Lend America laid off roughly 550 workers on Tuesday, and already we're hearing reports that several are plotting their next career move in mortgages. "A few plan to start up their own thing," one Lend America source said. Company executive Michael Ashley is still arriving for work at the nonbank along with a skeleton crew. We still haven't heard word on what will happen to the GNMA servicing rights that the company controlled. Also, there is talk that FHA is eyeing other so called "sloppy" lenders that work in the Long Island market...
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In 8-minute presentations, tech providers showed how they're utilizing artificial intelligence to automate entire workflows, supercharge capacity and emphasize compliance.
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The release of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's internal metrics support this process, but other measures will still be needed, according to Bank of America.
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New September funding includes a Series A round for agentic platform Kastle and an investment into Celligence's AngelAI, both with natural-language features.
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Borrowers hold a total of $17.9 trillion in home equity in the United States, equal to $310,000 per homeowner, according to Cotality.
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