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The merger with Capitol Investment V values the title insurer at $3 billion.

The 18 centers operated by industrial real estate management firm LBA Logistics are nearly all warehouse/distribution types, with no flex-industrial space pooled into the collateral mix.

The deal is only the third post-crisis securitization of higher-risk manufactured housing assets, following deals in 2019 and 2020 that were sponsored by FirstKey Mortgage.

Major secondary market players have been testing Fincity’s technology, which is in the final approvals stage with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The mortgage giants were authorized to give just over $1 billion combined to the National Housing Trust Fund and the Capital Magnet Fund this year, the highest contribution ever. The amount reflects refinancing growth in 2020.

But profitability may have peaked. Rocket reported a 4.41% profit margin on newly originated loans last quarter but told investors on Thursday to expect margins on new loans this quarter to be around 3.6% to 3.9%.

The $16.9 billion in issuance marked the biggest annual number seen since the government-sponsored enterprise reconstituted its risk sharing program in 2013.

As its mortgage origination volume delivered another quarter of strong earnings, Mr. Cooper’s banking on its "enormous backlog" of REO orders to generate further profitability once the foreclosure moratorium is lifted.

The former president of the private mortgage insurer is coming out of retirement to direct the bank's missions on affordable housing, community and economic development.

The decision provides more clarity to noteholders in the state about when the six-year statute of limitations to bring a foreclosure action begins.