Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Michael Gifford and David Zvaifler‘s home equity investment company, Splitero , lost its main investor, Redwood Trust , HousingWire has learned. In September, Redwood launched its in-house home equity investment (HEI) origination platform called Aspire. During a phone interview with HousingWire on Oct.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) loans through its Tinman platform. We were focused on being able to take a consumer all the way through on our technology platform for just the conventional loans, and we achieved that milestone back in the summer of 2023. VA loans are 12% of the mortgage market,” Garg said. “VA Eligible U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The interest rate on the loan has been lowered from 9.99% to 9.49%. Interest rates on second-lien loans tend to be higher when compared to first liens, reflecting the higher amount of risk to the lender. It will also be available in four new states, bringing the total to 10 with more planned for 2025.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Banks have tightened lending standards for most categories of residential real estate (RRE) loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOC) over the third quarter of 2023. The survey, fielded quarterly by the central bank, asks loan officers about topics such as changes in lending terms as well as household demand for loans.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Banks reported having tightened lending standards across almost all categories of residential real estate loans over the fourth quarter of 2023 amid an elevated interest rate environment. banks said they saw weaker demand for all types of residential real estate loans except for government (46.2%) and subprime mortgage loans (41.6%).

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

HousingWire reported that in June 2022, the company raised $115 million — $60 million in equity and $55 million in debt — while acquiring Denver-based lending startup Accept.inc. A total of 40 lenders use the product, including The Loan Store and Luminate Home Loans , which is available in 46 states and and Washington, D.C,

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Mortgage data and workflow solutions provider FirstClose is launching a new feature for its automated home equity point-of-sale system. The Austin -based company has added the Digital Loan Product Wizard to the system, according to a recent announcement. Early trials of the feature yielded a 10% increase in applicant conversion rates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2023

This integration allows lenders to access Flueid’s title data and insights during the loan application process, resulting in time savings and a simplified consumer experience. Loan officers and underwriters can now easily check title information and review critical insights to understand the status of a property and consumer.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Equity Prime Mortgage (EPM), which shifted to the TPO business after exiting its retail channel in the fall, has embarked on a new chapter. BLVR – a marketing and promotional campaign launched by EPM on Monday – aims to reach as many retail loan officers to provide information about the wholesale channel. About 16.8%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Los Angeles area-based mortgage lender Premier Plus Lending announced last week that it is expanding into the senior-focused home equity market with a new division, Retirement Mortgage Solutions , which will include reverse mortgages and other home equity-based lending instruments.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2021

For many middle-aged and older homeowners with several years of equity on their homes, 2021 could be a prime time to refinance from a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage into a 15-year mortgage. The three primary reasons homeowners refinance to shorter-term loans are to save money on interest, to pay off the loan faster, and to build equity.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

California-based mortgage lender CMG Financial announced the integration of Shamrock Home Loans’ origination team, which will boost its presence in New England. The group will be branded as Shamrock, Powered by CMG Home Loans. 21, NMLS showed the lender had eight loan officers and 13 branches. year over year.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

According to its website, Trustar Bank offers 7/1 and 10/1 adjustable rate mortgages ( ARMs ), consumer construction loans and home equity line of credits. It has 18 mortgage loan officers , per the National Multistate Licensing System (NMLS).

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

Despite what seems like welcome news for loan originators, who have suffered through thinning margins for two years, refinance business has yet to go up much , LOs told HousingWire. “I This small group of homeowners include those looking to take out cash from their accumulated equity. Purchase lock volume rose 12.3%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2022

Mortgage Coach and ReverseVision introduced an online program that allows loan originators to give consumers a comparison of how reverse mortgages perform against traditional mortgages over the lifetime of the loan. The loan is paid to borrowers in a lump sum or line of credit and repaid when the homeowner dies or sells the property.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

They are not selling and have a lot of equity in their homes. Temporary rate buydowns have become a popular concession, especially among homebuilders, in which one out of 10 loans feature a seller-paid buydown, said Peter Idziak, senior associate at Polunsky Beitel Green. Layoffs, LOs leaving the industry for good.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

“We would partner with banks to buy their loans and securitize them so the banks could recycle their capital.” Redwood executives are positioning the company to acquire mortgage loans in the market, mainly jumbos , with the expectation that banks will have a reduced appetite. We don’t originate residential mortgages.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

The operating model change involved Better pivoting to hiring experienced loan officers on commission-based compensation plans. Previously, the lender had higher fixed-cost components and no commissions for its loan officers. The lender posted production of $3 billion across 8,569 loans in full year 2023.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

