The joint venture with Smith Douglas Homes will expand Loandepot's market presence in states including Georgia, Alabama and Texas.

Economists cautioned that October's employment report may not provide a fully accurate representation of the economy due to recent hurricanes.

HomeStreet and FirstSun are working to devise a new formula after the Texas Department of Banking and the Federal Reserve declined to approve their merger application.

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his investment firm Liberty Strategic Capital are seeking to more than double his indirect ownership stake of Flagstar Financial — formerly New York Community Bank — to 22.9%, according to filings obtained by American Banker.

Nerdwallet purchased Next Door Lending for $1 million, SEC filings show.

Eighty percent of respondents say their current mortgage payment is putting a strain on their personal finances, per a Transunion survey.

The mortgage lender lost its license two weeks after Connecticut also axed its ability to originate loans, following an investigation that questioned the company's financial wherewithal.

The report card for the world's largest economy illustrates solid momentum in domestic demand as the Fed began unwinding its tightest monetary policy program.

RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing says in its motion to dismiss that the borrower was required to try to resolve the dispute prior to filing a legal complaint.

Nearing the first anniversary of its acquisition of Roundpoint, the company is focusing on MSRs and will now be known simply as Two.

Neil Bader once headed up a company that was one of, if not the, largest mortgage brokerage in the 1990s. His career has covered the various shifts in how the business is done.

Figure Technology Solutions introduced a "piggyback" home equity line of credit platform for its lending partners.

A California branch manager claims Movement Mortgage compensated her less than her male counterparts and mislabeled her employment status.

Over 100 originators have returned to Loandepot's retail channel. The mortgage shop is also planning to beef up its VA lending segment with a new hire.

The Florida-based brokerage The Okavage Group is challenging the dismissal of its antitrust suit against UWM, filing an appeal on Oct. 17 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

The Mortgage Bankers Association finds a chief financial officer, Two Harbors welcomes servicing executives and Assurance Financial taps industry veteran for new C-suite position.

The agency filed an appeal to a ruling in August, which decimated its noncompete ban, set to go into effect in September.

The suit claims Fairway Independent Mortgage did not pay its loan officers overtime and failed to reimburse them for work-related expenses.

The top five states have an average mortgage delinquency rate of 16.66% in the second quarter.

Looking ahead, the fintech views cross-selling products to customers as a strategy to expand its business and increase market share in the industry.