A trade group says it has few options to continue fighting a California statute increasing protections for borrowers and upping burdens for lienholders.
Even though the SAFE Act does not require AI loan officers licensing, other laws, as well as regulators, still look for a person to be responsible.
Regulators will award a total of $3 million to over 1,800 households after a judge penalized Home Matters USA over its mortgage relief fraud scheme.
Check out the next set of names in the 28th edition of National Mortgage News' Top Producers survey, including on how they approach purchase business.
Top mortgage originators ranked 175-101 share their client retention strategies, from face-to-face meetings to AI and CRM tools, as the industry eyes a 2026 purchase market shift.
American Banker's 2026 Predictions report finds that nonbank entities and check fraud are major threats to local banks in the coming months.
Respondents to an exclusive NMN survey lay odds on lower rates boosting housing despite stagflation and recession risks. Here's how the Fed's view compares.
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Higher mortgage rates and affordability pressure prompts Fitch Rating's revision from 'neutral' to 'deteriorating'
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A California appellate court reversed a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit over CrossCountry's alleged 2021 raiding of a Seattle-area branch.
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HUD said its Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity has reduced a Biden administration case backlog by 27% and accelerated investigations.
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Bill Greenberg and Mat Ishbia held a video chat on June 11. The companies disputed the outcome, but in the end, UWM did not make a new proposal for Two Harbors.
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Aspire will raise $468.8 million from a pool of 917 residential mortgages, which are primarily fixed-rate.
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Restricting institutional investors is bad policy, but reforming 1031 exchanges and requiring public listings for HUD homes could boost affordability, according to the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.
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Core CPI came in above forecasts and Treasury yields surged, while copper's record-high prices add to inflation concerns, the head of correspondent business development at AD Mortgage writes.
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State mortgage regulators are increasingly treating supervision as enforcement, imposing large fines even when companies fix issues quickly, writes the head of public policy at NewRez.
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ON-DEMAND VIDEOSean Snaith, Director of the Institute for Economic Forecasting at the University of Central Florida, will provide insight into the FOMC meeting.
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ON-DEMAND VIDEOMonetary policy remains the key to the markets. The Federal Open Market Committee predicts one rate cut in 2026, but the panel will get a lot of data before
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ON-DEMAND VIDEOWith the government reopened and data flowing, the FOMC may cut rates again in Dec. Steve Skancke, Chief Economic Advisor at Keel Point, will break down the mee
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