Commercial banking

Citizens Financial Group's promotion of Brendan Coughlin to company president comes at the same time as CFO John Woods prepares to leave for State Street. Both executives have been viewed as potential successors to CEO Bruce Van Saun.

The wholesale lender dubbed the development a "huge win" for itself and the broker community.

Pending sales of previously owned US homes rose in March by the most in more than a year as a brief dip in mortgage rates and a rising supply of houses brought out spring shoppers.

The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation reading fell in March, but the positive reading came before new trade policies hit the economy.

A $24 million single-family provision for credit losses linked to economic uncertainty and changes in actual and forecast home prices weighed down results.

The 250 top mortgage originators in 2025 brought in high volumes despite less than ideal conditions. Check back in the following days for the final full list, with further cuts of the data to be published thereafter.

The administration's major moves include weakening the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and rolling back numerous Biden-era regulations.

The company has not traditionally had a large presence in housing finance, but plans for government-related credit modernization have given it a boost.

Completed foreclosure sales reach their highest level since the second quarter of 2023, with a 20% quarter-to-quarter increase, Auction.com said.

The portfolio of offerings includes a buy-before-you-sell product as well as loans geared toward small-business owners, gig workers and real estate investors.

The real estate industry is at the forefront of a lobbying blitz to sway Congress to preserve the carried interest tax break that President Donald Trump wants to abolish in a giant tax bill pending in Congress.

The subsidiary of Amerant Bank trimmed 58 of its mortgage-related employees, leaving just 20 workers to focus exclusively on Florida-based customers.

Cary Carbonaro is an award-winning certified financial planner with over 25 years of experience.

She is the managing wealth advisor and the women and wealth ambassador at Ashton Thomas, where she leads a financial planning practice focused on empowering women. Cary is the bestselling author of "The Money Queen's Guide" (2015) and the just-published "Women and Wealth: A Playbook to Empower Clients and Unlock Their Fortune" (2025). She has been on Investopedia's Top 100 Financial Advisors list six times and is the first female member of the 2024 Nasdaq Advisor Council. 

While the nation's largest housing markets in New York and Chicago enjoyed greater annual home price appreciation, home values fell 1.5% in Tampa.

Longbridge Financial's Christopher Mayer discusses the mortgage industry's opportunities in today's market and its shortcomings when serving older Americans.

The REIT and its home finance unit are seeking to expand strategies in servicing and originations as market unpredictability has a mixed impact on its investments.

Thomas W. Warsop III is the president and CEO of ACI Worldwide.

The challenger bank exceeded analysts' expectations in income, revenue and earnings per share.