Lime Financial, Lake Oswego, Ore., cracked the $1 billion market in residential fundings in 2004 -- a record for the fast-growing nonconforming lender.Lime chief executive officer Zan Hamilton noted that the $1 billion was "five times the volume of the previous year." A mostly wholesale funder that plays in the A-minus purchase-money market, Lime has 208 employees, compared with just 78 at the beginning of 2004. The company started last year funding in just five states. It now funds in 19 states, and has plans to enter 18 additional states in the next few months.
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The Housing for the 21st Century Act includes provisions covering policy, manufactured homes and rural infrastructure introduced in a prior Senate proposal.
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Mortgage loan officer licensing saw its first rise since 2022 as Fannie Mae projects $2.4T in 2026 volume. Experts eye a market reset amid improving affordability.
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The secondary market regulator will formally publish its own rule on Feb. 6, after a comment period and without making changes to what it proposed in July.
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The FHFA chief told Fox an offering could be done near term - but may not be - while a Treasury official addressed conservatorship questions at an FSOC hearing.
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Bowing to industry pressure, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is warning consumers with notices on its complaint portal not to file disputes about inaccurate information on credit reports, among other changes.
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The mortgage technology unit at Intercontinental Exchange posted a profit for the third straight quarter, even as lower minimums among renewals capped growth.
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