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A private equity capital raise earlier this year gave the company a $3.3 billion valuation.

The market appears to be undergoing a shift away from refinances and remote operations, but the top producers interviewed for this article don’t plan to abandon either any time soon.

The government sponsored enterprise’s latest forecast calls for a nearly $4 trillion year for 2021.

Gene Thompson goes to deciding what the company's next steps are, rather than implementing them.

While home sales have softened since October, they are still above pre-pandemic levels, indicating that construction activity will remain strong for some time.

And with demand far outweighing supply, the average new-home purchase loan ascended to another record high.

Also, even with bans in place, the total number of filings keeps inching up due to actions taken on vacant properties.

The Michigan lender agreed in 2012 to pay $133 million to resolve civil fraud charges tied to government-backed mortgages. But the deal with the Justice Department came with a catch that eventually allowed Flagstar to pay far less.

Rising cases and vaccine issues caused bond yields to fall, but inflationary pressures will likely reverse that course.

The loan officers who brought in the highest volumes last year offer their perspectives on social media, the GSEs, loan channels and more.