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MacLellan: Residential Real Estate and Jobs Markets in Columbia 2022

BrokerOwner.net February 7, 2023

Sales through the Columbia Board of Realtors in 2022 amounted in to 2249, down from 2819 in 2021, a decrease of 570 homes or 20.2%. When you do a …

Rocket Mortgage will fight UWM’s ‘ultimatum’ with its wallet

BrokerOwner.net February 6, 2023

Rocket Pro TPO, the wholesale arm of Rocket Mortgage, wants to court brokers from its competitor United Wholesale Mortgage even if it means covering legal costs to bring them over. “Starting today, we stand behind brokers who want to use Rocket or Fairway [Independent Mortgage Corporation], but fear Mat Ishbia‘s

PrimeLending taps Kim Dybvad to rebuild Mid-America division after poaching

BrokerOwner.net February 6, 2023

Home lender PrimeLending has promoted Kim Dybvad to lead its Mid-America division, months after the workforce quit en masse and joined a competitor. Dybvad, who joined the company in 2013 and is now a vice president, will be responsible for loan origination production in the Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin

MBA urges removal of DTI-based LLPA

BrokerOwner.net February 6, 2023

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) urged the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to remove the addition of a debt-to-income loan level pricing adjustment (LLPA) in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac‘s pricing framework. In January, the FHFA made a series of changes to LLPA fees with a revamped LLPA matrix that

UWM names Andrew Hubacker its new CFO

BrokerOwner.net February 6, 2023

Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) has named Andrew Hubacker as its chief financial officer, the company announced on Monday. Hubacker joined the mortgage lender in October 2020 as chief accounting officer. He became an interim principal financial officer in July 2022 following the death of Timothy Forrester. Forrester served as UWM’s CFO for

Opinion: New LLPA changes represent noble effort, but wrong approach

BrokerOwner.net February 6, 2023

On January 19, 2022, the government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac released their new pricing matrix’s as a response to the late year 2022 directive from FHFA on the subject. The effort is a noble one. The Federal Housing Finance Agency and the GSEs are improving pricing

Housing Market Tracker: Inventory and purchase applications data fall together

BrokerOwner.net February 6, 2023

Despite mortgage rates briefly falling below the 6% threshold, both housing inventory and mortgage demand fell last week. Let’s dive into the trend lines of the housing market. We took a step backward last week with a 10% decline in purchase apps from the prior week. That’s after positive growth

Opinion: Why fintech “disruption” doesn’t work in mortgage servicing

BrokerOwner.net February 6, 2023

America’s $13.3 trillion mortgage servicing sector shouldn’t be “disrupted” by financial technology, it should be reimagined with fintech. Most new-to-mortgage fintech folks who overuse the word “disruptor” will start by asking, “What are your requirements?” but that’s the wrong question. The right questions — asked by the right servicing fintech

Borrowers opt for permanent rate buydowns amid affordability challenges

BrokerOwner.net February 6, 2023

Home prices growth and mortgage rates have come down from the peaks in 2022, but affordability still remains a challenge. In turn, borrowers who are entering the market are leaning heavily toward buying down their first lien interest rates by paying points up front. In the third week of January,

Townstone wins order to dismiss CFPB’s redlining lawsuit

BrokerOwner.net February 3, 2023

A federal judge in Illinois ruled in favor of Townstone Financial Inc. and its owner, Barry Sturner, on a motion to dismiss with prejudice a redlining lawsuit filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In July 2020, the CFPB filed a lawsuit accusing the nonbank retail lender of discouraging

Why HELOCs are growing more popular

BrokerOwner.net February 3, 2023

The past few years in the housing industry have been nothing short of unprecedented. In 2020 and 2021, many homeowners refinanced, locking in historically low 30-year fixed rate mortgages. And now, with the impact of inflation and looming economic uncertainty, home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) are an increasingly popular

Guaranteed Rate loan programs aim for lower rates for builders, borrowers

BrokerOwner.net February 3, 2023

Mortgage lender and digital financial services company Guaranteed Rate hopes to court builders and borrowers with its newly launched programs — Lock ‘N’ Sell rate lock program and forward commitments – by helping the borrowers secure lower mortgage rates. The rate lock program allows builders to lock in a current