Reverse mortgage volume hits pandemic low as HMBS issuance falls.
HECM endorsements fell 6.7% to 1,790; HMBS issuance dropped 17% to $446M reducing reverse mortgage liquidity and raising considerations for private lenders.
View Homes CEO Gandhi Rebuilds Builder Operating Platform.
A high‑level corporate plan centers on executive leadership changes, the imposition of standardized concessions practices, and a phased systems rollout spanning multiple quarters. Leadership reshuffling is positioned to tighten governance, accelerate decision cycles and centralize accountability for cross‑functional execution. Standardizing concessions aims to eliminate [...]
Real estate agents mentor college athletes to generate referrals.
As a targeted workforce-development initiative, programs that mentor student-athletes and guide them through the requirements to become licensed real estate referral agents bridge collegiate preparation and the housing sector. Participants receive structured mentoring, classroom instruction and practical support to satisfy licensing or registration thresholds [...]
One Inc links mortgage servicers and insurers for escrow and coverage data.
One Inc's Unified Connectivity links servicers and insurers to automate escrow payments coverage verification and mortgagee data updates for private lenders.
Top producers are often the most difficult to read.
Operational performance metrics often foreshadow visible shifts in market rankings and public scoreboards. Early operational signals — rising cycle times, increasing pull-through failures, elevated quality control exceptions, escalating customer support escalations, and growing vendor or IT incident rates — reveal friction points in originations [...]
Flyhomes hires three executives to expand wholesale buy-before-you-sell.
Flyhomes scales wholesale Buy-Before-You-Sell, adding Tyler Moynihan, Nihit Nirmal and Wendy Tieu — implications for private lenders' origination flow.
Maryland targets modular housing and permitting delays.
Maryland orders aim to cut permitting delays, expand modular housing, accelerating delivery and shifting collateral and financing risks for private lenders.
MLS data is increasingly valuable; the industry must protect it
Speakers at CMLS asserted that mortgage-related data will inevitably be treated as a commercial asset, and the industry’s pressing question is not whether monetization will occur but how it will be governed. The discussion positioned governance as the deciding factor that will shape who [...]
FHA nominee Matt Jones aims to increase housing supply and lower costs.
During his Senate confirmation hearing, Jones framed manufactured housing, limits on large investors and new credit underwriting models as central priorities for housing finance policy. He presented manufactured housing as a practical lever to expand affordable supply and diversify financing channels, signaling potential shifts [...]
HomeServices acquires 1000WATT to build an integrated housing platform.
HomeServices' acquisition of 1000WATT integrates research and strategy talent into its Berkshire Hathaway platform - opportunities for private lenders, in RE