Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

According to a survey released Tuesday by John Burns Research & Consulting , the top 50 MPCs sold more than 34,600 new homes in 2023, up 24% from the nearly 28,000 sales in 2022. And in 2023, each of the top 50 communities sold at least 368 homes, although that’s fewer than the 2021 record of 460 sales per community.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2023

New home sales posted yet another increase in March, rising 9.6% This is the fourth straight month of new home sales increases. On a year-over -year basis, however, new home sales are still down 3.4%. On a year-over -year basis, however, new home sales are still down 3.4%. months of supply at the current sales pace.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2022

On Wednesday, existing home sales collapsed near the lows we saw during COVID-19 and back in 2007 when the housing bubble burst. “The principal factor was the rapid increase in mortgage rates, which hurt housing affordability and reduced incentives for homeowners to list their homes. From NAR: Total existing-home sales waned 7.7%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Fannie Mae has completed the sale of its 27 th reperforming-loan offering since the inaugural transaction in 2016. The deal represents Fannie Mae’s fourth reperforming-loan sale this year and involves a total of some 6,060 loans valued at $986.4 Terms of the sale were not disclosed. million; pool 2, 2,217 loans valued at $338.9

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2023

New home sales continued to rise in February, jumping 1.1% On a year-over-year basis, however, new home sales are still down 19.0%. New home sales increased in February for the third straight month, in a sign that the market may be stabilizing,” Kelly Mangold, the principal of RCLCO Real Estate Consulting , said in a statement. “New

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Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2022

billion in proceeds from those MSR sales — with UWM accounting for $871.8 That rising value, in turn, can make sales of MSRs a lucrative option for supplementing otherwise dour revenue streams. During the first quarter of 2022, UWM sold MSRs “on loans with an aggregate UPB [unpaid principal balance] of approximately $56.6

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This resulted from a portfolio of $878 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB), including $755 billion in mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) owned by the company. Gain-on-sale margins improved to 1.23% in the third quarter, up from 1.05% in the previous quarter.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2022

Fannie Mae has chosen the winning bidder for its inaugural nonperforming loan sale of 2022, a deal involving 3,223 loans with an unpaid principal balance of $477.2 The transaction, which represents Fannie Mae’s first nonperforming loans sale this year, is slated to close July 27. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

Shelley Duffy , Incenter’s executive vice president of national sales, praised Rose and Brown for their aptitudes for problem-solving. ” Brown brings 20 years of experience to his new role, including 12 years at Freddie Mac , where he served as senior director of cash window sales and trading. .”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Its pull-through gain-on-sale margin was 3.29% in Q3 2024, compared to 3.22% in Q2 2024. Regarding loanDepot’s servicing portfolio, the unpaid principal balance (UPB) increased to $114.9 The pull-through gain-on-sale margin is expected to be between 2.85% and 3.05%. Origination volume was $6.7 billion on Sept.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Existing home sales slid for the 10th consecutive month in November, as homebuyer demand continued to cool. The seasonally adjusted sales rate for existing homes fell 7.7% On a yearly basis, existing home sales are down 35.4%. On a yearly basis, existing home sales are down 35.4%. “In million homes, which represents 3.3

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2022

Deephaven Mortgage hired Anthony Gulotta to lead wholesale sales on the East Coast, the non-QM lender announced this week. Gulotta has spent more than three decades on mortgage operations and wholesale sales, with stints at Movement Mortgage , Figure , Premier Lending , Quicken Loans (now Rocket Mortgage ), and Wells Fargo. “I

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2022

Fannie Mae has announced the winning bidder for the final mortgage pool that was part of its inaugural nonperforming loan sale of 2022 — and it’s nineteenth sale since the i na ugural offering in 2015. The loan pool, dubbed the Community Impact Pool (CIP), includes 120 loans with an unpaid principal balance of $36.3

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Its owned servicing portfolio reached $78 billion in unpaid principal value (UPB) at the end of 2023, with a carrying value of $1.1 We estimate that an MSR sale could benefit CET 1 by 10-15 bp.” NYCB became a large mortgage servicer after the acquisition of Flagstar Bank in December 2022. billion, analysts wrote in a report on Monday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

In March 2022, reverse mortgage lender and servicer Longbridge Financial announced the launch of its national field sales (NFS) division , appointing reverse mortgage industry veteran Melanie Parks to lead the channel as vice president and national field sales leader. Two years later, the UPB has diminished right.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2022

