Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

on Thursday announced that Blue Ridge Bank has entered into a definitive asset purchase and sale agreement to sell certain assets of its mortgage division. Monarch Mortgage provides mortgage banking services, including the origination and processing of residential mortgages primarily for sale on the secondary market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2022

Worldwide sales of non-fungible tokens, better known – of course – as NFTs, catapulted from $94.9 For example, purchasing an NFT of a JPEG of a painting transfers the intellectual property rights of the painting. But Ethereum was the first with a blockchain that enabled NFT sales. That’s when a 70-year-old brick home in the St.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2022

That’s a healthy showing, considering over the same period UWM’s loan-origination volume dipped from $59.2 Rising interest rates have crimped loan production for virtually all mortgage lenders as more and more borrowers are forced to forestall home purchases or have no incentive to refinance. billion to $29.9

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2022

Fannie Mae has unveiled its third reperforming loan sale of the year, an offering of nearly 10,000 loans valued at $1.57 A reperforming loan is a mortgage that has been or is currently delinquent but has been reperforming for a period of time. Bids for the FNA 2022-RPL3 reperforming loan offering are due by July 7.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2022

Fannie Mae has launched its fourth reperforming-loan sale of the year — an offering of 6,130 loans with an unpaid principal balance of $997 million. A reperforming loan is a mortgage that has been or is currently delinquent but has been reperforming for a period of time. million; and pool 3, $312.9

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

This agreement is really a great win-win, Zillow CEO Jeremy Wacksman said on the earnings call. Origination volume is up even more, as the company’s purchase loan volume doubled in 2024, while refinance originations rose 69%. The deal has a five-year term with two options to extend it by two years.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As a real estate reporter, it was not lost on me that the formal start of my house hunt would coincide almost perfectly with the real estate industry working through the nationwide implementation of the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement.

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Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2022

billion in proceeds from those MSR sales — with UWM accounting for $871.8 In a rising-rate environment, loan prepayments ebb, as refinancing becomes less attractive. That rising value, in turn, can make sales of MSRs a lucrative option for supplementing otherwise dour revenue streams. In total, between Jan. billion and $319.8

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

The growing wave of loan-repurchase requests from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has yet another major wrinkle, industry sources reveal, and this new problem, if accurate as alleged, threatens to disrupt future merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the mortgage-finance industry.

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2024

Residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock continues to face scrutiny from state regulators and is now under fire from disgruntled consumers. EasyKnock agreed to permanently end its sale-leaseback solution in Massachusetts, and to pay $200,000 to the state as part of the terms of its settlement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The loss was primarily driven by a “decrease in overall funding activities in the mortgage market” that resulted in a “significant” decline quarter-over-quarter of the company’s gain on sale margin. The filing revealed that refi loans made up 85% of funded loan volume for Better.com in last six months, while purchase volume was close to 15%.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2021

In Lender Letters issued on Thursday, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac confirmed that loans purchased by the GSEs with application dates on and after July 1, 2021, must meet the standards of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Revised Qualified Mortgage Rule.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

Redfin announced Tuesday layoffs of 121 employees as it shakes up its mortgage department, including purchasing a lending company. The real estate company entered into an agreement to acquire mortgage lender Bay Equity Home Loans for $135 million, two-thirds in cash and one-third in stocks, Redfin said in a press release and public filing.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Loan officers and mortgage executives expect home sellers and homebuyers to negotiate more aggressively on commission paid to buyer agents, potentially bringing costs down. NEXA has always been focused on purchase loans , which means some of its LOs do significant business with buyers’ agents.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

In mid-January, Pennsylvanias former attorney general Michelle Henry filed a kickback lawsuit against Barry Newhart and six mortgage entities he controls: Bright Financial Group , Conquest Mortgage , Flagship Home Loans , Legacy Mortgage Partners , Nittany Home Loans , MCT Financial , Conquest Holdings and Newhart Holdings.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2022

“Gain on sale revenue was under significant pressure throughout the quarter as the velocity of the increase in mortgage rates rose at the fastest rate this century,” Alessandro DiNello, president and chief executive officer of Flagstar Bancorp, said in a statement. Meanwhile, refinances fell significantly, from $9.8 billion in Q1 2022.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

If you make your living by originating new mortgage loans, I don’t have to tell you that the business is changing. You probably already know that the MBA’s latest mortgage forecast puts the purchase money at 75% of all loan volume. Real estate agents, like mortgage loan officers, work from wherever they are today.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

With NAR’s settlement requiring agents to have a signed buyer agency agreement with every buyer that spells out how much the agent will be paid in a transaction, many believed that buyers using a loan from the U.S. Under the temporary fix, homebuyers using VA loans are able to pay for their agent’s commission.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

