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The government-backed acquisition heads off regulatory and financial concerns at a Swiss bank that could have affected overseas financial institutions that U.S. lenders count on.

Imbalances linked to affordability and interest rate volatility are challenging the mortgage market. Here's how they may be resolved.

Institutions can borrow against par-valued securities that they would otherwise have to sell at a loss when there's a run on deposits, and it could have effectiveness beyond its actual usage.

The technology provider is in the midst of a large reduction in spending including the dismissal of approximately 340 employees.

In its last full quarter using a mortgage banker business model, the company originated just $21.5 million, well down from $759.4 million one year prior.

The new fees based on the DTI, which lenders have said is too likely to vary throughout the origination process for a single loan, will now go into effect in August.

The company sold off several segments of its business last year and also completed four securitizations of reverse mortgage loans as it fully commits to the 'retirement home-equity market.'

Mortgage-backed securities aren't generally considered risky assets, but how SVB managed them contributed to its woes.

Despite ending 2022 in the red, the lender and servicer saw full-year profits exceed 2021's total.

The REIT failed to post profits in any quarter last year, as the mortgage industry encountered a steep originations slowdown.