Mortgage brokers

Michael Saleh, former senior vice president at Rocket, opened up Zoom Home Lending in early June.

The Federal Housing Administration floated a mortgagee letter that increases a funding entity's responsibility for the actions of correspondents or brokers.

In a message to broker partners, UWM defended its business practices and claimed one of the contributors to the piece worked at a Rocket Mortgage affiliated brokerage for the last five years.

Job numbers for brokers have held up better than lenders, but both segments will be challenged by broader employment strength that makes rate cuts less likely.

In the midst of a separation between Mike Kortas and Mat Grella, the company's CEO sets course to double headcount.

The wholesale lender wants its logo removed from the Facebook page and for Ramon Walker, the creator of the page and owner of Client Direct Mortgage, to pay over $100,000 in outstanding EPO.

Originators have questioned the new CEO's use of trigger leads in his own business.

The wholesale giant touts the move as giving brokers a leg up on banks and retail lenders waiting for the next origination wave.

Over 70 loans were allegedly sent to competitors by the independent mortgage banker, a suit filed by UWM alleges.

Trigger leads may take a back seat to other priorities near term but growing support in both chambers for these types of bills suggests the issue has momentum.