This increased flow of funds appears to be driven by strengthening macro factors that favor residential mortgages over other yield assets such as commercial real estate (CRE) and commercial (C&I) loans. The current stress in the CRE and C&I loan markets further highlights the advantages of residential mortgages.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2024

We are presently negotiating the terms of a settlement agreement, and plaintiffs will likely submit it for court approval later in the third quarter. Its pull-through gain-on-sale margin was 3.22% in Q2 2024, compared to 2.74% in Q1 2024 and 2.85% in Q2 2023. Purchase loans comprised 72% of loanDepot’s total volume in Q2 2024.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

RESPA Section 8 and CFPB Regulation X maintain firm prohibitions against kickbacks and unearned fees, with particular statutory exemptions, about all settlement services involving federally related mortgage loans. ” 12 U.S.C. 2607(c)(3) safe harbor applicability for any of their referrals.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

At AmeriCash, he oversaw more than 300 employees and helped the company close more than $18 billion in home loans. Giangrande will also lead negotiation efforts for wholesale brokerage agreements with mortgage companies that seek to partner on EquiFi’s home equity investment (HEI) contract and other products.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

Mike Roberts is about to make his first early payoff (EPO) penalty in two years after finding out that one of his clients refinanced a $355,000 loan with a 7.25% rate that Roberts closed in April. EPOs are intended to guarantee a minimum return for the investor or mortgage aggregator if a loan is paid off in the first few months.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2021

will acquire 178,000 loans sold to or securitized by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , boosting its overall total servicing portfolio by about 16%. Ocwen’s acquisition of the MSR portfolio is expected to close later in the second quarter, with the underlying loans transferring in September. Ocwen’s subsidiary PHH Mortgage Corp.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2023

The North Carolina-based First Citizens announced on Monday an agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to acquire all of SVB’s deposits and loans that were moved to an FDIC-created bridge bank after the collapse. “We of the production was conventional loans and 49% consisted of purchase loans.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

JPMorgan Chase will buy nearly $2 billion worth of mortgages to grease Banc of California ‘s purchase of PacWest Bancorp , Bloomberg reported. The bank entered into an agreement to buy $1.8 billion of single-family residential loans at a discount, according to the outlet. billion in loans or sell them to investors.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2021

Presented by: Proctor Loan Protector. The flexible standards allowed for more appraisal options on certain qualifying primary residence loans, including desktop appraisals and exterior-only appraisals. How this will affect the reporting of delinquent loans, is yet to be delineated.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2023

California-based lender American Pacific Mortgage (APM) announced an asset purchase agreement with retail lender Lend Smart Mortgage on Thursday in its latest move to drum up production across the country. Lend Smart, a company with 107 active loan originators, is licensed in 29 states and originated $378.8 billion.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Powerful House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters wants regulators to closely scrutinize the proposed $13 billion purchase of Black Knight by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). He said they provide customers the option of selecting multi-year agreements with built-in price projections.

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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

MAY 13, 2024

Residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock has acquired the assets of home equity investment firm HomePace , the company exclusively told HousingWire on Monday. HomePace, founded in 2020, specializes in helping homeowners access their equity through home equity agreements. Meanwhile, more than 9 million U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

But for mortgage industry professionals hampered by fewer sales opportunities since the Fed’s streak of rate hikes began in March 2022, will this be the start of better days? Some real estate agents think interest rate cuts could be offset by a surge of demand that creates more bidding wars and higher sale prices.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The purchase comes amid questions of whether iBuying is a viable business model following Zillow’s announcement Tuesday that the company is winding down its iBuying arm. Opendoor began Opendoor Home Loans in 2019, and the mortgage loan originator operates today in 26 markets and eight states. Opendoor has $25.4 Opendoor has $25.4

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Company officials say the moves will allow refi-heavy Better to increase its strength in a mortgage market that is increasingly becoming purchase-focused. Company sources told HousingWire that refi-focused, salaried loan officers made up the majority of the hundreds of employees who received pink slips.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2022

Ohio-based CrossCountry Mortgage has entered into an agreement to acquire California-based retail lender LendUs , multiple sources familiar with the deal told HousingWire. . It has about 350 loan officers and roughly 100 retail branches. . It provides purchases, refinances, and home equity products.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2022

PFSI), which ranks as one of the top five mortgage lenders nationally, are seeking to raise more than $700 million in the debt markets through the sale of notes secured by mortgage servicing rights. billion in MSR sales and purchases, according to KBRA. Subsidiaries of Pennymac Financial Services Inc.

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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. billion, according to a review of bond-rating and industry reports.

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