Polly says Lender Intelligence harnesses advanced data science and machine learning tools to give lenders a holistic view of their business and the wider competitive landscape
Mar 12
Nation's largest mortgage lender trims its $300B servicing portfolio by nearly one-fourth, selling $70B in mortgage servicing rights for $941.2M, excess cash flows on $19.4B in loans for $150.9M
Mar 12
Surprise announcement comes on same day Biden administration rolls out $7.3T budget proposal that would provide $258B to expand access to affordable housing
Mar 11
In a pilot program announced last week, the Biden administration cleared the way for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to let some homeowners refinance mortgages without paying for title insurance
Mar 11
California Housing Finance Agency to use lottery system to allocate $220M in 'Dream for All' shared appreciation loans that cover down payments for eligible first-time homebuyers
Mar 7
Purchase loan applications jump by a seasonally adjusted 11% after 5 consecutive weeks of declines as mortgage rates continue to retreat from 2024 highs
Mar 6
Integrations helped the income and employment data provider grow its mortgage customer base and attract backing from Rockefeller Asset Management’s Fintech Innovation Fund
Mar 5
Worries about commercial real estate are making jumbo mortgages costlier, since regional banks are a major provider of loans that are too big for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Mar 1
In December, a Pulsenomics panel of more than 100 housing experts expected homes to appreciate by 2.4% in 2024. Now they're predicting prices will go up by 3.8%
Mar 1
'Quantitative tightening' — the Federal Reserve's moves to trim $35B in mortgages from its balance sheet each month — could keep mortgage rates from falling dramatically this year
Mar 1
Fannie and Freddie's federal regulator wants lenders to synchronize adoption of bi-merge credit reporting with more inclusive FICO Score 10T and VantageScore 4.0 scoring models
Feb 29
A key Fed inflation metric, the PCE price index, continues to drop toward the Fed's 2% inflation target, falling from 2.6% annual growth in December to 2.4% in January
Feb 29
Nation's biggest mortgage lender posts first annual loss since going public in 2020, largely driven by an $854.1M write-down in the value of UWM's $300B mortgage servicing rights portfolio
Feb 28
With mortgage rates hovering above 7%, requests for purchase loans were down by a seasonally adjusted 5% week over week and 2% lower than a year ago, MBA lender survey finds
Feb 28
Only 31% of homebuyers or sellers try to negotiate a lower commission, but 64% of those who do succeed, LendingTree survey finds. However, most don't think sellers should pay buyer's agent
Feb 27
Hit by lawsuits, the lender is offering 24 months of free identity protection services and credit monitoring from Experian to 16.9M consumers affected by the January cyberattack
Feb 27
The iBuyer expects to sell between 750 and 850 homes during Q1 2024, generate $245M to $285M in revenue and achieve positive adjusted EBITDA earnings later this year
Feb 26
Kiavi upsizes its 16th securitization to $350M and says oversubscribed offering is company's biggest since November 2021, bringing total issuance since 2019 to $4B
Feb 26
The additional boost to 2024 home sales might come at the expense of slightly slower growth next year due to elevated mortgage rates, economists at the mortgage giant said Friday
Feb 23
Guttentag 'remained sharp to the end' and continued researching and writing about mortgages until passing away on Feb. 6, his friend and colleague Allan Redstone tells the Wharton School
Feb 23