New mortgage applications increased 5.3% for the week ending August 2, according new figures released by the Mortgage Bankers Association. The refi share inched up to 53.9% of new business from 50.5% the week prior.
Oftentimes, when discussing compensation, the focus is on the top earners but those interviewed by IMF said there’s plenty of middle-market CEOs and production chiefs earning at least $1 million a year.
The Lenders One co-op is controlled by industry vendor Altisource Portfolio Solutions, which is pondering a sale. Altisource is publicly traded and started out in life as part of Ocwen…
In a new report to its shareholders, Fairholme Capital Management notes the fund it manages owns a 4% position in the preferred shares of Freddie, “which currently trade at less than half of stated liquidation values, implying potential current yields of over 14% per annum.”
Large nonbanks the likes of UWM, Quicken and loanDepot are hiring but overall, the mortgage employment figures for June were not particularly strong...
A political appointee, Eric Blankenstein worked at the CFPB for 18 months as policy associate director of supervision, enforcement and fair lending. He resigned in May of this year and now works at HUD...
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