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WaFd Bank exits home mortgage lending, says model is ‘unsustainable’

Housing Wire

Seattle-based WaFd Bank , which has offered home loans for more than 100 years, announced Thursday in an earnings report that it will exit the single-family mortgage lending business. ” “We will be reaching out to clients who have active loan applications with additional details and deadlines. million profit in Q4 2023.

Lending 397
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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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NYCB to sell $5B in mortgage warehouse loans to JPMorgan

Housing Wire

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. On March 6, the company received $1 billion in equity investment , led by former U.S.

Loans 468
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Tax & flood vendor Lereta acquired by private equity firms

Housing Wire

Private equity firms Flexpoint Ford and Vestar Capital Partners have bought Lereta LLC , a provider of real estate tax and flood solutions for mortgage servicers, the companies announced this week. The company claims to process over $17 billion in tax payments annually and monitors more than 25 million loans for flood determinations.

Equity 418
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Proprietary reverse mortgage business in Oregon could be in danger

Housing Wire

A bill introduced into the Oregon Senate that seeks to limit the amount of equity a reverse mortgage lender can receive after the sale or transfer of a property could potentially halt the availability of proprietary product offerings in the state. It’s a nonrecourse loan that is negatively amortizing, and balances increase over time.

Mortgages 311
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NYCB, a struggling $78B resi mortgage servicer, to receive $1B equity investment

Housing Wire

Department of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s private equity firm, Liberty Strategic Capital , will inject $1 billion in equity investment in struggling New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), one of the nation’s largest residential mortgage servicers. billion goodwill impairment. .” billion, with a coverage ratio of 163%.

Equity 440
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FOA agrees to sell commercial lending business to Roc Capital

Housing Wire

Finance of America Companies (FOA) has entered into an agreement to sell the operational assets of its Finance of America Commercial vertical to Roc Capital Holdings LLC. The deal will offload an FoA subsidiary division that offers residential real estate investment loans.