Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Fannie Mae on Thursday announced that its Desktop Underwriter (DU) system will include new changes to the maximum allowable loan-to-value (LTV) ratios for two- to four-unit, principal residence, purchase and limited cash-out transactions, as well as other updates to further align the system with recent changes to the Selling Guide.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

Roughly eight months after acquiring PacWest Bancorp in a rescue deal , Banc of California is selling roughly $2 billion in business-purpose residential mortgage loans, according to Bloomberg. billion of single-family residential loans at a discount. The bank entered into an agreement to buy $1.8

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

When Hometap launched in 2017, the Boston-based fintech offered an unorthodox answer to this question for homeowners looking for an alternative to a loan. In addition to that, conventional underwriting does not serve the new-age economy such as gig workers, so you are seeing this demand for alternative financing. “And

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

Loan repurchases continue to trend downward at both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , but there appears to be a separation developing in loan-repurchase patterns — with Freddie reducing its loan buybacks at a faster clip than Fannie, according to recently released data and public filings. Breaking it down There was a total of $335.6

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2022

In an additional note of caution looking forward, the lender’s SEC filing indicates that it cannot guarantee requests for future loan-covenant amendments or waivers will be agreed to by its lenders, “in which case we would be in default under these agreements.”. ” The lender wrote in its SEC filing that as of June 30, it had $90.8

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Rising interest rates, sparked by Federal Reserve tightening policies, is the primary cause of the mortgage-finance industry’s pain right now. In September alone, IMBs slashed some 8,200 jobs, a recent Inside Mortgage Finance analysis of U.S. Charting the loan officer exit. Last night, my Uber driver was a loan officer.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2023

The Federal Reserve ’s 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances found that the median net worth of a homeowner is approximately $255,000 — more than 40 times that of a renter. It has enabled first-time, low- to moderate-income borrowers to secure affordable mortgage financing since 1957 while protecting taxpayers from mortgage credit risk.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

New legislation would extend a benefit similar to Veterans Affairs loans to first responders and teachers who buy homes. The bill would allow borrowers to finance up to 100% of the acquisition price. Mortgages would be subject to FHA loan limits. Loan officers, too, sometimes have reservations about government-financed loans.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

The government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) are now targeting a 20% reduction in principal and interest (P&I) payments to keep borrowers facing permanent financial stress in their homes. “The In a lender letter , Fannie Mae said that the updates expand eligibility by revising the mark-to-market loan-to-value-based requirements.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2023

We’ve asked Phillip McCall, president and chief operating officer at ACES Quality Management , how lenders can keep up with new and upcoming regulations to maintain loan quality in this very competitive environment. Ensuring that creativity doesn’t compromise compliance takes serious research and constant QC system updating.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2024

Sam Valverde, formerly the principal executive vice president of government-owned corporation Ginnie Mae , was named as its acting president as of May 6, according to an announcement issued by the organization this week. Before joining FHFA, Valverde served at the U.S. from Yale Law School.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2023

The deals, which include over $31 billion in single-family mortgage loans, are designed to reduce risk to taxpayers by increasing the role of private capital in the mortgage market. The covered loan pool for CIRT 2023-2 was acquired between February and March of 2022, while CIRT 2023-3 was acquired between January and March of last year.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

California-based personal finance company NerdWallet has struck a deal to acquire brokerage firm Next Door Lending. The Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) shows that Michigan-based brokerage firm Next Door had 61 sponsored loan officers as of Thursday, along with four branches in Arizona, Nevada, Ohio and Texas.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The deal includes the purchase of Specialized Loan Servicing LLC. Rithm’s deal with Computershare will add a mortgage servicing rights (MSR) portfolio of about $136 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) to the company. Computershare Loan Services was No. for about $720 million, the companies announced Monday.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

This agency’s most recent credit risk transfer (CRT) offering, STACR 2022-DNA6, involves a $1.165 billion note backed by a reference loan pool of 112,865 residential mortgages with an outstanding principal balance of $35.6 The average loan balance in the reference pool is $315,272, with the maximum balance at $1.56

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

allows the company to improve its fee-based income as the deal includes the purchase of Specialized Loan Servicing LLC (SLS). “The The deal will add a mortgage servicing rights (MSR) portfolio of about $136 billion in unpaid principal balance to Rithm. CEDAR CREEK, Texas — Real estate investment trust Rithm Capital Corp.’s

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

It has built an MSR platform with 608,000 loans, representing $192 billion in unpaid principal value (UPB) and $2.8 Meanwhile, Rocket’s servicing portfolio, including subserviced loans, had a UPB of $534.6 million loans, generating about $1.4 million loans, generating about $1.4 billion as of June 30.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