Roberts and thousands of other loan officers across the country continue to be hampered by a serious inventory shortage , which results in heavy competition for fewer deals. Strategies to differentiate themselves include buying leads, providing niche loans and getting on builders’ preferred lender list.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

New York-based Rithm Capital has changed the compensation package of its top executive, Michael Nierenberg, by reducing his annual base salary, bonus and time-based equity award. But the company also increased the performance-based share of the total equity award.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2021

As reverse mortgage loan officers aim to expand their repertoire of advertising methodologies, the use of an advertorial can be powerful but also comes with some caveats that any reverse mortgage loan officer should keep in mind prior to engaging in such advertising campaigns. A couple of things. And I’m so delighted.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

loanDepot’s focus is on the sales side, attracting experienced loan officers (LOs) and people who want to join the industry via its accelerated career in effective sales (ACES) program. The number of loans closed per production employee rose to 2.2 She added, “There’s the awareness that it’s going to be a refi wave. in Q2 2023.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

That has contributed to UWM’s competitors taking losses on loans when they can least afford it. During the second-quarter earnings season, executives from publicly traded mortgage lenders detailed their forays into jumbo loans, non-qualified mortgages, reverse mortgages, home equity products and even personal loans.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

The new channel gave partnered lenders and mortgage brokers access to Flyhome products, including “buy before you sell” and short-term bridge loan products. This means they take the loan application, submit it and earn compensation for the transaction. “To This is just one more arrow in their quiver.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

HousingWire interviewed a dozen loan officers and mortgage executives about their strategies for 2024, which mortgage products they expect to be in demand, and the magic rate needed to get sellers and buyers back in the market. AI can understand the loan status, a loan profile and AI can respond to the consumer.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The company also reported a funded loan volume of $1.035 billion for Q3 2024, up 42% year over year and up 8% quarter over quarter, with 71% of this volume attributed to purchase loans. million in cash, restricted cash, short-term investments and self-funded loans. The company posted an adjusted EBITDA loss of $38.7

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

billion in mortgage loans in 2023, according to Kortas, easily more than any other brokerage. According to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System, NEXA had 2,385 sponsored mortgage loan officers as of Thursday. NEXA was founded in 2017 after Kortas and Grella left Equity Prime Mortgage. NEXA did $6.29

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The integration of CoreLogic’s AutomatIQ Borrower Income Analysis, SmartFees and property data into the DMP interface will allow loan officers can obtain crucial information about borrowers and properties at the outset of the process, CoreLogic noted. “By It then tailors that data to the home-buying process.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

Banks moved to ease lending standards for most mortgage loan products during the second quarter, according to a loan officer opinion survey published this week by the Federal Reserve Board. These worries are now showing signs of alleviating , though the virus is resurgent.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2023

Older Americans are sitting on more than $12 trillion in home equity, according to the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA)/ Riskspan Reverse Mortgage Market Index. These homeowners are seeking different retirement solutions to help allocate their home equity and make it more durable over the next 20 to 30 years.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2024

Just about a year ago, Chicago-based multichannel mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate announced its plans to expand its reverse mortgage division — including around the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) product. For some forward loan officers, this is a brand-new opportunity,” Pohlmann said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Shelley Giordano In 2019, the group exited the American College and reformed as the Academy for Home Equity in Financial Planning at the UIUC. The lender will work to keep bringing academic experts together to continue compiling and sharing data about the use — and potential use cases — of home equity in retirement.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

Redfin completed its acquisition of Bay Equity Home Loans , paying $137.8 million premium over Bay Equity’s tangible book value” as of Feb. 22, according to the news release.The move allows Redfin agents in 91 markets to begin referring customers to one of 400 local Bay Equity loan officers as of Monday.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

New York-based investment firm Cerberus Capital Management has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire home equity lender Spring EQ , the companies announced on Friday. The transaction will allow Cerberus executives to realize new opportunities as demand for home equity solutions in the U.S. accelerates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Aubourg has a track record of leading successful mortgage lending teams and divisions across the Northeast region, including at Mortgage Equity Partners and Movement Mortgage. We are partnering at the perfect time as AnnieMac is at the precipice of taking market share and providing better solutions to Loan Officers.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Tane Cabe Prior to joining Fairway in 2022 as the reverse division’s business development manager for the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase program, Cabe served as VP of 55places Mortgage and as a branch manager for Churchill Mortgage originating HECM and standard home loans.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

But unlike financing with a traditional mortgage, monthly principal and interest payments are not required on the loan, so long as the homeowner keeps up to date with real estate taxes, homeowners’ insurance and property maintenance. The HECM for Purchase is not a refinancing tool; it is not akin to a Home Equity Line of Credit ( HELOC ).

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