Only two million or so households have enough equity in their homes and high enough credit ratings to be viable candidates for home equity lending, according to a new analysis from Lender Processing Services. Of course, it’s no secret that home equity lending has hit a brick wall and likely won’t turn around until housing values start heading north again. Although the immediate outlook for the sector is bleak, some lenders are starting to stick their toe in the HELOC pond. See the National Mortgage News website for the full story…
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An appellate court reversed part of an $8.5 million award for attorneys who secured a $38.5 settlement against the lender in 2023 in a False Claims Act case.
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Fintech Candid says its AI-powered newsletter platform can scrape social media and public data to help loan officers send hyper-personalized outreach at scale.
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Conforming loan limits are determined using a home price index. A congressman is proposing a switch to an income-based metric, creating more jumbo mortgages.
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Jay Plum, head of consumer lending at Fifth Third Bank, says artificial intelligence is fundamentally shifting relationships between banks and their third-party software vendors, allowing banks to do things on their own that they would previously rely on vendors to do for them, like identify risky loans and prepare for exams.
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The effective tax rate, measuring taxes relative to home prices, also increased to its highest mark in five years, according to Attom's analysis.
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The California-based lender announced Wednesday the addition of One Goal Mortgage, a branch serving the Omaha, Nebraska, metro area and Southwest Iowa.
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