Practice and client management

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Florida-based Amerant Bancorp recently restructured its securities portfolio after selling its Houston branches.

In multiple 2024 suits filed against mortgage businesses, the plaintiff claims he was never a client, but received messages despite being on the do-not-call list.

PHH Mortgage announced it will be using the San Francisco-based technology company's Mortgage Suite, including Loan Officer Toolkit and Blend Close.

The Federal Housing Administration is giving mortgage companies it works with a break when it comes to certain early-payment defaults in official disaster areas.

Now that the legislation has been taken out of a budget bill, the Community Home Lenders of America argues for a regulatory approach to rein in trigger leads.

While what they get for their money is important, it was not the leading reason why home buyers decided to relocate, the National Association of Realtors said.

The North Carolina-based bank rolled out a multiyear program to provide loans, investments and philanthropic support to communities in the western part of the state.

Those born between 1997 and 2012 will go from making up a scant 6% of today's market to a 25% share by 2028, and mortgage lenders need to be ready to serve them.

Freedom Mortgage CEO Stan Middleman weighs in on the Fed, servicing policy, and broker-to-banker moves as he comments on challenging career experiences in his new biography.

The annual J.D. Power survey found last fall's rise in rates put the mortgage industry in a transition period that affected satisfaction, but that has rebounded as of late.

The Chicago-area lender, which at first was able to get the suit quashed, agreed to end the discrimination case by paying a $105,000 fine.

Nearing the first anniversary of its acquisition of Roundpoint, the company is focusing on MSRs and will now be known simply as Two.

As it gets ready for more competition from VantageScore, the company also did not comment on reports of yet another impending price hike.

The Top 50 Firm based in Cleveland is the latest to receive a private equity investment, in this case from Lovell Minnick Partners.

A pair of mortgage technology providers are bringing out tools to increase customer retention rates among servicers and originators.

The real estate investment trust, while still separately traded, is now under the Rithm umbrella, and is taking on that brand as well as a new business model.

The Dallas bank has spent the last three years building itself into a new company. Now, it has to prove the investments will pay off.

The incidence of at least four flood insurance payouts totaling $20,000-plus, or at least two totaling more than the building's market value, is growing.

writes the Senior Economist for LendingTree