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Navigating movement in the mortgage industry series: Post-closing matters are important too

Housing Wire

Introduction As part of our ongoing discussion on the concept of movement in the mortgage industry, it is readily apparent that the failure of mortgage companies to pivot or tweak their business models to satisfy changing market and other conditions has resulted in consolidation based on liquidity, buyback, financial and other concerns.

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The biggest challenge for the reverse industry in 2024? Mortgage rates

Housing Wire

Reverse mortgage business and mortgage business generally is not where people want it to be. That was a repeated idea shared by a group of reverse mortgage professionals when asked to assess what they see as the biggest industry challenges of the year. But we’ve continued to work through those challenges.

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How Pennymac is navigating the double-edged sword of lower rates

Housing Wire

The third-quarter financials for Pennymac Financial Services illustrate the double-edged sword of declining interest rates for mortgage companies. It can improve loan production and acquisitions but hurt their servicing portfolios. In total, loan acquisitions and originations had an unpaid principal balance (UPB) of $31.7

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LoanPASS CRO on the cultivation of a reverse mortgage lender partnership

Housing Wire

At the beginning of 2024, mortgage technology company LoanPASS was announced as a technology partner for reverse mortgage lender Smartfi Home Loans. Getting the hang of reverse Mitchell is a 25-year veteran of the mortgage technology space, primarily working for LOS companies. What does the future hold?

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The FICS advantage: Leveraging automation for smarter mortgage servicing in 2025

Housing Wire

After years of high interest rates, and price spikes, mortgage lenders are optimistic heading into 2025. Fannie Mae predicts a 28% increase in mortgage originations to $2.1 The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) also predicts that total origination volume will increase by 28.5%

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Announcing the 2025 Finance Leaders

Housing Wire

HousingWire is proud to announce the 2025 Finance Leaders, recognizing 40 of the most impactful finance executives in the mortgage and real estate industries.

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A closer look at investor attitudes and trends in reverse mortgage stocks

Housing Wire

With several top 10 reverse mortgage lenders now active in some form within the U.S. Executive leaders there pointed to the performance of the company’s proprietary loan products and trends in the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) space as favorable.

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