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The company, on the cusp of going public via a merger, recently added Wells Fargo to its client roster.

Garg discusses how Better plans to maintain growth in a volatile market in an exclusive interview.

The transaction goes a long way toward the company’s goal to amass MSRs with a total unpaid principal balance of up to $150 billion.

The company provides a secondary market outlet for its retail and wholesale lending corporate sibling as well as for small balance commercial loans.

Issuance of capital market instruments aimed at protecting one government-sponsored enterprise from distressed mortgage credit events staged a relatively quick rebound in 2020, a new Federal Housing Finance Agency report shows.

The deal was constructed under Angel Oak’s social-bond framework, in which the firm intends to use the proceeds to help finance residential loans for underserved borrowers.

The newly public company expects a 20% overall loss in adjusted earnings this year.

Stock prices for the four stand-alone MI companies have declined significantly since the start of May.

After massive fundraises and IPO rumors swirled, the originator and servicer announced it will merge with Aurora Acquisition Corp. and go public in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Altisource Portfolio Solutions’ bottom line took a larger hit in the first quarter compared to Q4 2020, causing the company to cut costs.

The company is formally launching a new “non-mortgage” unit that will provide small loans for home improvement projects.

The real estate investment trust has been buying residential business-purpose loans from the company since 2017.

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.

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.

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

The unusually strong production numbers seen in the first quarter of this year show loanDepot is emerging as a contender in the battle for loan volume and market share amid an industry price war.

The mortgage insurance business had adjusted operating income of $126 million in the first quarter, down from $148 million one year ago.

The company says its first quarter net income nearly doubled from its showing in Q4 2020, due in part to cost-cutting and servicing income. It also revealed more information about unauthorized payment drafts by its vendor.

Depressed Treasury yields have kept mortgage rates under 3% recently, but positive economic news could indicate larger increases will follow this week’s uptick.

This is the first deal that serial acquirer FOA has announced since it went public on April 5.