Mark Filler, who departed “fix and flip” lender Finance of America Commercial early this spring, said he has amassed $1 billion of commitments from private equity investors and plans to enter the market once again, but this time as a buyer of properties. He also expects to launch a new business to provide advances to real estate agents based on their commissions, and then – if successful – roll out a similar program to fund mortgage brokers. He anticipates paying referral fees to mortgage companies that send business his way. “My goal is...

But before you can shout “Let’s make America great again” there are some caveats to consider...

Bank of America continued to dominate second lien lending with $4.05 billion of originations during the first quarter of 2017…

Nationstar, in particular, has been aggressive in scouting for subservicing clients, and scored a big coup in January…

According to resumes posted on LinkedIn, Stamos had no direct mortgage lending experience whatsoever, nor did his co-founder Ori Zohar.

Sen. Warner noted the Trump administration is committed to doing something about the GSEs…

One industry consultant who expects a lot of activity this year is David Lykken, president of Transformational Mortgage Solutions.

The Nationstar news begs another question: Will Ocwen Financial, which employs thousands of servicing workers overseas, follow suit?

“We can’t futz around until October,” said attorney Richard Andreano…

Georgetown University law professor Adam Levitin notes, “In other words, this just ain’t a big deal.”