Though technology has lagged in the nation’s housing and mortgage financing markets compared to other industries, players in those markets are now bridging the gap in response to their customers’ growing demand. Consequently, more mortgage companies are deploying new technologies, changing market dynamics and consumer behavior as well as laying the foundation for future advances, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service. The digitization of loan ...
The lack of consideration of renters’ positive monthly payments is constraining the number of potential borrowers eligible for purchase mortgages, according to an analysis by the Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center. The HFPC found that rental payment history is “highly likely to be predictive” of mortgage performance. However, credit scores used by mortgage lenders largely don’t track renters’ records of on-time payments. The analysis was funded by the National ...
Eave, a direct-mortgage lender, launched recently with a focus on jumbo mortgages, technology and low fees. The originator, only operating in Colorado at the moment, claims to be able to close loans about twice as fast as “brand name” lenders. “We took the entire mortgage universe apart and put it back together, better,” the firm said, touting its underwriting process. The lender claims that more than 60 percent of the information collected by other lenders from ...
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