Origination

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The homebuilder's mortgage unit, which mostly serves new homebuyers, has acquired retail originator Pinnacle Mortgage as part of an effort to spread the mounting costs of compliance over more loans.

CoreLogic has agreed to add Equifax's the Work Number platform to Credco, its verification-of-employment service.

Stewart Title Co. has acquired quality control firm Wetzel Trott in a move to expand its origination and servicing audit and due diligence services.

Genworth Financial projected net profit will climb 29% this year at the Australian mortgage insurer that’s slated for an initial public offering.

Radian Group said Chief Executive Officer S.A. Ibrahim’s incentive compensation more than doubled last year as the mortgage insurer’s stock surged.

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Mat Ishbia, a former college basketball player and coach, has adapted what he learned from Michigan State coach Tom Izzo to turn United Wholesale Mortgage into a leading originator.

A big investor in SWS Group has objected to the Dallas company's planned sale to Hilltop Holdings.

After a year in which bankers have voiced steady opposition to the qualified mortgage rule, more than a third now say they will make non-QM loans in targeted markets, a major reversal from the industry's past stance.