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Short Takes: Union Home Eyes M&A / No Downgrade for Pennymac / Hildene to Issue Large Expanded-Credit MBS With CrossCountry / Bank Turns to MortgageCountry

February 18, 2026
Brandon Ivey
Union Home Mortgage hired a national vice president of mergers and acquisitions.
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Rithm’s Commercial Loan REIT Eyes Lender Acquisition

February 17, 2026
Brandon Ivey
Rithm Property Trust is looking to acquire an agency multifamily loan originator or servicer.
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Pennymac to Acquire Cenlar, Sale Price Could Top $200 Million

February 12, 2026
Brandon Ivey
Some $307.0 billion of Cenlar's subservicing portfolio is in the process of leaving Cenlar or has provisions allowing a move to a different subservicer if Cenlar is sold.
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Short Takes: Trump’s Bold Plan / HUD Proposes Removing Discriminatory Effects Regulations / Sales of New Homes Steady / Newrez to Allow Crypto Assets / U.S. Bank to Acquire BTIG

January 14, 2026
Brandon Ivey
“As part of those efforts, next week at Davos I’m going to provide much more detail about our housing policy so that every American who wants to own a home will be able to afford one,” President Trump said.
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Short Takes: Annaly Kicks Off 2026 With Non-QM MBS / First Federal Acquires Fidelity’s Mortgage Group / Pinnacle, Synovus Complete Merger / MBA Hires New CFO

January 5, 2026
James Dohnert
Annaly markets its first non-QM MBS of 2026; First Federal to acquire Fidelity Bank's NOLA Lending Group affiliate; Pinnacle completes acquisition of Synovous; MBA has a new CFO.
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Short Takes: Mr. Cooper Layoffs / KBRA on UWM, Two Harbor Deal / Investors Push to Acquire Land in Areas Impacted by CA Wildfires / OceanFirst to Acquire Flushing Financial

December 30, 2025
James Dohnert
Mr. Cooper announces layoffs following merger; KBRA believes UWM and Two Harbors deal will be strategically favorable; Investor increasing land purchases for areas impacted by California wildfires; Flushing Financial to merge with OceanFirst Financial.
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Short Takes: reAlpha Acquires Mortgage Lender / Huntington, Cadence Merger Gets Approval / Mutual of Omaha Names New COO / Promotion at The Standard / Publishing Break

December 23, 2025
James Dohnert
The addition of InstaMortgage will give reAlpha direct mortgage lending capabilities.
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UWM to Acquire Two Harbors, Eyeing Servicing

December 17, 2025
Brandon Ivey
Two Harbors held MSRs with a total unpaid principal balance of $175.82 billion as of the end of September.
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Short Takes: Housing Trust Fund Allocation Later This Year / Milliman Acquires MorVest Capital / Monthly Mortgage Payments Rise / Chase Preps Jumbo MBS

December 9, 2025
Brandon Ivey and James Dohnert
Housing Trust Fund allocations for 2026 were just announced, months behind the usual timeline.
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Large MSR Owners Considering Sales in Early 2026

December 2, 2025
Paul Muolo
Originations aren’t growing very much, putting pressure on MSR owners.
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