayment terms that are similar to a home equity loan or home equity line of credit (HELOC). The maximum combined loan-to-value ratio on the property cannot exceed 70%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

California-based loanDepot on Monday announced it has closed a $300 million offering of notes backed by a revolving warehouse line of credit and secured by mortgages. loanDepot said this is the 10th time it has closed a transaction of this kind. The loans are produced according to criteria from Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

An analysis released Wednesday by Columbia, Missouri -based lender Veterans United Home Loans revealed that the home loan program through the U.S. The VA loan program — which was established in 1944 through the GI Bill — will celebrate its 80th anniversary on June 22. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has contributed $3.9

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

Earlier today, we announced to our team members that we have made the strategic decision to close the company’s distributed retail channel, effective immediately,” D’Auria wrote in a letter to counterparties that was reviewed by HousingWire. “Every single loan officer has been paid per their compensation agreement.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Consumers who chose to take out a cash-out refinance largely used the loans proceeds for paying down existing debts, with notable impacts on credit card and auto loan balances as well as credit utilization rates. One source of debt that was not heavily impacted, according to the data, were student loan balances.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

1 loan originator in the country by volume for at least five years, is assuming the role of president at Rate Mortgage , the company announced Tuesday. Throughout his 20-year career he has closed more than 40,000 units and $9 billion in funded loans. But my biggest focus initially is going to be the loan officers.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

It has built an MSR platform with 608,000 loans, representing $192 billion in unpaid principal value (UPB) and $2.8 Meanwhile, Rocket’s servicing portfolio, including subserviced loans, had a UPB of $534.6 million loans, generating about $1.4 billion in market value as of June 30. billion as of June 30. Annaly was No.

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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 sale is expected to close in the third quarter of 2024. billion; 5.7%).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

It is easy to become blinded by the end goal of increasing loan volume and quality origination talent. The last thing a buyer wants is to find out after the deal closes that the founder of the business registered a name or trademark in their own name and never properly assign it to the company. Patent & Trademark Office.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

Finance of America has a significant Southern California community of employees, partners, and borrowers, so this is close to home, said Ashley Smith, the company’s senior vice president of brand communications. “Assistance options may include postponement of monthly payments, repayment plans, or loan modifications.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

This occurs while they manage the heavy loan of growing origination demand. How do we get a loan from I want a house to its closed and done before they walk away? Originators dont consider the secondary market, even though those loans will most likely shift into the market down the line.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

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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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2024

Nearly 1 in 5 millennials (19%) think their credit card debt will be a stumbling block when applying for a mortgage, while 1 in 7 (14%) think the same about their student loans. How student loans impact your ability to buy a home Adding a mortgage on top of monthly student loan payments can create a significant financial strain.

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2024

Rocket Pro TPO , the wholesale arm of Rocket Mortgage , announced Monday that it has decided to waive the $795 origination fee charged to broker partners on home equity loans. Rocket claims that its home equity loans are clear to close in an average of 15 days.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

servicing business, expected to close in the first quarter of 2025, benefits the bank by reducing costs and lowering risk for its balance sheet. The credit rating agency noted in a November 2023 report that SPS had approximately 806,000 non-agency RMBS loans (total value of $150 billion), 82,250 third-party serviced loans ($21.4

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

From streamlining title verification to enabling collaborative loan processing and automating key title production tasks, these leaders are helping shape a faster, smarter, and more efficient housing market. For instance, the system can flag potential issues and suggest solutions, leading to faster, more accurate closings.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The new credit optimization platform will combine the best parts of the What-if Simulator and Wayfinder tools, giving mortgage professionals the power to reach more clients and close more loans. CreditXpert developed the platform to cut down loan filing timelines. 1 in preparation for the launch of the new platform.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

billion in consumer loans from Goldman Sachs while also closing a deal to purchase Sculptor Capital Management and its $33 billion in assets under management. In total, its funded loan volume jumped from $8.9 That marked a substantial turnaround from the $87.5 million loss it sustained in the fourth quarter of 2023.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

Real estate technology firm Knock announced Thursday that its bridge loan product is being integrated into the borrower application process at Baltimore -based NFM Lending. The bridge loan estimate is being integrated into the lender’s workflow through an Encompass plugin. The loan includes no interest for six months.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

This typically has to do with customers seeking to contact their lender or servicer to fix an issue with the management or servicing of a loan. About 13% of all complaints were related to applying for a loan or refinancing an existing one. And about 10% of the total share of complaints were related to issues with loan closings.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

But it becomes a stronger presentation when you’re presenting different loan options. One of the loan options that Cory said makes the reverse mortgage easier to describe to potential partners is the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) for Purchase (H4P). We maintain a very close relationship here at New American Funding.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) on Thursday issued a comment letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), saying that a major reason for the increase in mortgage closing costs from third parties is due to a lack of competition among third-party providers.

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