Rocket Mortgage has joined forces with Annaly Capital Management, the world’s largest residential mortgage real estate investment trust, as its servicing and recapture partner. Rocket will handle all servicing and recapture activities for a portion of the mortgage servicing rights held by Annaly. “Rocket is committed to the entire homeownership experience from budgeting and credit…
By KIMBERLEY HAAS After months of anticipation, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a percentage point at its meeting this week. This move is expected to boost consumer confidence and bring potential home sellers and buyers off the sidelines and into the housing market. In a statement, officials said members of the Federal…
Rocket Mortgage rolled out a new temporary buydown option covering the cost of a lower interest rate for two years. “Welcome Home RateBreak” is a lender-paid 2-1 buydown program where borrowers get a two-point reduction for the first year and one point for the second year before returning to the note rate in the third…
Rocket Mortgage is launching a product for low-to-moderate income borrowers to help get them on the ladder of homeownership. With ONE+, homebuyers pay a down payment of 1% of the purchase price. Households with income equal to or less than 80% of their area median income are eligible. Rocket will then kick in the remaining…
By KIMBERLEY HAAS As the housing market moderates after a whirlwind pandemic ride, affordability continues to be a chief concern for consumers and mortgage providers are responding with a variety of programs to encourage potential buyers to get off the sidelines. Leaders at Rocket Mortgage say that a major hurdle on the path to homeownership…
By KIMBERLEY HAAS Leaders at Rocket Mortgage have been rolling out programs to serve potential homebuyers in underserved communities. They announced last week that the company is the first national lender to offer Freddie Mac’s BorrowSmart Access program, which has a $3,000 credit for first-time homebuyers to use toward their down payment. To qualify for…
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By KIMBERLEY HAAS Industry leaders are sharing their thoughts as 2022 winds down and they are expressing gratitude despite challenges in the current market. Bill Banfield, EVP of Capital Markets at Rocket Mortgage in Detroit, Michigan, said he appreciates the mental stimulation of navigating a tough market because people are forced to get creative in…
Leaders at Rocket Mortgage announced a conventional loan option this month for people who are interested in purchasing or refinancing a manufactured home. Manufactured homes are built at indoor homebuilding facilities in accordance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Manufactured Home Standards. They are then delivered to the land where the owner will…
By KIMBERLEY HAAS As interest rates climb towards seven percent and loan applications fall to their slowest pace since 1997, leaders at Rocket Mortgage say they have a solution and it has a name: Inflation Buster. Rocket’s new Inflation Buster program was announced on Sept. 16. It gives homebuyers a reprieve by reducing their monthly…
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