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But full year net income was more than double that for 2021, helped by an exchange of Dun & Bradstreet stock for the remaining equity in Optimal Blue.

However, while the "market share" analysis is a useful check on the reasonableness of benchmark levels, it is impacted by any errors in the HMDA data, notes a former principal economist at the Federal Housing Finance Agency,

Prices nationally fell 0.3% in December from the month before, according to seasonally adjusted data from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller.  

While it isn't a partnership between the firms, Amazon Web Services powers the loan origination system for the lender, which has funded over $1 billion in mortgage volume with the online retail giant's workers.

The share of all-cash deals rose to the highest since 2013 last year, while institutional investors, who usually account for many cash sales, retreated, according to data from real estate data analytics firm Attom. That suggests more regular buyers turned to self funding to dodge punishing mortgage rates.

Also, Guaranteed Rate adds to its network, Fairway spotlights reverse mortgages, PrimeLending names production leaders and Rithm Capital finds names a head of investor relations.

As many had predicted, the federal regulator will be seeking to halt the acquisition by Intercontinental Exchange, according to a report from Politico.

The California-based lender will also have to pay a $1 million penalty

The closely watched case — which goes to the heart of how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau operates — could have a huge impact on consumers, the agency and the many industries it oversees and those it seeks to regulate.

The National Association of Realtors' index of contract signings to purchase previously owned homes increased 8.1% in January from a month earlier to 82.5. The jump beat all estimates in a Bloomberg survey of economists, which called for a 1% advance.

Financial services firms are focusing on essential risk-related priorities, but must not lose sight of the importance of innovative technologies that drive business forward.

Companies like Guild Mortgage, Union Home Mortgage, American Pacific Mortgage and Go Mortgage have been expanding their footprint during a time of great upheaval.

Overall, depository share has shrunk, but the major player, which had reduced its involvement, has been increasing it and recently shared some thoughts with a HUD official.

An estimated 70% of goods transported in steel boxes on giant ships do so under long-term contracts and those deals were renegotiated in 2021 and 2022 at much higher rates. Big retailers and manufacturers may not be seeing enough shipping-rate reductions yet to warrant slashing prices further.

Reducing access to funding would harm both homebuyers and communities across the country.

But even if plowing back into Treasuries proves to be a winning trade, sticking with it won't be for the faint of heart. 

Depending on the down payment, borrowers could see a .15% to .30% decrease

New starts increased for the fourth month in a row, but are still below pre-pandemic numbers, according to Black Knight's preliminary figures.

The war of words between the industry giants in federal court continues as the parties debate an injunction against CrossCountry Mortgage.

Sales of new U.S. homes increased in January by more than expected to the highest level in nearly a year, fueled entirely by purchases in the South, indicating some stabilization in the housing market after a brutal year.