Fitch Ratings has downgraded the residential primary servicer rating for subprime loans of Kansas City, Mo.-based NovaStar Mortgage Inc. from RPS2-minus to RPS3-plus and removed it from Rating Watch Negative.Fitch said the downgrade reflects "the challenging subprime mortgage environment," uncertainties regarding the company's profitability, and concerns that financial challenges may hurt its servicing operation and servicing quality. Fitch rates residential servicers on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the highest rating.
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Chad Smith departs the lender in a transition phase, after helping Better to generate 2.5 times growth in total revenue and funded loan volume since 2024.
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency has barred 51 people from working with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac this year, the most suspensions in any calendar year.
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Fannie Mae seller guide update SEL-2026-08 includes a definition of present, residential and subordinate use cases in the new context of highest and best use.
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The law, which went into effect in late 2025, led MBA lawyers to call New Jersey "the most expansive and aggressive disparate-impact regime in the nation."
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Bob Marseilles joined Evergreen Moneysource to get the wholesale unit going following starting the TPO unit for First Tech Federal Credit Union.
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Along with a 25% increase in production, Vishal Garg's scheme aims for monthly revenue growth of $7 million and a reduction of cash burn from $4 million to $0.
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