Its Fortunes Fading, loanDepot Execs Granted Pay Raises September 30, 2022 Retention bonuses that could reach 300% of base pay also were granted...Read More
COVID Crisis Hammered MBA’s Bottom Line in FY 2021 September 30, 2022 Paul Muolo MBA's John Mechem: "The COVID pandemic forced us to move all our in-person conferences in the covered period to online"...Read More
DOJ, Lakeland Bank Reach $13 Million Mortgage Redlining Settlement September 30, 2022 Sam Manas Under the settlement, the bank will invest at least $12 million in a loan subsidy fund for the affected areas...Read More
A Ray of Positive News: Home-Equity Originations Soar September 29, 2022 Andras Malatinszky Most junior-lien outstandings are parked on the balance sheets of federally insured depositories...Read More
Appraisers Slam Fannie’s Complaints to Regulators September 29, 2022 Dennis Hollier Danielle Marie Evans, a Tampa-based appraiser, said her dispute with the GSE and then Florida consumed more than a year of her time.Read More
loanDepot’s Debt Trading at Steep Discounts September 27, 2022 Paul Muolo Except for founder Anthony Hsieh, some loanDepot insiders of late have been selling shares in the company...Read More
Correspondents Gain Share in GSE Market September 27, 2022 Brandon Ivey Wells Fargo boosted its conventional-conforming lending through correspondents by 2.7%...Read More
Buybacks Spiked in 2Q22 September 26, 2022 John Bancroft Sellers repurchased 20.3% more GSE loans in 2Q22 than in the prior quarter.Read More
MISMO Updates Progress on UMDP September 26, 2022 Dennis Hollier At its fall summit, the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization summarized upcoming changes to the uniform appraisal dataset and the uniform closing dataset.Read More
Short Takes: Florida Bank Shutters National Mortgage Business; GSE Economists Remain Bearish on Economic Growth; Federal Reserve Forecasts Slightly More Optimistic September 26, 2022 Dennis Hollier Rising interest rates continue to drag on housing and economic growth.Read More