Two Harbors Settles With Former External Manager of REIT August 21, 2025 Brandon Ivey The issue dates to 2020, when Two Harbors moved to terminate its management agreement with Pine River Capital Management for cause.Read More
AI Adoption Evolving in Mortgage Industry August 21, 2025 James Dohnert Jay Promisco, president at Sierra Pacific Mortgage, said agentic AI can be used to manage the entire loan process.Read More
Secondary Market Wary of Swings in Regulation, Oversight August 21, 2025 Emmeline Willey Most lenders will likely continue to follow existing laws and maintain responsible practices, according to a managing director at a bank’s investment division.Read More
Short Takes: Two Harbors Shifts Servicing / Moody’s Revises Residential MBS Criteria / Home-Sale Cancellations Elevated / Toll Brothers Seeing More Traffic August 21, 2025 Brandon Ivey The new relationship will increase Two Harbors’ third-party subservicing business to $31 billion in unpaid principal balance.Read More
Retail Channel Loses Some Share in Agency Market August 20, 2025 Andras Malatinszky The retail segment, with a market share of 42.7%, maintained a narrow lead ahead of correspondents in the second quarter.Read More
Many Lenders Return to Profitability in Second Quarter August 20, 2025 Brandon Ivey Some 80% of the lenders in the MBA's sample turned a profit in the second quarter, the highest share since the third quarter of 2021.Read More
Title Insurance Association Offers New Fraud Protections for Homeowners August 20, 2025 Brandon Ivey The new endorsements will conceivably cost extra beyond standard title insurance.Read More
Closed-End Seconds From Carrington Flow Into Securitization From Sage August 20, 2025 Brandon Ivey Carrington hasn’t been identified in rating reports as a contributor to any securitizations of closed-end second liens issued this year.Read More
Short Takes: Upgrades for GSE CRT / Housing Starts Increase / Housing Market Slows in CA / Figure Stays Busy With HELOC Securitization August 20, 2025 Brandon Ivey “The entire portfolio has experienced overwhelmingly positive rating pressure,” Fitch said of GSE CRT issuance.Read More
Home Equity Loan Securitization Slows in Second Quarter August 19, 2025 Brandon Ivey Issuance declined by 17.8% compared with the first quarter.Read More