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The secondary market and real estate investing. Also includes Ginnie, GSE, and private MBS coverage from the loan-level transaction vendor space up to waterfall management of SPVs.

ARTICLES

  • chart stock

    Ginnie Mae issues new rules for servicers and issuers

    New rules designed to provide more security to MBS market
    November 16, 2018
    Ben Lane
    Aiming to provide more stability and integrity to the mortgage-backed securities market, Ginnie Mae on Friday released a number of new rules for mortgage servicers and issues of Ginnie Mae securities. Click through for the full details.
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  • Online Mortgage

    Quicken Loans parent company Rock Holdings just bought Dictionary.com (really)

    Continues acquisition streak for Rock Holdings
    November 16, 2018
    Ben Lane
    Rock Holdings, the parent company of Quicken Loans, is getting into the dictionary and thesaurus business. Literally. Rock Holdings announced this week that it acquired Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, websites that boast approximately 540 million pageviews per month. But why, one might ask? Read on.
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  • Apartment windows

    Top multifamily operators band together, plan massive investment in real estate tech

    Launch venture capital fund with $108 million in the bank
    November 14, 2018
    Ben Lane
    Five major multifamily real estate investment trusts, Aimco, Boardwalk, Essex Property Trust, MAA, and UDR, are partnering with private owners Starwood Capital Group, Cortland, and GID to invest more than $100 million in a venture capital fund, which will be used to invest in “disruptive real estate technology companies” in the multifamily industry.
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  • money dollar

    Hippo raises $70 million in funding with help from Felicis Ventures and Lennar

    Digital home insurance company has now raised a total of $109 million in capital
    November 14, 2018
    Alcynna Lloyd
    Hippo Insurance recently announced it raised $70 million in growth funding, bringing the company's total amount of capital raised to $109 million. The California-based company has managed to grow sales 30% month over month, grabbing the attention of some serious heavy hitters.
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  • Scales of justice with gavel

    Amrock levies blockbuster claims against HouseCanary, wants $740 million verdict overturned

    Claims HouseCanary engaged in collusion, fraud, and deception
    November 13, 2018
    Ben Lane
    HouseCanary and its top executives engaged in collusion, fraud, and deception as part of an effort to convince a jury to order Amrock to pay out one of the largest judgments in the country this year, Amrock claims in a blockbuster legal filing. And based on these new revelations, Amrock wants a new trial and the $740 million judgment against it tossed out.
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  • cash

    Has inflation reached its peak?

    Capital Economics thinks so
    November 13, 2018
    Caroline Basile
    A new note from analysts at Capital Economics says that core inflation has already peaked. The analysts posit that because labor costs and dollar appreciation have only grown modestly, core inflation is “unlikely to rise much further.”
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  • tops

    Amazon breathes life into HQ2 housing markets

    New headquarter locations see surge of interest from prospective buyers
    November 13, 2018
    Alcynna Lloyd
    Amazon has selected Long Island City, New York, and Crystal City, Virginia, as the split locations for its HQ2, and data suggest that even as early as last week, the real estate markets in these areas have boomed.
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  • Amazon

    Amazon announces HQ2 locations in New York and Virginia

    Housing industry reacts to potential impact
    November 13, 2018
    Jessica Guerin
    Amazon announced Tuesday the locations for its second headquarters, naming Long Island City, New York, and Arlington, Virginia, as the winners of its year-long search. HQ2 is expected to bring 50,000 jobs and more than $5 billion in investments, and while this will be a boost to the local economies, some are critical of the tech giant’s impact on property values and infrastructure.
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This month in
HousingWire magazine

Cover Story
October/November 2018

Dream Team: How the Arvielos are leading New American Funding to record growth

The first thing you notice about New American Funding's Rick and Patty Arvielo is how much they like each other. That might seem like a foregone conclusion when you meet a married couple, but when that couple also runs an incredibly successful business together, I imagine it could get complicated. Read on to find out more about how this successful couple manages their life, and business, together.

Commentary

How can we thrive during challenging times?

Casey Cunningham
Casey Cunningham
 Lending
For the first time since 1981, our industry is experiencing a rising interest rate environment. Some people may assume that the current market shift means their business will take a downward turn from which they will never recover. I don’t buy it. The way I see it, challenging times force us to refine our processes and practices.