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Rates for the 30-year fixed mortgage rose just 3 basis points this week, even as the 10-year Treasury yield hit its highest point since November.

A hedge fund-backed newsroom accused the industry giant of overcharging borrowers by hundreds of millions of dollars through "corrupt UWM loyalist" brokers.

If Ocwen shareholders approve, the parent company will first change names in June, followed by PHH and Liberty Reverse at a later date.

Omnichannel mortgage originators were able to grow their market share as singularly focused firms had to retrench, Morningstar DBRS said in a report.

Since the launch of vacant-loan sales, a majority have come from properties located in 10 states, HUD reported.

In the midst of a separation between Mike Kortas and Mat Grella, the company's CEO sets course to double headcount.

Despite signs of inventory returning, prices and loan amounts are trending higher this year, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

But the pace of home price growth between January and February was nearly double the level seen prior to the pandemic.

Despite advancements in AI for transaction monitoring, financial institutions share little in the way of fraud data, undermining efforts to combat crimes including check fraud.

With high deposit and borrowing costs persisting amid the Federal Reserve's campaign against inflation, lenders face stress on their net interest margins and the potential of troubled loans ticking up.