The general consensus among executives and loan officers over the past two weeks is that layoffs likely are on the way — it’s just a matter of when.

Where does the mortgage industry fit in? “The biggest barrier left to scaling up ADUs is finance,” said Karen Chapple, a professor from the University of California at Berkeley.

For now, the bank will continue to service its residential loans and HELOCs...

One contributor to the deal: Impac Mortgage...

Loan originators note that debt service coverage ratio loans are easier to underwrite than conforming mortgages...

loanDepot went public roughly a year ago. Its stock once traded as high as $39 a unit...

Application whiplash? But in a good way...

In a bit of a surprise, loanDepot also recorded negative changes to the fair market value of its mortgage servicing portfolio totaling $118.7 million.

Thompson acknowledged that it simply costs more to buy a home in places like San Francisco and New York...

For the full year, Better funded $50.86 billion, ranking 17th nationwide, according to Inside Mortgage Finance...