When asked whether loan buybacks were a more significant issue last year than now, Freddie Mac executive Sonu Mittal says emphatically, “It depends on who you ask.” Freddie Mac has seen a nearly 55% reduction in repurchase requests from its peak in the first quarter of 2023. This expands upon a pilot program launched earlier this year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

These multiple market pressures have fueled rate volatility and accompanying pricing-execution pressures that have led to a difficult beginning of the year for the private-label securities (PLS) market, according to market experts, and, as a side effect, sparked a more robust market for whole-loan sales — with loans often being sold at a discount.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Sanjiv Vas, former CEO of Caliber Home Loans , has joined the board of directors at Two Harbors Investment Corp , a Minnesota-based real estate investment trust that expects to launch a mortgage originations platform in the second quarter of 2024. Before joining Pagaya, Vas was CEO of Caliber Home Loans.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

According to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF), SPS was the 20th-largest U.S. billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB). SPS announced a deal in September 2022 to acquire some of the assets of Texas-based Rushmore Loan Management Services. million loans, the companies said in an announcement of the deal.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2021

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has extended forbearance options for multifamily properties through the end of September. Presented by: Computershare Loan Services. As of Freddie Mac’s most recent report , there are 1,154 securitized loans in forbearance, representing about 2.1%

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

mortgage lender Newrez , owned by asset manager Rithm Capital , is imposing a round of layoffs to its workforce following the acquisitions of Computershare Mortgage Services and its affiliate Specialized Loan Servicing (SLS). The layoffs include mortgage professionals such as processors, underwriters and loan officers.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

These results are notable considering the sheer speed and impact the pandemic had on the mortgage finance industry. According to Black Knight , servicers have advanced almost $19 billion in unpaid principal and interest to investors in the past year. In a flash, millions of Americans lost their jobs and incomes.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

FHA loans are a popular option for first-time homebuyers or those who don’t have a lot of cash saved for a down payment, because the loans require a minimum of 3.5% VA loans offer a 100% financing option for qualifying military service members and veterans, and don’t require mortgage insurance. points from the 7.5%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

It follows the the lender’s recent acquisition of Computershare Mortgage Services and its affiliate Specialized Loan Servicing (SLS). year over year, according to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) estimates. The company owned $537 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) of servicing at the end of March.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

But the VA’s current policies place veterans at a “significant disadvantage” compared to other buyers, NAR President Kevin Sears said in a letter submitted Wednesday to John Bell, executive director of VA’s Loan Guaranty Service. VA loans are probably the best loans on the market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Take a look below to see this year’s list of honorees. Congratulations to the 2024 Rising Stars! Name Job Title Company Name A.T.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2024

Kiavi , one of the nation’s largest private lenders for residential real estate investors , closed a $300 million unrated securitization of residential transition loans (RTLs), the company announced on Friday. The loans bundled in the securitization were mostly investment property loans used for fix-and-flip transactions.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBs) in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. by October 2025, as required by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). These include the U.S. The initiative comes as the mortgage industry prepares for mandatory adoption of VantageScore 4.0

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2022

With respect to nonagency loans and non-QM loans, warehouse lenders will finance between 90% and 95% of the original principal amount of the loan, which requires [FGMC] to use working capital to fund the remaining portion of the principal balance of the mortgage loans,” states a declaration filed with the court by FGMC CEO Aaron Samples.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

According to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF), SPS was the 20th-largest U.S. billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB). The credit rating agency noted in a November 2023 report that SPS had approximately 806,000 non-agency RMBS loans (total value of $150 billion), 82,250 third-party serviced loans ($21.4 In the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

Fannie Mae will now buy mortgage loans with lender-funded grants, including down payment assistance, closing costs or financial reserves. The government-sponsored enterprise will start accepting such loans immediately. The loan must be secured by a principal residence. Fannie Mae did not respond to a request to comment.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2023

Ginnie Mae has promoted Sam Valverde to principal executive vice president, where he will serve as the the second-in-command to Ginnie Mae President Alanna McCargo. He joined Ginnie in March 2022 following a stint as supervising attorney advisor for the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

That’s the third round this year, following the acquisition of Computershare Mortgage Services and its affiliate Specialized Loan Servicing (SLS ) for $720 million in October 2023, which brought some redundancies to its structures. year over year, according to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) estimates. Newrez originated $10.8

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Rocket Mortgage ranked as the third-largest lender in the country during the first half of this year, per data from Inside Mortgage Finance. billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) at the end of the second quarter. Rocket originated $42.3 billion in volume during these six months, trailing only United Wholesale Mortgage ($60.7

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) proposed some key changes to requirements for single-family seller servicers that do business with the enterprises. The FHFA would also eliminate the non-performing loan charge, which industry stakeholders had complained was procyclical, the agency wrote. basis points.

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