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More than 19% of the related loans are early buyouts from securitized pools, and the deal is one example of growing bulk sales activity in the market.

Taper announcement, slowing COVID cases help remove downward pressure, leading to increases across all loan-term types.

Neil Cassidy is a senior editor at American Banker. He joined American Banker in 1999 as a copy editor.

Kim Eckelbarger is founder of Tropical Benefits, ARCW Leavitt Insurance, in Tampa, Fla.

Dr. Julia Hoffman is head of mental health strategy at Teladoc Health. You can follow Dr. Hoffman on Twitter @juliahoffman.

Also, Candor Technology names past Fannie Mae exec chief strategy officer, former Impac chief of staff joins The Money Source and Plaza Home Mortgage finds a CIO

The Federal Housing Finance Agency agreed to rework and improve procedures for regulatory communication about issues like servicing lapses in response to a recent inspector general audit.

Caitlin Cook is the head of community and vice president of operations at Onramp Academy. She is responsible for building Onramp Invest’s community and brand with advisors and consumers, leveraging her innate ability to understand what resonates with a target audience.

After coming from the asset management space, she now leads Onramp’s education efforts, running point on the creation and evolution of Onramp Academy, the cryptoasset education platform for financial advisors.

The home price increases and the ongoing inventory shortage made buying conditions difficult and many think it’s only getting more challenging, according to RealtyTrac.