Department of Housing and Urban Development officials indicated that there are improvements in some delinquency stages and cure rates are better than expected.
Rate-and-term refinances dropped sharply in the short run but the overall number's comparison to a year ago is a different story, according to Optimal Blue.
PennyMac Financial Services reported $82.3 million net income, inclusive of a $44 million net reduction related to servicing fair value and hedge losses.
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Technology centered on addressing certain key mortgage priorities stand to attract the greatest attention from venture capitalists and other investors.
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Achieve launches a correspondent channel for its fixed-rate HELOC, Deephaven ups its loan limit to $1M, and Planet expands into non-agency TPO products including non-QM and DSCR loans.
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A shareholder who claims no bias between United Wholesale Mortgage and CrossCountry Mortgage suggests the servicer must answer to recent allegations.
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Standard & Poor's found modeled foreclosure frequency and loss coverage to be in similar ranges as classic FICO but showed concern about potential bias.
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The Real Brokerage's Agent Optimism Index, which measures agents' 12-month outlook, increased to 64 in April from 62 in March, but still below February's 70.3.
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The government-sponsored enterprise sees current rate levels likely to stick for longer compared to past forecasts, with the Iran War looming in the background.
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On a dollar basis, mortgage bankers earned $53 more on each origination versus the fourth quarter, while servicing net income was $64 higher comparatively.
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The 5-year yield swung sharply after conflicting BLS jobs and CPI data, with softer inflation boosting rate-cut hopes, according to the CEO of IF Securities.
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Mortgage tech's speed is undermined by flawed credit data, causing costly fallout. Lenders must treat data accuracy as a pipeline risk, not a peripheral issue, according to the founder of Consumer Attorneys
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The federal government should step in to prevent an emerging patchwork of state regulations from stifling the benefits of applying the tools of generative artificial intelligence to the mortgage market.
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