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Originators have questioned the new CEO's use of trigger leads in his own business.

In the derivatives markets, they've started pricing in that the Fed will carry out just four — or five at the most — quarter-point rate cuts in 2024, only slightly more than the three penciled in by policymakers.

Institutions obtaining financing from the FHLB that's secured by their mortgages can now use the advanced score to underwrite collateral loans.

In a surprise move this week, banking veteran Sandro DiNello was appointed executive chairman of the embattled Long Island-based company, whose stock plummeted in the face of questions about its financial health.

The Federal Reserve expects to cut interest rates three times this year, some say as early as March, if data alllow those moves. Following the Jan. 30-31 FOMC meeting, Garrett Melson, portfolio strategist at Natixis Investment Managers Solutions, will provide his take on the meeting and Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.

An increase in conventional lending products drove the upturn, but the overall reading of the Mortgage Bankers Association index still landed near the longtime low from late 2023.

The year-over-year gain was 1.3 percentage points higher in the most recent period compared with the third quarter last year, the National Association of Realtors found.

Other servicing gains helped Mr. Cooper profit despite negative mark-to-market valuations and cyberattack costs that led to lower consecutive-quarter results.

Only a few dozen mortgage firms could likely afford the $7 million ad for this year's big game, a marketing veteran said.