Originations

Buying Sculptor Capital Management could lead the real estate investment trust to explore an offering for the origination and servicing business in the near to mid-term, BTIG said.

Borrowers in the $1.4 billion Marcus portfolio could be mined for first-time home buyer leads, a BTIG report speculated.

The proposed legislation would automate access to information and require faster responses to requests for title status that have been a longstanding concern.

The company continues to retrench and refocus as it looks to become profitable from its original aims after it first became public in July 2021.

The 30-year fixed, which was threatening going above 7% again according to Freddie Mac data, was 18 basis points lower this week.

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Even as some observers are reducing their expectations for an economic downturn, the government-sponsored enterprise changed the expected time frame that one could occur.

Declining rates contributed to a surge in refinances, but a sluggish market is capping purchase activity, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

More than 50 percent of transactions analyzed were risk-prone, a report published by FundingShield found.

While the divestment alleviates one of the concerns the Federal Trade Commission had regarding the combination with Intercontinental Exchange, question marks abound.

This generation is more capable of increasing homeownership rates than any others over the past several decades, argues dv01's head of research.

Its affiliation with Apollo Global Management frees the company from having to rely on a securitization strategy.

And it is quite likely that the lower gain on sale seen in initial Q2 bank earnings reports will read through to the large nonbank lenders, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said.

The chattel financing firm's cash infusion is in addition to a $15.5 million venture round in 2022 and a Series A earlier this year.

However, both Zillow's and Optimal Blue put the 30-year fixed mortgage lower than where it was seven days prior.

A decline in refinances was offset by a rise in purchase loans, largely among government-guaranteed programs, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Nevada also approved similar legislation in June, with permanent policies now in place in over half of all U.S. states.

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