Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In addition to all of these challenges, economic factors outside of housing are making it harder for potential buyers to acquire qualifying mortgage loans. Most lenders focus on offering traditional mortgage loans to clients, choosing to shy away from unconventional options in the market. Finance a loan, and you may lose money.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

According to the MBA, rates for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans dipped to 6.42%, while refinance activity posted its fastest pace since October 2024. The move in government refinances was driven by a 75% increase in VA loans, which have been prone to large changes in recent months. More renovations?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Business-purpose residential mortgage lender Dunmor announced Thursday that it has received a minority equity investment from Newfi Lending , a nonagency mortgage lender owned by funds managed by Apollo Global Management. According to Dunmor, the investment is an extension of an original partnership initiated in June 2024.

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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

JULY 15, 2024

Rocket Pro TPO , the wholesale arm of Rocket Mortgage , announced Monday that it has decided to waive the $795 origination fee charged to broker partners on home equity loans. With our home equity program, we want to make sure that we’re offering our broker partners a product they can win in this market and help their clients.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

First American Data & Analytics has launched a new product designed to help lenders identify title issues earlier in the mortgage and home equity loan process, with the goal of cutting delays and reducing closing times.

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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.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Global investment firm Carlyle has agreed to purchase up to $300 million of equity sharing home loans from home equity solutions provider Unison. The product, which rolled out on Tuesday, combines the features of traditional mortgage financing and emerging home equity investment (HEI) options. Unison has more than $1.8

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2025

As it aims to appeal to potential clients who may be taking a closer look at tapping into home equity , reverse mortgage lender Finance of America (FOA) has debuted a new marketing campaign in concert with its new creative agency to illustrate the lifestyle impacts of its products.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Mortgage lenders can also benefit from these projects through a variety of products, including home equity lines of credit (HELOCs). The vast amount of home equity accumulated across the country could be a path to addressing these issues. And there are now 32 million borrowers who have at least $100,000 in tappable equity.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Integrated with ICEs industry-leading MSP loan servicing system , Servicing Digital provides homeowners with real-time access to detailed and personalized loan and property-related data anytime, anywhere. In fact, ICEs Mortgage Monitor data found that as of November 2024, the average U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But only about 17,000 delinquent loans completed the foreclosure process in the second quarter of 2024, almost one-third of the nearly 45,000 that completed the foreclosure process in Q1 2020. Often, the best available option for staying in the home is through a loan modification or some other type of repayment plan with the bank.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

In this executive conversation, van der Reis explores his experience in CRE finance, technology, loan servicing , and risk management. HW: Arbor has an in-house loan servicing platform, which every lender doesn’t offer. Sellers and servicers can be in continuous contact with their borrowers throughout the loan’s lifecycle.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Freddie Mac has put its finger on the scale of an emerging loan market that has been the domain of the private-label securities market, which has nurtured its reemergence in recent years. This provides homeowners with a cost-effective alternative for accessing the equity in their homes.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2024

trillion in mortgage debt, pushing mortgage holder equity to a new high of $17.6 On top of that, tappable home equity reached a new high of $11.5 roughly three in five — now have at least $100,000 in tappable home equity, which refers to the amount of equity they can access while maintaining a stable 20% equity “cushion.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

With elevated levels of home equity across the U.S., mortgage lenders are making home equity lending more accessible to reach more borrowers. One-quarter of these lenders offered accelerated closing options, including two lenders that advertised home equity funding in as little as one week. HELOCs accounted for $53.6

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Nationwide equity on mortgaged homes soared to a record $16.9 trillion in the first quarter of 2024, with $11 trillion available for leverage while maintaining a 20% equity cushion — also an all-time high. homeowners with mortgages have tappable equity. trillion in tappable equity. trillion in tappable equity.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

billion in equity. We want a customer to be able to check her phone to find out what she can afford, see which homes are just right for her, schedule a tour with a local, expert Redfin agent, and get pre-qualified for a loan, all in a matter of minutes.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2024

