yyang@imfpubs.com Mortgage Bankers Association is concerned that many lenders won’t be eligible for a new 20 percent tax deduction for pass-through entities. Lenders that retain their production in portfolio look to be eligible for the deduction, but there is uncertainty around businesses that originate and sell loans. In a letter to the Internal Revenue Service, the MBA argued companies that finance real estate loans should be able to claim the deduction. See this Friday’s edition of…

Cenlar and Dovenmuehle, which rank first and second, respectively, experienced slow growth during the period…

Fannie Mae came under heavy criticism from certain elected officials and affordable housing advocates for extending $1 billion in financing to Invitation Home Loans, an SFR operator that’s publicly traded.

Grimes, in her complaint, is asking for a permanent injunction enjoining the FHFA from “paying female employees lower compensation than their male” counterparts for performing equal work…

Overall, California has 99,781 licensed and registered mortgage LOs, far more than any other state…

Gregory Funding is in the first year of a three-year expansion plan…

Celebrity Financial has several M&A irons in the fire...

In Washington mortgage servicers must now maintain recorded telephone conversations with consumers for three years after the date of the call…

Certain SFR operators have been criticized for gobbling up thousands of properties for corporate ownership, thus removing these units from the inventory of homes available for sale.

Bright has been mentioned in housing and mortgage circles as a possible successor to FHFA Director Mel Watt.