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Mortgage rates surged 40 basis points since the start of the year as the economy improved.

The agreement calls for the bank to pay $50,000 to an unnamed consumer and requires its staff to undergo fair lending training as it relates to appraisals.

Rocket Pro TPO EVP Austin Niemiec calls this the start of the slippery slope, but UWM's Mat Ishbia responds he isn't being aggressive

The bond issuance out of Fortress' CF Hippolyta master trust will finance 19 newly constructed or planned Amazon distribution and logistics facilities in 15 states.

As one of the few mortgage firms that finances singlewides, AFR’s decision to offer the product will lend momentum to major government-sponsored loan buyers’ efforts to expand their manufactured housing programs.

As an improving job market aided financial stability for borrowers, 2020 ended with drops in delinquent home loans, a CoreLogic report found.

The number of product offerings stayed at a level last seen in 2014 as slight gains in government and jumbo loans were offset by fewer conventional mortgages coming on the market.

Servicers struggled to bring back their borrowers as the overall retention rate crept down to a nadir in the fourth quarter, according to Black Knight.

And there are some brawls on the field affecting the direction of business for the rest of this year.