Home equity lending in 2023 grew by only 1.5% The data includes total originations of open-ended home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and closed-end home equity loans. Home equity originations were relatively flat in 2023 compared to 2022,” Walsh said in a statement. billion per company in 2023, compared with $2.1

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Escrow accounts are required for conventional borrowers with 20% or less equity in their homes. Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan borrowers must maintain escrow accounts for the entire loan cycle, regardless of equity. After that, 70% had higher homeowners’ insurance and 57% had higher premiums.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

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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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

A new report from Zillow Home Loans outlines some key trends and factors for renters to consider when evaluating a home purchase. And according to Zillow Home Loans Senior Economist Orphe Divounguy, homeownership may be more within reach than most renters think. In some of the U.S.’s

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

homeowners with mortgages saw their home equity increase by 8.6% trillion, according to CoreLogic ’s newest homeowner equity report. Net homeowner equity totaled more than $16.6 By extension, at 43%, the average loan-to-value ratio of U.S. In January, home equity increased by 13.2% billion at the end of 2023.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

Rapidly rising home prices are bad news for prospective buyers, but they’re proving quite beneficial for homeowner equity. of mortgaged homes were “equity-rich,” defined as having a loan balance of less than half of the estimated market value of those homes. It’s the lowest level since at least 2019. points), Missouri (7.2

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2024

A Freddie Mac home equity product that was proposed this week has the potential to unlock $850 billion in origination volume. The new product is an alternative to a traditional cash-out refinance, which requires refinancing the outstanding loan balance at current interest rates.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

Vishal Garg , founder and CEO of Better.com, said in a statement that the transaction rightsizes the companys liability structure, creating approximately $265 million of positive pre-tax equity value for the company and its shareholders, as well as a path to long-term value creation for our equity holders.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

Tapping into home equity , particularly for people in or near retirement , can be challenging — especially for those who may have a pressing need. With this product, eligible people 62 and older can extract equity in a variety of ways, say through a lump sum. But their equity is also a tool. Homes are trophies, sure.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The Oregon state senates Committee on Housing Development held a hearing last week on a piece of proposed legislation that seeks to limit the amount of equity a reverse mortgage lender can receive after the sale or transfer of a property. Senate Bill (SB) 534 is positioned primarily as a consumer protection measure.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

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.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

The share of piggybacked Federal Housing Administration (FHA) home purchase loans rose by more than seven percentage points from June 2022 to June 2024, going from 10.8% for conventional purchase loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The calculations were based on the number of purchase loans in CoreLogic public records.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

billion in consumer loans from Goldman Sachs while also closing a deal to purchase Sculptor Capital Management and its $33 billion in assets under management. In total, its funded loan volume jumped from $8.9 Its refinance recapture rate in 2024 when including closed-end second-lien loans was 52%, up from 41% two years earlier.

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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

APRIL 9, 2025

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) related to the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) program, there are four open recommendations according to a review by HousingWire ‘s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD). Three of them, however, are largely centered on the same issue.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

billion , is paying an equity value of $9.4 To help finance the transaction, Rocket is taking out a nearly $5 billion bridge loan through JPMorgan Chase (which itself is a top-3 mortgage servicer and warehouse lender). billion in stock, the companies said in a statement early Monday morning.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

The Platinum Peak product suite aims to offer higher available loan-to-value (LTV) ratios, which are designed to translate into higher loan proceeds for borrowers, according to the announcement. The revised LTVs could allow previously ineligible borrowers to have a renewed conversation about securing a loan, the company explained.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) this week announced the launch of a new program designed to allow for the purchase, refinance or renovation of manufactured housing under a loan program sponsored by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

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Loans Finance Renovation Equity 529

Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2025

Global investment bank Cambridge Wilkinson today announced the closing of a forward flow agreement up to $100 million for a private real estate lending platform specializing in short-term bridge , fix-and-flip, construction and land development loans.

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