A trade group says it has few options to continue fighting a California statute increasing protections for borrowers and upping burdens for lienholders.
Originators slightly loosened credit for conventional and jumbo products in May but they've held steady after larger growth to begin the year.
CrossCountry Mortgage, stating its competing bid versus UWM is the "highest premium paid for a mortgage REIT," hinted it could make other moves.
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency's annual report to Congress asks for enforcement and referral powers beyond the limited ones it currently has.
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Rithm and UWM Holdings are the favorite names among publicly traded lenders, while BTIG adds coverage of Better Home & Finance at a buy rating.
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The deal offers a series of exchangeable, class A and B notes, which will pay coupons ranging from 6.00% on the A1 tranche to 5.00% on the A33 tranche.
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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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War headlines failed to lift Treasuries; rates sold off, resistance held, and hedging beat rate bets, according to the Head of Correspondent Business Development at AD Mortgage.
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Bond yields tested key resistance as markets largely shrugged at the data, according to the Head of Correspondent Business Development at AD Mortgage.
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Bowman's Basel III relief may ease MSR capital but won't bring banks back; risk weights and economics still favor nonbanks, according to the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors
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