Maria Volkova is a technology reporter at National Mortgage News. She previously worked at HousingWire where she covered housing agencies, with a focus on the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Prior to that, Maria wrote the FHA/VA newsletter at Inside Mortgage Finance. She graduated from the University of Maryland and currently resides in Chevy Chase, MD.
-
Retail lenders, including Beeline, Tomo Mortgage and Rocket Mortgage, settled with the department over infractions like submitting a false certification to not having the proper liquidity to be in the program.
April 26 -
Christopher J. Gallo and his aide, Mehmet A. Elmas, allegedly withheld information in mortgage applications, hiding that borrowers were purchasing second home properties.
April 25 -
Michael Tannenbaum, whose experience in the financial services industry spans over 15 years, has a track record of helping companies scale and grow.
April 24 -
The mortgage lender and servicer announced that Ranjit Bhattacharjee, a capital markets veteran, and Kevin Barker, a financial analyst with two decades of experience, have joined its ranks.
April 23 -
Better's home equity loan product can be originated in a week or less, the company says.
April 23 -
The Federal Housing Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Federal Housing Finance Agency have started gathering data and analyzing how climate risk will impact the housing ecosystem.
April 22 -
Scott Reise, senior vice president at Atlantic Bay Mortgage, thinks the mortgage industry is tired, but optimistic for the year ahead.
April 21 -
The increasing frequency and severity of droughts was top of mind for panelists at AmeriCatalyst's "Going to Extremes" conference Thursday.
April 18 -
The tool will provide helpful HELOC-related information to customer support staff to streamline the application process, Figure said Thursday.
April 18 -
In a motion to dismiss UWM's suit, Ramon Walker argues the trademark infringement claim made by UWM is a "pretext to muzzle [his] criticism."
April 16