Planet Home Lending acquires $10B in mortgage servicing rights
Bulk acquisition of servicing rights to 45,000 Ginnie Mae loans from Village Capital & Investment brings Planet's servicing portfolio to $94B with more purchases eyed for 2023
by Matt Carter Jun 23
Anywhere's BHGRE and ERA name new presidents after Sherry Chris
Sherry Chris, who recently retired, formerly led both brands. Now Ginger Wilcox will lead BHGRE while Alex Vidal leads ERA, according to an announcement Wednesday by Anywhere Real Estate
by Jim Dalrymple II Jun 14
Mr. Cooper closing in on $1T portfolio with Home Point deal
After selling off originations businesses and laying off thousands of employees, Home Point agrees to sell itself — and $84B in mortgage servicing rights — for $324M in cash
by Matt Carter May 11
Homepoint selling wholesale business to The Loan Store
Parent company Home Point Capital to take an equity stake in The Loan Store, with Homepoint executive Phil Shoemaker to be installed as CEO when the deal closes by end of Q2
by Matt Carter Apr 7
Real estate in 2022: When the #@!$ finally hit the fan
Soaring mortgage rates, slagging sales, thousands and thousands of layoffs: The past 12 months have offered a jarring reminder that what goes up must come down
by Jim Dalrymple II Dec 19
Finance of America exiting wholesale, correspondent lending
The Irving, Texas-based lender is also reportedly in negotiations to sell its retail mortgage division, which employs about 1,000 loan originators nationwide
by Matt Carter Oct 7
Competition between top mortgage lenders for homebuyers heats up
Rocket Mortgage rolls out 'Inflation Buster' mortgage, which provides a lower rate for 1 year, as it battles rival United Wholesale Mortgage for homebuyer market share
by Matt Carter Sep 16
Big lenders get a head start, adopt $715,000 conforming loan limit
Moves by Rocket and United Wholesale Mortgage could help borrowers get better rates and make smaller down payments when taking out loans that were previously classified as jumbo
by Matt Carter Sep 7
United Wholesale Mortgage is gunning for retail rivals' customers
United Wholesale Mortgage, the nation's biggest wholesale mortgage lender, is slashing rates and urging retail loan officers to defect to independent mortgage brokerages
by Matt Carter Sep 7
Mortgage company Homepoint laying off 'hundreds' of workers
The Michigan-based and third-largest wholesale mortgage lender aims to cut costs by more than $100M a year in response to an 'extremely challenging' lending environment
by Matt Carter Sep 2
A full list of real estate companies making layoffs in 2022 and 2023
While real estate industry layoffs largely began with companies that provide mortgages and mortgage-related services, everyone from Adwerx to Zumper has been impacted by the downturn
by Matt Carter Jun 3
Homepoint is first wholesale lender with cash offer product
Powered by Accept.inc, Homepoint Cash Compete program is available at launch in six states: California, Colorado, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas and Washington
by Matt Carter May 24
First American providing same-day title decisions on eligible mortgage refis, home equity loans
Taking a page from the playbook of a fintech upstart, the nation's largest title insurance underwriter is making an automated title decision engine available to title agents
by Matt Carter Aug 12