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Once at the fringes of housing finance, home equity investment companies look to grow their stake

Housing Wire

“What if homeowners could tap into home equity without taking on debt?” Through a home equity investment, homeowners can receive cash upfront in exchange for a share of the home’s future value. Hometap is among a handful of companies — including Unison , Unlock , Point and Aspire — that offer home equity investments.

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Rising insurance costs will continue to put a strain on homeownership

Housing Wire

CoreLogic data shows that the percentage of mortgage borrowers who pay more for their taxes and insurance than their principal and interest has risen from 2% roughly a decade ago to nearly 10% today. Hepp also sees construction costs and reinsurance costs as major contributors to the insurance affordability issue. That has changed.

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New planning tool arrives as California prepares for more accessory dwelling units

Housing Wire

A private planning firm in California is launching a new tool to help local governments there prepare for a pending law designed to spur more construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Digital tools like the ADU Plans Gallery reduce the time and cost of building ADUs and accelerate housing construction.”

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NRMLA, MBA provide comments on HECM application, origination documents

Housing Wire

MBA and NRMLA each state that they are generally supportive of the proposed changes, which include wholesale revisions to the lender table for the best estimate of the total cost of a refinancing to the borrower, as well as increases to the borrower’s principal limit.

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Rocket closes subservicing deal with REIT Annaly

Housing Wire

It has built an MSR platform with 608,000 loans, representing $192 billion in unpaid principal value (UPB) and $2.8 Besides closing subservicing deals, Rocket has been actively acquiring servicing assets at higher coupon rates to create refinance and home equity origination opportunities. billion in market value as of June 30.

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HUD issues $13.5M in affordable housing grants

Housing Wire

Announced by Marion McFadden, HUD principal assistant secretary for community planning, at a Habitat for Humanity event in Nashville, the $13.5 million in “sweat equity grants” will go to support four nonprofit housing providers. The Colorado recipient, Tierra Del Sol Housing Corp. will receive $1 million.

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HECM program study assesses policy impacts of recent years

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) in 2022 aimed to assess the state of the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program over a 20-year period. A study commissioned by the U.S.

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