Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The San Francisco -based Unison calls its new offering the Equity Sharing Home Loan. The company explained that the product operates as a ”hybrid between debt and equity.” The product is a second mortgage with a below-market interest rate that allows a homeowner to tap into their equity without refinancing their existing mortgage.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2024

A record 47% of government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) purchase loans in 2023 came from first-time homebuyers, a number that’s been trending gradually higher throughout the past decade. Looking back, last year’s market was dominated by purchase lending, with loans to buy homes making up 82% of a historically low number of originations.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

He wants to know whether the potential borrower has acquired a buy now, pay later (BNPL) loan. And an underwriter told us that she was required by her lender to count the debts that were on the bank statement, including the BNPL loans.” Racamato promptly called some lenders he partnered with to ask how they deal with BNPL loans.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

They’re centering on – there’s been a desire to move away from the so-called GSE Patch QM which is the Qualified Mortgage for loans that are held for sale to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that is scheduled for sunset on Jan. There are two proposals that came out in June. Q: What about the other proposals? But there would be other factors.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Over half of non-homeowning millennials (60%) say student loan debt is delaying them from purchasing a home, making them the population most affected by student debt , according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2021 impact of student loan debt report.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the nation’s largest wholesale lender, announced on Wednesday it will accept personal or business bank statements in self-employed borrowers’ loan applications. The product is available for loans up to $3 million and up to 90% loan to value. No mortgage insurance will be required.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Recent market trends — including an improvement in mortgage rates, housing affordability and potential refinance opportunities — suggest positive signs for the real estate market this year, according to February’s Mortgage Monitor report from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). peak prior to the housing market downturn in 2006.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2020

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing a new category of qualified mortgages called Seasoned QM, which would require loans to meet certain performance requirements over a 36-month seasoning period. During the seasoning period, creditors would have to hold these loans on portfolio.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2024

Although there is no doubt that business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement are going to impact how real estate industry professionals operate, economists aren’t too sure they’ll have much bearing on the housing market. “I

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is calling for policy changes that would help alleviate the difficulties for homebuyers using Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans when competing in tight markets. mortgage market in 2023, up from 14.3% of the U.S. in 2022, according to HUD.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

HousingWire: How is today’s market shaping the need for a better customer experience particularly when it comes to closings? We’ve seen savings of up to 30% in difficult markets like Texas and Florida. In addition to finalizing a loan, there’s selecting movers, setting up utilities and more.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

. “There’s been an explosion in high-DTI lending since I left FHFA,” he said, pointing to the fact that some Federal Housing Administration (FHA) borrowers have a 57% debt-to-income ratio. DTIs on Fannie- and Freddie-backed loans have also risen, he said. “What we saw during COVID was the No.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

And because their income didn’t keep up, lenders’ denials for a home loan jumped last year, according to a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) report released Wednesday. The CFPB report shows that the median total loan costs for home purchases was $5,952 in 2022, up 21.8% in 2022, up from 8.3%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2023

The Federal Housing Finance Agency this week made a series of significant changes to loan level pricing adjustment (LLPA) fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on conventional/conforming mortgages. The changes include updates to pricing for second homes, high-balance loans and cash-out refinances that were first announced in 2022.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Tom Davis, chief sales officer, Deephaven Mortgage Today’s market means that more borrowers have higher debt-to-income ratios, limited access to credit and are looking for alternative ways to get qualified for a mortgage. HousingWire: What factors are contributing to borrowers falling out of the Agency market?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

A homebuyer’s guide to a competitive housing market. And unfortunately, prices are only going to continue to rise as the housing market remains strong. Your Income Is Stable. A stable income means you’re more likely to be approved for a loan , than someone with an unstable income. How are your finances?

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2023

Independent mortgage banks have been coping with a still-surging wave of loan-repurchase requests from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that represents yet another threat to lenders’ already stretched balance sheets. Those loans are going to be 20 points underwater, for the 3% to 3.5%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The repurchase-request volume, which includes both depository lenders and nonbanks, is being driven up this year by the huge volume of lower-rate loans made in 2020 and 2021 that Fannie and Freddie are continuing to vet for loan-sale representations and warranties violations. And it just might push some smaller lenders over the cliff.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

So, start making money on every loan. Amid a challenging environment, Freedom has kept its cost structure low and has acquired loans to increase its servicing portfolio. According to Middleman, Freedom’s strategy allows the company to have a 30 basis-point cost to produce a loan. Guess what?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The decline was sharper for refinances when compared with purchase loans, according to the report. Most of the refinance originations left in the market were a small number of cash-out refinance loans. Despite rising rates that fueled this increase, debt-to-income ratios did not see a significant change in the same period.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2021

