On completion of the merger, AGMIT and WAMC will have a combined investment portfolio of $5.7 billion, largely made up of non-agency mortgages.

Velocity Financial increased loan production in the second quarter as demand for business-purpose loans spiked.

Real estate investment trusts are merging as the market begins to shift amid changes to capital requirements for banks.

Slate of new MBS announced; A&D offers high-FICO discount on non-QMs, UWM updates jumbo program; Stellar approved for due diligence by DBRS Morningstar.

Sterling Bank and Trust leadership said they were optimistic that they will be able to move forward after paying $27.2 million in restitution to shareholders tied to fraud on a shuttered non-QM program.

Entrepreneur Christian Faes has launched F2 Financing, a fix-and-flip lender looking to compete in the evolving sector.

The Mortgage Calculator is leveraging multimedia and an in-house technology team to be as transparent as possible with its broker partners.

Lenders are launching or expanding programs for foreign nationals, borrowers with credit events and short-term rentals.

New non-QM MBS; Figure gains new private label partners; CFPB weighs in on TILA case; Guaranteed Rate takes full ownership of relocation mortgage specialist; AG Mortgage Investment Trust bids on Western Asset Mortgage Capital; A&D improves second-loan pricing.

Fix-and-flip properties accounted for a larger share of home sales in the first quarter than they did in late 2022. But low inventory may put the brakes back on.