- Sep 16-17, 2025|San Diego, CA
The merger of the firm's lending arm and Figure Markets is a reaction to a thawing regulatory environment.
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As news of Bayview Asset Management's purchase of Guild Mortgage broke, recruiters have ramped up outreach to the mortgage lenders' originators.
June 26
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Lenders have been working to shrink their rent-regulated real estate loan portfolios since a watershed state law passed in 2019, but those plans may be accelerated.
June 26
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Consumer spending and exports fell slightly in the latest estimate, leading to a downward revision. Imports, which dragged down overall output during the first three months of the year, also came in smaller.
June 26
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The regulator and conservator of two influential loan buyers with government ties has directed them to look at digital currency's use in qualifying borrowers.
June 25
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The digital bank is returning to crypto trading, a service it first offered in 2019 but had to shelve due to regulatory compliance concerns.
June 25
Only 20% of the Top Producers in the National Mortgage News survey were under 40, while almost half were between 41 and 50, and 30% even older.
Those who raced ahead of the pack of loan originators last year went the distance by offering exceptional customer service, catering to niche pockets of demand in the market.
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Policymakers technically closed the relief program in May because of concerns it was too costly, but it does have a soft phaseout for grandfathered trial mods.
July 1
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The firm is incentivizing the cross-selling of its services by offering a lower interest rate for one year for borrowers who finance via Rocket Mortgage retail LOs and use a Redfin agent.
July 1
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was noncommittal about cutting interest rates at the central bank's next monetary policy meeting in July, saying future actions will depend on incoming data. His comments come as President Trump ramps up his criticism of the Fed chair.
July 1
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HUD Secretary Scott Turner issued five mortgagee letters pulling back on 12 Federal Housing Administration policies that drive up the cost for homebuyers.
July 1
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Bill Pulte, regulator and conservator of entities that buy and securitize many mortgages, also reaffirmed he's 'not happy with" lenders' main score provider.
June 30
