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. homeowners saw home equity increase 1.7%

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

As of now, the agency’s proposal calls for keeping the CES loans in portfolio for six to nine months until it can develop a system for issuing second-mortgage guaranteed securities against the loans, which would carry 20-year fixed-rate terms. This provides homeowners with a cost-effective alternative for accessing the equity in their homes.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Redwood Trust and home equity fintech lender Point have closed on a $139 million bond secured by 1,577 home equity investment (HEI) contracts. While Americans sit on approximately $32 trillion in home equity , only 50% of homeowners can tap into that wealth. Nomura Securities International Inc.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

As the person relaxes on the couch watching television at night, they occasionally check the current value of their home and do a rough calculation of the amount of equity that they have accrued. Stated differently, you are dealing with individuals that may be in an equity prison. It comforts them for a brief moment.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

a provider of shared equity financing products, announced Thursday that it hired Paul Giangrande as a corporate executive vice president and president of its mortgage division. And he will oversee development and implementation of the firm’s marketing strategy and distribution processes. San Jose -based EquiFi Corp. ,

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

They’re a more forward-thinking broker, and there has been lots of activity with the HECM Tool, which is a software application that I developed. He would then break down the pie charts related to how the loan would work and visualized the homeowner’s equity position over time.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

Late last month, Ginnie Mae released a term sheet for one of the most anticipated new developments for the reverse mortgage industry — a new Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-backed Securities (HMBS) product referred to as “ HMBS 2.0.” To get a better idea of the potential impact that HMBS 2.0

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

population grows older with each passing year, looking for new and novel ways to fund long-term care for the aging population could include home equity. As the gap between high- and low-income homeowners widens, the equity they’ve built up in their homes could make a difference in the equation. As the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2024

While home equity can certainly be a beneficial tool for some seniors to deploy, it will not always be a definitive answer for every senior’s needs. “If you could use your home equity to make your life better — to buy hearing aids, for example — maybe that’s a good investment.” ” Molinsky told NextAvenue.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to grow amid higher origination costs and greater competition, but without correcting the underlying causes of bias in data, AI models can embed racial equity inequality on a larger scale, a recent report from the Urban Institute concluded. “It

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Ted Tozer, former president of Ginnie Mae during the Obama administration and current president Alanna McCargo’s most recent Senate-confirmed predecessor, applauded the news that the company is looking into the development of a new Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-backed Security (HMBS) product. That’s all it says.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

But some misconceptions about how the credit line is impacted by partial Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) prepayments was called out by Hultquist and McMinn. “Mr. Relationship between debt and equity McMinn continued with the next misconception, speaking again to a hypothetical borrower. Again, the whistle immediately rang out.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

When monopolies occur, the only opportunity for innovation comes from the largest banks and lenders as they have the capital to develop their own proprietary solutions. It is actions like these that regulators need to prioritize.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Home equity fintech lender Point , in collaboration with its long-time financing partner Atalaya Capital Management , has successfully closed a $141 million rated asset-backed securities transaction. Point originated all of the home equity investments (HEIs) involved in the securitization and will continue to service the assets.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With its newest influx of capital, EasyKnock aims to advance the development of its platform by honing its suite of products. We’re proud to have Northwestern Mutual on board, as this round will enable us to turbocharge our product development and expand the ways we support our customers in the very near future.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Figure Technology Solutions will focus on developing and distributing its proprietary, technology-enabled platform to partners and investors in the home equity lending ecosystem, the fintech firm announced earlier this week. JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Jefferies Financial Group Inc. — to take its lending division, LendCo , public.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2024

These observations fueled my commitment to developing “Beyond Our Walls,” WakeMed’s health equity curriculum, which explores how issues like housing are pivotal factors in public health. The Raleigh Area Land Trust (RALT) is working to serve as a solution for needy families by mitigating housing instability and promoting health equity.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2024

