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The agreement, which is extended for five years, also expands upon the delinquent mortgages services Altisource will provide to Ocwen.

The company, like many publicly-traded nonbanks, is looking for ways to address the downward pressure that a battle between two large competitors is putting on the wholesale channel’s profitability.

The company touted its investments in the wholesale channel while also reporting a slight quarterly drop in overall originations and gains on sale during an earnings call this week.

Fluctuating rules are redirecting some government-related loans to a disparate private market.

The Biden administration may finally be close to naming an acting comptroller of the currency. Whoever gets the interim job or is confirmed to run the agency over the longer term will have a lengthy to-do list, from Community Reinvestment Act reform to deciding the fate of divisive Trump-era rules.

The nation’s largest mortgage lender plans to use a new partnership with the financial technology company AutoFi to sell more cars to its home loan customers.

While cash-out refinances were a “significant driver” of risky loans leading to the Great Recession, those mortgages pose less of a threat due to tighter underwriting standards, according to Milliman.

Also, per-loan compensation keeps dropping due to the persistence of refinancing in the mix but it could rise as the purchase share of the market increases.

Rents are soaring in many U.S. cities as the economy rebounds, squeezing the budgets of tenants who also face increased risk of eviction after courts overturned a pandemic-era ban from the Center for Disease Control.

The recent increase in loan size across all application types reflects rising prices, which contributed to a drop in applications, Mortgage Bankers Association economist Joel Kan said.

The company aims to use the additional capacity to get its non-qualified mortgage business back to producing $125 million per month, and anticipates more purchases of mortgage servicing rights, representatives said in its Q1 earnings call.

The digital transformation of payments has reached its next phase — with banks and fintechs leading the way. Avoiding the one-size-fits-all approach to deliver the experience customers want is key.

The 30-acre luxury retail development is among four investment-grade-worthy loans included in the multiborrower deal.

United Wholesale Mortgage set off a brawl in the press when it forbade brokers from doing business with Rocket and Fairway. As a small group of brokers pursue legal action over the ultimatum, experts weigh in on whether the spat is benefiting the wholesale channel.

There are only a handful of servicers who have unlocked the secret to achieving high retention rates, and they are performing over 3x better than the industry average of 18%. How are they doing it? It’s all about the data, writes the head of consumer finance at Jornaya.

Scrolling Zillow has become a go-to activity for Americans stuck at home pondering real estate upgrades as low interest rates and a shortage of homes to buy fuel the pandemic housing market.

Residential value growth in March reached heights not seen since the lead up to the housing bubble, according to CoreLogic.

There is no doubt 2020 was a year of contactless transactions. But what implications do contactless payments present when it comes to security?

After the spinoff and a concurrent private sale to Bayview Asset Management, Genworth Financial will still own 80% of the rebranded Enact.

Loans bought on the secondary market have become increasingly important as borrower demand has ebbed and companies have sought to obtain mortgages through additional outlets to maintain production levels.