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The company reported an $80 million loss for the three-month period on mortgage servicing rights declines but $26 million in net income for the year.

The lack of housing — particularly on the lower price range — is becoming an increasingly urgent political issue. But it's also a twisted bramble of tradeoffs that politicians are reluctant to touch.

But full year net income was more than double that for 2021, helped by an exchange of Dun & Bradstreet stock for the remaining equity in Optimal Blue.

However, while the "market share" analysis is a useful check on the reasonableness of benchmark levels, it is impacted by any errors in the HMDA data, notes a former principal economist at the Federal Housing Finance Agency,

Prices nationally fell 0.3% in December from the month before, according to seasonally adjusted data from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller.  

While it isn't a partnership between the firms, Amazon Web Services powers the loan origination system for the lender, which has funded over $1 billion in mortgage volume with the online retail giant's workers.

The share of all-cash deals rose to the highest since 2013 last year, while institutional investors, who usually account for many cash sales, retreated, according to data from real estate data analytics firm Attom. That suggests more regular buyers turned to self funding to dodge punishing mortgage rates.

Also, Guaranteed Rate adds to its network, Fairway spotlights reverse mortgages, PrimeLending names production leaders and Rithm Capital finds names a head of investor relations.

As many had predicted, the federal regulator will be seeking to halt the acquisition by Intercontinental Exchange, according to a report from Politico.

The California-based lender will also have to pay a $1 million penalty