U.S. mortgage borrowers were somewhat less eager to tap the equity they have in their homes during the first quarter, but they have plenty of dry powder in a market that’s expected to continue tilting away from refinance lending. Originations of home-equity lines of credit and closed-end second mortgages fell 5.0 percent during the first quarter to an estimated $46.0 billion, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis. Compared to the sharp 33.6 percent drop in first-lien production, the home-equity sector virtually glowed. The supply of home-equity loans outstanding fell...[Includes three data tables]
For most of the past decade, nonbank residential lenders have eschewed the idea of owning or being affiliated with a federally insured depository for fear of being over-regulated in an already heavily regulated business. But the tide could be turning. Movement Mortgage CEO Casey Crawford this spring bought a controlling interest in First State, a small Virginia bank. Separately, fintech lender Social Finance recently filed an application with the Utah Department of Financial Institutions to open a depository there. SoFi, which branched out from its consumer and student loan business into mortgages, also filed an application with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for deposit insurance coverage. For now, both Crawford – a former professional football player – and the San Francisco-based SoFi aren’t...
Lenders originating nonprime mortgages have a number of different programs for borrowers shut out of the agency market, including an emphasis on reduced documentation requirements. Deephaven Mortgage is among the lenders that have pooled newly originated nonprime home loans into mortgage-backed securities. The company’s recent $250.13 million MBS included a variety of loans, largely focused on non-qualified mortgages. Some 82.6 percent of the loans in the deal were...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s integrated-disclosure rule has been in effect for more than 18 months now, and industry compliance professionals still have a number of questions in need of answers as they await the issuance of the so-called TRID 2.0 rule from the agency. The rule had been expected in the first quarter of 2017, but to date, not a peep has been uttered by the agency as to the cause of the delay or when lenders might expect the final rule. The Treasury Department recently issued...
Mark Filler, who departed “fix and flip” lender Finance of America Commercial early this spring, said he has amassed $1 billion of commitments from private equity investors and plans to enter the market once again, but this time as a buyer of properties. He also expects to launch a new business to provide advances to real estate agents based on their commissions, and then – if successful – roll out a similar program to fund mortgage brokers. He anticipates paying referral fees to mortgage companies that send business his way. “My goal is...
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