Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) proposed settlement of litigation, recently given preliminary approval by the Court, has raised questions about whether buyers with limited resources, especially first-time home buyers , can afford closing costs. The negotiation would continue until the parties agreed to the terms of the sale.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Mortgage pros have closely monitored the commission lawsuit developments since a Kansas City, Missouri jury determined that NAR, HomeServices of America , and Keller Williams conspired to inflate or maintain high commission rates through NAR’s so-called Participation Rule. You should be finding buyers before real estate agents anyway.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. That offering, Unlock HEA Trust 2023-1, is slated to close this week.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2022

Fannie Mae has chosen the winning bidder for its inaugural nonperforming loan sale of 2022, a deal involving 3,223 loans with an unpaid principal balance of $477.2 The transaction, which represents Fannie Mae’s first nonperforming loans sale this year, is slated to close July 27. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

17, 2024 , has come and gone, and the real estate industry is still plugging along, despite the business practice changes mandated by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement now being implemented nationwide. The landmark date of Aug.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The loss was primarily driven by a “decrease in overall funding activities in the mortgage market” that resulted in a “significant” decline quarter-over-quarter of the company’s gain on sale margin. The average lender is closer to a two-thirds refi-purchase mix. The digital journey starts at acquisition.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

What happens when the Federal Reserve begins pulling back in a serious way from the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market that it has helped to prop up through billions of dollars in bond purchases since the start of the pandemic in 2020 — to the point where it now holds a $2.7 trillion agency MBS portfolio?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2022

“Gain on sale revenue was under significant pressure throughout the quarter as the velocity of the increase in mortgage rates rose at the fastest rate this century,” Alessandro DiNello, president and chief executive officer of Flagstar Bancorp, said in a statement. market share in the correspondent channel and more than 1,100 partners.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Buyers facing high mortgage rates are pulling out of their home-purchase agreements at the highest rate in nearly a year. Nearly 60,000 home-purchase agreements were canceled nationwide in August, equal to 15.7% home sale price rose 3% year over year to $420,846 in August, the largest annual increase since October 2022.

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2024

Residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock continues to face scrutiny from state regulators and is now under fire from disgruntled consumers. EasyKnock agreed to permanently end its sale-leaseback solution in Massachusetts, and to pay $200,000 to the state as part of the terms of its settlement.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

At AmeriCash, he oversaw more than 300 employees and helped the company close more than $18 billion in home loans. In his new role, Giangrande will initially work toward scaling the company’s state licensing efforts to grow future market opportunities. billion have been issued since August 2021.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Incenter Mortgage Advisors was flooded with a surge of mortgage-servicing rights business in January — with bulk MSR sales approaching in one month what the firm normally tallies in an entire year. On average, historically, we’d be selling $100 billion to $125 billion [in MSRs] annually,” Piercy said. “The million to $23.7

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty agent Jessica Adams is under fire after TechCrunch co-founder and crypto investor, Michael Arrington took to Twitter on Tuesday alleging that Adams had leaked information about his purchase of a Miami waterfront mansion to the press, creating security concerns that forced him and his family to relocate.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2022

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty agent Jessica Adams is under fire after TechCrunch co-founder and crypto investor, Michael Arrington took to Twitter on Tuesday alleging that Adams had leaked information about his purchase of a Miami waterfront mansion to the press, creating security concerns that forced him and his family to relocate.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As a real estate reporter, it was not lost on me that the formal start of my house hunt would coincide almost perfectly with the real estate industry working through the nationwide implementation of the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Wright and Murray also said that the headwinds facing the industry are creating a buyer’s market for acquisitive firms. Anytime there is a downturn in housing sales or a shock to the industry like with the litigation settlement, although we have not faced anything like this in my 47 year career, there is uncertainty,” Murray said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2023

Whether you believe the worst market conditions are now behind us or that the coming months will remain turbulent, there’s no doubt that title related businesses will need a combination of thrift, ingenuity, innovation and persistence to be successful for the foreseeable future. This can be a profitable strategy.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Company officials say the moves will allow refi-heavy Better to increase its strength in a mortgage market that is increasingly becoming purchase-focused. Following the layoffs, the company expects to have close to 9,000 employees at the end of the year, a source said. Better’s loan officers do not receive commissions.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2021

PHH Mortgage will pay roughly $607 million, “subject to adjustment for run-off prior to the date of closing, and will reimburse AmeriHome for outstanding servicing advances,” Ocwen said in a statement filed to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. Technology for navigating secondary market challenges.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

Compass announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to buy San Francisco-based real estate transaction platform Glide , a deal that some California real estate agents may feel uneasy about. Glide, which was founded in 2017, provides tools like eSignature and the digitization of sales processing forms.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

