Mortgages

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

Despite signs of inventory returning, prices and loan amounts are trending higher this year, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

But the pace of home price growth between January and February was nearly double the level seen prior to the pandemic.

Dean Wheeler will drive the firm's growth push in the U.S. and follows the London firm promoting Serenity Morley to COO, to drive growth globally.

Refinance-driven prepayments responded to lower rates in February, rising to a high not seen in 17 months, according to ICE's latest Mortgage Monitor report.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received nearly 28,000 mortgage-related consumer grievances in 2023, the regulator said.

This is the second suit related to United Wholesale Mortgage's All-In initiative to get recommended for dismissal in a federal court.

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.

An ex-SVP and two managers from Primelending are facing a $35,000 fine for allegedly violating whistleblower protections, and the company is adding training.

KBRA recently assigned low-end investment grade designations to Freedom Mortgage and Pennymac transactions that involve interests in Ginnie Mae mortgage servicing rights.