The lender is seeking a temporary restraining order on its founder to halt his shareholder rally, suggesting he could complete his corporate takeover soon.
For the first time in six weeks, the 30-year fixed rate mortgage dropped, with observers expecting a steady but challenging housing market for the rest of 2026.
An acquisition this year could be one in a line of other future deals, potentially involving lenders or commercial real estate firms, Ellington executives said.
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Yields rebounded after the 30-year held near 5%, but the yield curve's flattening trend likely isn't over, according to the head of correspondent business development at AD Mortgage.
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The FHFA's ACV condo insurance rollback gets the balance right between affordability and safety, even if politics muddied the waters, the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors writes.
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Despite bullish jobs data, yields surged post-FOMC, with three possible wave theory outcomes ahead, according to the head of correspondent business development at AD Mortgage.
Here are the 50 most prolific mortgage originators in the U.S. as measured by units produced, according to the 2026 National Mortgage News Top Producers survey.
Here are the 50 women who did the most dollar volume for the previous 12 months in this year's Top Producers survey.
Technology centered on addressing certain key mortgage priorities stand to attract the greatest attention from venture capitalists and other investors.
Home lending professionals shared their thoughts on vendors, artificial intelligence and the most valuable solutions technology could give them in a new Arizent survey.
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A pension fund can relitigate claims that Freddie Mac and its leaders misled investors over the government-sponsored enterprise's exposure to subprime loans.
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Hometap has asked federal judges in three states to compel arbitration, a move that would preclude class action lawsuits and the accompanying public scrutiny.
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All of UMortgage's roughly 275 employees will stay on, including its 246 loan officers and CEO Anthony Casa, who previously had public rifts with Mike Kortas.
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The deal with regulators for Redfin to restart its internet listing service is just one more way to help consumers on their home journey, Rocket said.
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Under NYSE rules, loanDepot has six months to bring its share price and average share price back above $1, for which it is considering a reverse stock split.
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The merger will conclude a 20-month saga that began in December 2024, when Two said United Wholesale Mortgage first approached it with an offer.
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ON-DEMAND VIDEOMike Goosay, Chief Investment Officer of Global Fixed Income at Principal Asset Management, breaks down the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Chair Powell's press conference and the SEP.
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ON-DEMAND VIDEOA week ahead of inauguration day, Scott Colbert, executive vice president, director of fixed income and chief economist at Commerce Trust, takes a look at how the Federal Reserve and the economy will fare in President-elect Donald Trump's second run in the White House.
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