Standard & Poor's Corp. has upgraded its reverse mortgage servicing ranking for Celink - a company it said is the largest independent servicer of private label HECMs - based on improvements to its staff and operations. S&P raised the ranking to "above average" from "average," citing "the addition of new experienced management personnel, significantly improved proprietary systems environment, efficient internal controls, superior policies and procedures, additional staff, and an overall increase in the ability to effectively service reverse mortgage loans." S&P also said Celink "remains the fourth-largest servicer of Home Equity Conversion Mortgages."
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Vacancy numbers leveled off this quarter, but the share among units owned by institutional investors is more than double the overall national rate, Attom said.
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This marks the second transaction from the shelf, backed by 651 first-lien, fully amortizing fixed-rate mortgages.
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All loans in the deal's portfolio were made to investors and underwritten based on property cash flow and rental income to determine borrower eligibility.
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Lower median loan amounts and earnings growth which outpaces mortgage expenditures helps to improve affordability even as rates continue to rise, the MBA said.
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A federal judge Wednesday said the Department of Housing and Urban Development failed to justify a sharp overhaul of a long-standing fair-housing grant program.
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If Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's comments lack substance on inflation in the market's opinion, it is likely to drive mortgage rates even higher, NerdWallet warned.
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