The unpaid principal balance of mortgage loans that UWM services for others as of June 30 stood at $308.1 The sale of MSRs does not directly impact earnings as a revenue stream, given the MSRs are already accounted for as assets on the balance sheet. million increase in the fair market value of its MSR portfolio.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

decrease on the national median sale price. Compass also grew its national market share by 65 basis points during the year ending in December, grabbing a 5.06% share of all home sales in Q4 2024. The data also suggests that the impact is greatest among the lowest-priced homes. less and those in the next lowest tier sell for 2.7%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2025

His brother, Jeffrey Finn, serves as principal broker, Richmond BizSense reported. Last year, United Richmond agents closed more than 1,000 home sales. The newly formed Virginia team will operate as RVA Blue Realty. Terms of the cash deal were not disclosed, although John Finn said it was backed by third-party acquisition financing.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

billion in sales since 2018. Our team operates as a boutique group with a strong commitment to honesty, integrity, and making our clients’ days brighter with a touch of fun and a smile,” Denise Bodman, the group’s co-principal, said in a statement. These values align seamlessly with the Compass culture.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

. “With Smitty joining the leadership team and June contributing her expertise to our faculty, we are forming a powerhouse of knowledge, innovation, and support for both agents and clients, Jeffrey Finn, the principal broker of United Real Estate Richmond, said in a statement.

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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 sale of non-performing loans is being marketed with the help of BofA Securities Inc. million.

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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

APRIL 24, 2025

The HECM Tool a software platform designed to serve as a reverse mortgage sales conversion tool announced this week that it has integrated the proprietary reverse mortgage offering from Smartfi Home Loans into the platforms existing visualization and comparison capabilities.

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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. million in unpaid principal balance; pool 2 is at $342.5 The reperforming-loan sale is slated to close by late October 2022, after due-diligence period. billion.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

Take out a traditional mortgage requiring a monthly payment of principal and interest , which would increase the amount of her monthly retirement distribution, again potentially resulting in a higher tax bill and most definitely decreasing the life of her retirement funds. Lisa Moriello is the National Reverse Sales Manager at loanDepot.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Median existing home sales prices rose 15.6% To calculate the housing affordability index, a 20% down payment and a 25% ratio of principal and interest payment to income, is assumed. As of August 2021, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 2.89% compared to 3% a year prior. in the same time period.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2024

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. We opportunistically took advantage of strong market conditions and monetized approximately $29 billion of unpaid principal balance of our mortgage servicing rights. billion in the previous quarter and below the $6.3

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Connecticut-based Beinfield Team returned to Compass , the company announced on Tuesday. “This transition is all about securing the future success of my team,” Liz Beinfield, the team’s principal agent, said in a statement. million in sales in 2022, according to the RealTrends 2023 America’s Best list.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

California -based multichannel lender and servicer PennyMac Financial Services announced on Monday a proposed private offering of a $650 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes that the company says it will pay back with interest by 2030. The company also reported growth in its wholesale channel, according to the report.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The lender’s gain-on-sale margins dropped to 52 bps points from the previous quarter’s 99 bps. UWM had $306 billion in the unpaid principal balance of MSRs as of September 30, compared to $308.1 UWM expects gain-on-sale margins to post around 75 to 100 bps in 2022. “We However, the strategy has come at a cost.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The new option Partial claims are interest-free loans from HUD that borrowers use to make their payments current, with the remainder of the late payments added to the principal and extended for 30 years. During this period, the mortgage will not be modified, facilitating the sale to Ginnie Mae.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

homes for sale posted a price cut during the four weeks ending September 24, up from 5.8% home sale price rose 3% year over year, reaching $420,846 in August, the largest annual increase since October 2022. According to the brokerage, 6.5% the month prior. Due to a lack of supply, prices overall have been on the upswing.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

In this role, Kaufman will oversee sales and marketing efforts for the company’s new development projects across Florida and North Carolina. Prior to that venture, Kaufman was a vice president and principal of a luxury residential real estate marketing firm.

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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

MAY 19, 2023

The company’s unpaid principal balance reached $524.8 ” Rocket’s transaction follows the sale of billions in MSRs this year in the secondary market. Despite the MSR sale, Rocket’s executives hinted at buying servicing portfolios in a call with analysts several weeks ago.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

In November of 2019 the number of single-family homes for sale was at 6,000. The market in Indianapolis is very cyclical,” Carrie Holle, Realtor and principal of the Carrie Holle Group with Compass , told HousingWire. Indianapolis is more affordable than much of the country. 19, down from 54.79% on Nov. 10, 2023. “The

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