This past December, my mother and father closed on their home of 35 years in Limerick, Ireland, after 10 months “in escrow.” They also recently closed on their purchase of a new home. They paid a 1% transfer tax, called the Stamp Duty, (which can be 2% or 3% depending on sale price) also assessed on the final sales price.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Fleet Homes Real Estate Team – Keller Williams Real estate teams are comprised of real estate agents and other professionals working together towards one common goal to close deals. Depending on the team’s structure, agents can work closely together or independently. Teams are led by a team leader.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2022

Fannie Mae has launched its fourth reperforming-loan sale of the year — an offering of 6,130 loans with an unpaid principal balance of $997 million. The reperforming-loan sale is slated to close by late October 2022, after due-diligence period. billion, according to an analysis of the agency’s records.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

In return, Hometap gets an agreed-upon percentage of the sale price or appraised value within a 10-year period. The home equity investment is a new concept for many homeowners and is still small compared to the size of the traditional mortgage market. The annual investment volume in the U.S. billion have been completed.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

Redfin announced Tuesday layoffs of 121 employees as it shakes up its mortgage department, including purchasing a lending company. The real estate company entered into an agreement to acquire mortgage lender Bay Equity Home Loans for $135 million, two-thirds in cash and one-third in stocks, Redfin said in a press release and public filing.

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HomeLight

JULY 23, 2024

As a seller, you’ll first encounter a purchase agreement when you receive an offer from a buyer. The purchase agreement outlines the buyer’s offer price, along with contingencies , financing terms, closing costs , possession date, and more. Curious What Your Home Is Worth?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

Mike Roberts is about to make his first early payoff (EPO) penalty in two years after finding out that one of his clients refinanced a $355,000 loan with a 7.25% rate that Roberts closed in April. Oftentimes, the investor does not pay market rate for these loans, so in effect, the lender might end up paying the penalty through lower revenue.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

With NAR’s settlement requiring agents to have a signed buyer agency agreement with every buyer that spells out how much the agent will be paid in a transaction, many believed that buyers using a loan from the U.S. This approach ensures Veterans remain competitive in the homebuying market without being disadvantaged by the settlement.

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HomeLight

MARCH 7, 2024

But what happens if you’re now facing the decision of submitting a buyer cancellation of the purchase agreement? In this guide, we’ll break down what you need to know about buyer cancellation of a purchase agreement. What is a home purchase agreement?

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2021

billion in closed loan volume in the first quarter, down from the $54.7 According to the wholesale giant ‘s quarterly earning statement, UWM posted a gain-on-sale margin of 2.19%, an 86 basis point decline from the 3.05% margin it posted in the fourth quarter. billion in purchase mortgages, up slightly from the $12.1

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Adding this cost to their side of the transactions would throw the vast majority of them out of the market entirely.” Not helping FHA, VA borrowers get off the sidelines Under current FHA rules, sellers can contribute up to 6% in concessions to FHA borrowers to cover closing costs, prepaid expenses and discount points. Grant said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2023

Buyers, sellers and lenders all have a stake in the sale, and title and escrow ensure that everyone’s interests are protected. They also help to prevent fraud and ensure that the sale is conducted legally and ethically. This is especially important in today’s fast-paced real estate market, where time is of the essence.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

(FICO), the company that retains the rights to the mortgage market’s adopted methodology to measure consumer credit risk. per FICO score, and that constitutes less than two-tenths of 1% of the average closing costs of $6,000 per mortgage and is 15% or less of the average cost of a $70 tri-merge credit report.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

They do not mention commissions at all in their marketing and on their websites. The groups criticizing CFA, and by extension, DOJ, argue that uncoupling commissions will harm first-time home buyers, especially Black and Hispanic homebuyers who may have limited resources to pay down payment and closing costs.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

down, he was able to get close to a 30% partial claim mortgage,” Delille continued. In other words, the chronically distressed properties were underwater by about $5,000 on average, based on an actual market-clearing value for the homes. And among those 51%, the average potential surplus was close to $54,000. Assuming he put 3.5%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

“I’ve never seen an environment where compliance has taken such precedent over everything else,” said John Heithaus, chief marketing officer at Ocusell , a compliance software firm. “If It also requires MLS members to disclose agreements with prospective buyers that outline commission expectations before showing them a home for sale.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2023

at the closing on Thursday. from the previous close of $17.45 But Better’s debut came at a low point in the mortgage market, with mortgage rates at their highest levels in more than two decades and historically low levels of home sales. The agreement reduced SoftBank’s maximum commitment to $550 million.

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