Origination

A trade group's estimates point to another quarter of profitability in housing finance, but originations have limits and loan performance is under pressure.

Over 100 originators have returned to Loandepot's retail channel. The mortgage shop is also planning to beef up its VA lending segment with a new hire.

Three-fourths of jumbo borrowers are hanging onto mortgage rates at or below 4%.

About 48% of mortgaged residential properties fell into the equity-rich category, slightly down from a peak of 49.2% reported in the quarter prior, per Attom's report.

California's Department of Financial Protection and Innovation is requiring registration by mid-February of debt settlement firms, earned wage access providers, private secondary education financing and student debt relief services.

While the recent upward movement has dampened borrowing activity, housing researchers reported encouraging signs for business this fall.

This is the first RTL transaction for Roc360 Real Estate Income Trust, the deal's sponsor, in three years. Also, it is Roc360's first rated RTL transaction.

Price tags for the industry leaders' homes either stayed the same or declined from the same time a year ago.

Sales of new single-family homes increased 4.1% last month to a 738,000 annualized rate, government figures showed Thursday.