In this market where homes are selling like hot potatoes, it might seem like everyone can afford to buy a house, but that’s not true. And it doesn’t help that we’re living in a seller’s market where prices keep going up. A homebuyer’s guide to a competitive housing market. Step 2: Look At Different Loan Options.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2022

Pontiac, Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) capitalized on a booming private-label market in 2021 by sponsoring its inaugural securities transaction this past May, a prime jumbo deal involving 508 mortgages with an aggregate principal balance of $351.9 That’s a strong start for a new issuer. “A KBRA seems to think so as well.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2021

million mortgage originations between 2012 and 2018 from Freddie Mac’ s Single-Family Loan-Level dataset, Haus found that the sweet spot for rates is typically in January, when mortgage originations also typically slump. An updated market outlook from Zillow expects seasonally adjusted home values to increase by 3.7% Analyzing over 8.5

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2022

Digital mortgage platform MAXEX , backed by investment from financial-services giant JPMorgan , sees a bright future in the ESG market. Originator interest in the Opportunity and Sustainable programs helped ESG loans make up 26% of loan volume traded through the exchange in November. “As Roelof Slump, managing director of U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

Following a chorus of complaints from the mortgage industry, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Wednesday announced that it would delay the implementation of a new and controversial upfront fee on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac borrowers with higher debt-to-income ratios.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2022

Kidwell said his company is looking for loan processors to identify fraud in non-QM loans, in addition to loan officers. The hiring trend at non-QM lenders stands in sharp contrast to recent layoffs at some consumer-direct lenders, which specialize in conventional refinance loans. trillion in 2022.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This implies easing inflation next year, and mortgage rates near 6% would help affordability issues caused by two things: The inflation fight has fueled the mortgage rate spike Low inventory and a steady job market have put a floor on home prices The good news is that GSEs remain committed to loan approval guidelines that help in these tough cycles.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2021

The Urban Institute regularly cites statistics showing IMBs do a better job than banks of serving underserved borrowers, as measured by metrics such as FICO scores and debt to income ratios. Unlike banks, IMBs don’t have access to Federal Home Loan Bank advances that help banks fund mortgage loans.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2023

While sellers of existing homes have struggled with rising rates and softening demand, homebuilders have not only survived, but thrived in this market thanks to the use of mortgage rate buydowns , a tool more widely used by builders since their business is selling homes and clearing inventory. Source: AEI Housing Center, www.AEI.org/housing.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The move is part of a legal battle that started in September 2021 when Richards filed a lawsuit alleging the lender closed thousands of loans without proper documentation to boost its performance ahead of its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange. But “instead, Richards crumbled.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The recent offering , CAS Series 2022-R02, involves transferring loan-portfolio risk to private investors via a $1.2 billion note offering backed by a reference pool of 149,393 residential mortgage loans valued at $44.3 trillion in single-family mortgage loans, measured at the time of the transaction. billion.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2022

As market volume dips and pent-up demand builds, 61% of millennials and Gen Zs who intend to buy a home plan to apply for a mortgage this year. For years, the dominant market narrative defining these generations has been digital-first experiences and poor financial habits. Creative paths to homeownership in a challenging market.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2020

The Mortgage Bankers Association sent a letter on Monday to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asking for a six-month extension to the so-called “GSE patch” that allows Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac home loans to borrowers with high debt levels to be considered Qualified Mortgages.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with Matic CEO and co-founder Ben Madick about the changing home insurance market, how it impacts mortgage lenders and homeowners, and why lenders should pay attention. HousingWire: What is the current home insurance market like? In 2022, property and casualty insurers recorded a combined ratio of 102.4%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

One key issue is the PSPA amendment that limits Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from buying single-family loans secured by investment properties or second homes. The MBA notes that the PSPA’s lack of clarity may have already generated negative market impacts, outlining four specific areas of concern: 1.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2021

LendingLife is a daily digest of the most important news and commentary edited and curated exclusively for mortgage loan originators. Asked pointedly about whether he supported the rule, Chopra answered “I don’t know,” and changed the subject to how the CFPB could spur refinances in the market. Join the community ! Hello, LOs!

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2021

The final rule established a pricing threshold that effectively replaced the debt-to-income limit of 43% with a price-based approach that gives lenders relief for loans capped at 150 basis points above the prime rate. Presented by: Proctor Loan Protector. “As

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