A survey of mortgage default servicing leaders revealed that foreclosures are expected to rise slowly during the second half of 2024, while ample amounts of home equity should keep many properties in loss mitigation from moving into foreclosure status.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

That means most members of the baby boomer generation are sitting on as much as $17 trillion in home equity as of the second quarter of 2024, and they are largely planning to keep that wealth within their own families. Baby boomers also expressed a desire to protect their home equity as opposed to tapping it in retirement.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Even homeowners who have paid off their mortgage may be finding that their available equity is not enough to downsize, according to a story published Saturday by The New York Times. The organization “bases its calculations on older homeowners tapping their home equity with reverse mortgages,” the Times explained.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Shortly after EasyKnock acquired home equity investment platform Balance Homes , the company appointed former Balance Homes co-founders Judd Schoenholtz and Aaron LaRue as chief revenue officer and chief technology officer, respectively. LaRue, meanwhile, will focus on the expansion of EasyKnock’s technology platform.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

House of Representatives proposes to relieve Federal Housing Administration (FHA) borrowers of mortgage insurance premiums (MIPs) once they reach a certain level of home equity , aligning FHA policies with those of conventional loans. Mortgage insurance exists as protection from foreclosure on low equity loans. Introduced by Reps.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The GSEs should “increase certain loan purchases” in Duty to Serve markets; develop new and accessible loan products and programs; and evaluate new business partnership opportunities. Better loan products to serve “high-needs rural regions” should also be developed.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Ginnie Mae is aiming to roll out plans for its new Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-backed Securities (HMBS) product by the end of the year, according to acting president Sam Valverde, who spoke at the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) Eastern Regional Meeting in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) counseling program was cited as an example. This program provides counseling to all applicants of the federally insured reverse mortgage program, the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program,” the report stated.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

FHA will move forward with its proposal that permits contributions by the property seller, real estate agent, builder, or developer to HECM for Purchase borrowers’ closing costs,” the update said. The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) quickly lauded the development, according to an announcement issued by the organization.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), will be returning for the third consecutive year to the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association ‘s (NRMLA) Annual Meeting and Expo that will take place in San Diego in September. Julia Gordon The announcement was made by NRMLA in an email alert to its membership.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Most people didnt notice this growing lock-in effect as it was developing in the mid 2010s, but it was well under way. It also means muted equity increases. Itll be an era where fewer investors can speculate by buying multiple properties with the equity gains of an existing portfolio.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

It’s a delicate balance between interest rates and equity. If rates drop and equity levels rise, homeowners may be more inclined to release their properties into the market, capitalizing on the accrued equity to offset higher interest rates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) this week announced a new policy enabling mortgage borrowers to “request a re-assessment of the appraised value of their property if they believe that the appraisal was inaccurate or biased.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

His focus will be ”improving the agent experience in MoxiWorks and accelerating the development of a modern platform for agents and brokerages of all size, leveraging the power of AI,” the company stated in a news release.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on Wednesday published Mortgagee Letter (ML) 2024-18 , which implements updates to debenture interest rates and reimbursements for Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) program claims proposed in July. HERMIT was launched by HUD in October 2012 after a protracted development cycle.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday announced a new series of affordable housing grants totaling $13.5 million in “sweat equity grants” will go to support four nonprofit housing providers. million in “sweat equity grants” will go to support four nonprofit housing providers. will receive $1 million.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Our latest research report , developed in partnership with Longbridge Financial , equips you with the knowledge to navigate this growing market and serve your clients effectively. With an unprecedented wave of retirements—over 4.1

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Louis-based developer of a leading white-label financial fitness and homeownership platform, announced the closure of a $17 million Series B funding round on Tuesday. In addition to product development, FinLocker (a former HousingWire Tech 100 winner) plans to expand its strategic partnerships and collaborations within the mortgage ecosystem.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2024

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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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Marcia Fudge suggested to a congressional committee that the department could consider eliminating life-of-loan premium requirements for mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), but did not offer any indication about the issue’s priority level at HUD.

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