Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing handled servicing duties on $3.65 billion of non-agency MBS issued in the third quarter. (Includes data table.)

Change has ensured its CDFI status through 2025 following an agreement with the CDFI Fund.

Stephen Thomas, a former FHLB Chicago official with more than 30 years of experience in affordable housing and diversity and inclusion initiatives, has launched FutureWave Finance.

Income remained level in the third quarter while the lender increased originations of business-purpose loans.

Unison offers its first HEA securitization; NP rebrands; Finance of America launches new reverse-mortgage product; Sherman Bridge debuts investment-property lender marketplace; Arc Home appoints new president and future CEO; UWM expands DSCR eligibility requirements.

The issuance, sized at $342.0 million, received preliminary AAA ratings from Fitch Ratings and Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Officials at FCI Lender Servicing believe financial institutions will be required to use blockchain within five to 10 years given the transparency it offers.

Redwood Trust and Point partnered to co-issue the second-ever rated home equity investment securitization.

The company’s buy-before-you-sell product will initially be offered through the wholesale channel.

MFA Financial and other non-QM players could benefit if interest rates stabilize heading into 2024.