Some borrwers were quick to spring into action, with applications for purchase loans rising by a seasonally adjusted 2% and requests to refinance up 5% week over week, MBA survey shows
May 8
San Francisco-based title tech provider, set to be acquired by Title Resources Group, posted a $20.6M Q1 2024 net loss Tuesday, down 46% from a year ago but little improved from Q4 2023
May 8
Fannie Mae's latest National Housing Survey finds 67% of Americans agree April was a good time to sell, the highest level in nearly 2 years. But only 20% said it was a good time to buy
May 8
In addition to $15M in direct costs, loanDepot says it lost an additional $22M in revenue while systems were down and clients couldn't lock, contributing to $72M Q1 net loss
May 7
Former operations head Sarah Pierce, who had accused Better CEO Vishal Garg of providing misleading information to investors in leadup to SPAC, faced $2.76M judgment in countersuit
May 7
The sales proceeds of $15M will strengthen the company's financial position and support growth initiatives, Fathom Realty parent company said Monday of its latest move to shore up finances
May 7
Qualcomm and Intel veteran Shawn Malhotra comes to Rocket from Thomson Reuters where, as head of engineering, he helped develop a cloud-based, API-driven generative AI platform
May 6
Rates have been in retreat as bond market investors who fund most mortgage loans react to the latest economic news and scaleback in 'quantitative tightening' by Fed policymakers
May 3
On its quest to reclaim the title of nation's biggest mortgage lender, Rocket didn't sacrifice profits, generating $291M in net income as revenue grew 107% from a year ago, to $1.38B
May 2
Fed policymakers will slow the pace of 'quantitative tightening' — an unwinding of the central bank's $7T balance sheet — to $40B a month, less than half the pace envisioned 2 years ago
May 1
Wall Street investors believe promises made by new leadership of New York Community Bancorp, but concerns about the impact of interest rates and commercial lending on regional banks remain
May 1
The struggling loan technology provider will use an influx of cash from Haveli Investments to pay off the debt it took on to get into the title insurance business by acquiring Title365 in 2021
Apr 30
Up to 330,377 homeowners from whom Ocwen collected mortgage payments between 2010 and 2017 could be eligible to claim refunds of $60 per broker price opinion and $70 per hybrid valuation
Apr 30
Mortgage fraud scheme allegedly listed investors as homeowners to secure lower interest rates, prosecutors allege in criminal complaint against 'Team Gallo' leader and his assistant
Apr 26
Requests for purchase loans dropped by 1% last week compared to the work before and were off 15% from a year ago, according to the latest Mortgage Bankers Association lender survey
Apr 24
Fannie Mae and MBA economists are now in agreement that mortgage rates will come down only gradually this year and next but that home price appreciation will slow
Apr 24
Mortgage lenders using AskMax no longer need to be database engineers. They can ask for — and receive — business intelligence in plain English from Maxwell Business Intelligence
Apr 24
Ohio-based Union Home Mortgage boosted capacity by acquiring Amerifirst Home Mortgage. New divisional leadership structure supports a 'rapidly expanding, nationwide footprint'
Apr 23
Anthony Lamacchia thinks some agents are reading too much into guidance issued by Fannie and Freddie confirming that sellers can continue to pay buyer's agents' commissions
Apr 22
With new clients including USA Mortgage and New American Funding, Matic says it's doing business with more than 100 lenders and servicers that together process 20% of U.S. home loans
Apr 19