FlexPoint Funding, a hard-money lender based in Irvine, Calif., has shut its wholesale division, industry sources have told MortgageWire.At deadline time, the company and its officials, including senior executive Dan Rawitch, could not be reached for comment. Executives familiar with the firm said FlexPoint also had a retail presence, but little is known about its production make-up. Mr. Rawitch, a former executive at the GE-owned WMC Mortgage, Burbank, Calif., joined FlexPoint earlier this year, one source said. At its peak, FlexPoint was funding between $600 million and $700 million a year.
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New jobs in health care largely drove the gains, while the federal workforce and finance continued to shrink.
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Finance of America has not disclosed any incident, but a consumer filed an immediate lawsuit over a lone report of a ransomware gang's recent hack.
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United Wholesale Mortgage lost ground to RKT in one category but held onto a healthy lead in another, an analysis of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data shows.
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HECM endorsements rose 16% in March to 2,117 loans, but monthly volumes remain near their slowest pace since last summer as proprietary reverse products quietly steal market share.
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Which parties are responsible for the surge persisted as a source of debate as community lenders released updated survey data reflecting their average expense.
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The 30-year fixed rate climbed to 6.46% this week, its highest mark since September, as mortgage applications fell 10.4% and sellers outnumber buyers by a record 46%.
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