The multifamily market saw solid rent gains in January–normally a tepid month for rent growth, reported Yardi Matrix, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Industry Briefs Feb. 10, 2022: Insellerate Gets Capital Investment
Insellerate, Newport Beach, Calif., a provider of customer relationship management and marketing automation platforms to the mortgage lender and real estate industries, announced a strategic investment led by Argentum with participation from First Analysis.

Black Knight: Rising Rates Push Refi Candidates Down to 7.1M
Black Knight, Jacksonville, Fla., said rapidly rising mortgage interest rates have shrunk the number of “high-quality” refinance candidate households to just 7.1 million, the lowest total since November 2019.

Industry Briefs Jan. 18, 2022: First American Acquires Mother Lode Holding Co.
First American Financial Corp., Santa Ana, Calif., signed an agreement for its acquisition of Mother Lode Holding Co., a California-based provider of title insurance, underwriting and escrow services for residential and commercial real estate transactions with 17 operating subsidiaries throughout the U.S., including its principal subsidiary Placer Title Co.

Industry Briefs Jan.12, 2022: nCino Completes Acquisition of SimpleNexus
nCino Inc., Wilmington, N.C., completed its acquisition of SimpleNexus, a cloud-based, mobile-first homeownership software company, for total consideration of 12.76 million shares of nCino common stock plus cash consideration of $270 million, on a cash-free, debt-free basis and excluding transaction expenses.

FHFA Targets Increases to GSE Pricing Framework; Upfront Loan-Level Pricing Adjustments Take Effect Apr. 1
The Federal Housing Finance Agency on Wednesday announced targeted increases to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s upfront fees for certain high-balance loans and second-home loans, effective Apr. 1.

FHFA Targets Increases to GSE Pricing Framework; Upfront Loan-Level Pricing Adjustments Take Effect Apr. 1
The Federal Housing Finance Agency on Wednesday announced targeted increases to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s upfront fees for certain high-balance loans and second-home loans, effective Apr. 1.

FHFA Targets Increases to GSE Pricing Framework; Upfront Loan-Level Pricing Adjustments Take Effect Apr. 1
The Federal Housing Finance Agency on Wednesday announced targeted increases to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s upfront fees for certain high-balance loans and second-home loans, effective Apr. 1.

Freddie Mac: Leverage Existing Rental Housing Stock
As states and localities seek to provide economic incentives to create new housing supply, they must also consider how to leverage the existing rental housing stock, said Freddie Mac, McLean, Va.

FHFA Finalizes 2022-2024 Single-Family, 2022 Multifamily Housing Goals
The Federal Housing Finance Agency released benchmark levels for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac single-family housing goals for 2022 through 2024 and benchmark levels for multifamily housing goals for 2022.