Household borrowing from mortgages and other loans hit a record, outpacing inflation, a study shows.

As mortgage originations have declined, those looking to cash in their chips and get out of the game are helping others grow market share, serving to change up the dynamics within the field.

But despite increasing anxiety over rising costs, an overall majority of consumers also express optimism about their own improving financial prospects in the upcoming year, according to Transunion.

Following the closing of the transaction in the third quarter, Michael Isaacs, the CEO of GO Mortgage, will take the helm of the combined company.

The two mortgage consultancy firms touted services that complement each other and will transition to a single brand name in the coming months.

This is the fourth transaction EasyKnock has made of home equity alternative providers since the start of 2023.

The San Diego company was back in the black with a net income of $28.5 million in the first quarter of 2024, up from a net loss of $93 million the previous quarter.

Capital Community Bank of Provo has purchased Security Home Mortgage, headquartered in nearby Orem.

In talks with OCC officials, "it became obvious that we would not gain near-term approval given their recent experience with multifamily and CRE positions," FirstSun CEO Neal Arnold says. The companies announced other revisions to their deal, too.

But the mortgage unit of Intercontinental Exchange narrowed its quarterly losses and touted the addition of several new customers this year in its earnings call.

The company's branches and loan officers will transition to ML Mortgage but operations staff are not part of the deal.

Consolidation has slowed since the pandemic, but UMB's agreement to buy Heartland Financial — the largest deal in three years — is one of several merger announcements in the past two weeks. Talks among other potential buyers and sellers are said to be picking up.

The Philadelphia-based bank's parent company, Republic First Bancshares, had been roiled by a yearslong proxy battle involving activist investors groups and its former CEO.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., detailed how New York Community Bancorp grew to exceed the $100 billion threshold that triggers tougher regulatory requirements and set the bank on a path to market turmoil via a series of deals that were approved, in part, by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Phil DeFronzo, founder of Norcom Mortgage, said the company made the "strategic decision to focus on [its] wholesale channel TPO GO."

Houston-based Prosperity Bancshares said it closed its purchase of Lone Star State Bancshares about a year later than initially planned.

Doma in nearly three years as a public company was never able to achieve profitability and had to scale back CEO Max Simkoff's vast ambitions.

Last year, the Raleigh, N.C.-based Integrated called off a deal to sell itself to MVB Financial after bank stocks took a hit in the aftermath of the regional bank failures. Capital hopes to expand its government-guaranteed lending with the transaction.

Industry stakeholders say this was a good deal for Academy, which likely got to keep their book of business, alongside an upfront payment and the opportunity to receive more money in the future.

Combining the two property preservation firms brings specialized technology and capabilities that Five Brothers has to MCS and broadens the operations of both.