The Baltimore homeowner succumbed to cancer before she could celebrate a landmark appraisal bias win. She's part of a long legacy of Black homeowners who've died while fighting for their rights
Lender revises appraisal policies and practices in wake of lawsuit by Baltimore couple who claimed their home was undervalued by more than $250,000 because they were Black
If homebuyers are no longer willing to pay full commissions to agents, what happens to lender programs that incentivize consumers to work with partner real estate agents?
As mortgage rates soared last year, loanDepot slashed $693M in annual expenses but saw loan origination volume plunge by 58% from the year before, to $22.7B, as refinancings evaporated
Hit by lawsuits, the lender is offering 24 months of free identity protection services and credit monitoring from Experian to 16.9M consumers affected by the January cyberattack
The FBI has developed a decryption tool to combat the ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware variant, and authorities are offering $15M in rewards to stop the group
The mortgage lender has restored websites that collect payments, accept loan applications and match homebuyers with partner real estate agents after Jan. 4 cyberattack
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Mortgage lender says unauthorized party accessed its systems and encrypted some of its data, a tactic employed by ransomware groups to target more than 1,000 companies and organizations
After months of beta testing, loanDepot's melloNow underwriting engine can analyze credit reports, detect fraud, and validate income and employment data without human assistance
Homebuyers don't just want good rates. They want lenders to solve problems that will keep them from getting to the closing table, annual JD Power mortgage customer satisfaction survey finds
With headwinds in sight for 2024, loanDepot plans to slash $120M in annual expenses following 3 consecutive quarters of cuts, CEO Frank Martell said during a Q3 earnings call Tuesday afternoon
Available everywhere except New York, loanDepot's new 'accessZERO' program provides a down payment of up to 5% in the form of a 10-year fully amortized 2nd mortgage
SECU of Maryland is the fifth credit union to sign with Newzip, which helps more than 20 lenders court homebuyers by offering them discounts when they agree to work with preferred agents
Dan Hanson, the former head of loanDepot's retail division, will develop 'new revenue-generating opportunities' as the lender's new executive director of enterprise partnerships and acquisitions