David M. Applegate has been named president of Radian Guaranty and Paul F. Bognanno has been appointed to the newly created position of vice chairman, according to Radian's Philadelphia-based parent company, Radian Group Inc.Mr. Applegate has more than 20 years of mortgage banking and residential real estate industry experience, most recently as chairman and chief executive officer of GMAC Residential and chief operating officer of GMAC ResCap. He was previously executive vice president and chief financial officer of GMAC Residential. Mr. Bognanno served as president and CEO of Principal Residential Mortgage Inc. for the past 11 years. Concurrent with his mortgage banking duties, Mr. Bognanno was a senior vice president at Principal Life Insurance Co. and chairman of the board of Principal Bank. Radian also announced that Mark A. Casale is leaving the company.
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The lender recorded a $59 million net loss in the fourth quarter, an 83% improvement from its third quarter performance.
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Initial analyses of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data show UWM ahead in 2023 loan numbers and dollar volume, but Rocket's market share still looks competitive.
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Last year, the Raleigh, N.C.-based Integrated called off a deal to sell itself to MVB Financial after bank stocks took a hit in the aftermath of the regional bank failures. Capital hopes to expand its government-guaranteed lending with the transaction.
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The pending end of the program comes as over half of U.S. states have already ceased accepting new applicants for federal aid aimed to help struggling households with mortgage payments.
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But the 30-year fixed rate mortgage is still near 7%, and that remains the overhang on the housing market, Freddie Mac said.
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Mortgage payments rose 10% year-over-year to an all-time high for March, Redfin said.
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