Short Takes: Chief Strategy Officer Returns to loanDepot / Rocket's Earnings Receive Lift From Mr. Cooper / MBS Spared From Rising Insurance Costs / Home Price Growth Up in September October 13, 2025 James Dohnert Rick Calle previously held the position from 2016 to 2022.Read More
Short Takes: More MSR Deals / An Offering From Phoenix Capital / A Note About a Bank Merger / Regulatory Posts / A New Hire at NEO October 6, 2025 Paul Muolo Fifth Third Bank has agreed to buy Comerica in a $10.9 billion all-stock transaction.Read More
Short Takes: FICO Offers Bypass of Credit Bureaus / Corporate Rating Upgrade for CrossCountry / Bank Rebrands With CMG / CMBA Leader to Retire October 2, 2025 Brandon Ivey FICO said its new credit score acquisition option could save lenders up to 50% on certain costs for credit scores.Read More
Short Takes: Rocket Completes Acquisition of Mr. Cooper / Applications Decline / CFPB to Finalize Small Business Lending Rule / Home Price Depreciation in Some Areas / AI Glossary for Mortgage Market October 1, 2025 Brandon Ivey Mr. Cooper and all of its servicing functions will be rebranded “under the Rocket umbrella.”Read More
Industry Analysts Reject Proposal to Merge GSEs September 25, 2025 Brandon Ivey Hugh Frater, a former CEO of Fannie Mae, warned that merging the GSEs could reduce incentives for innovation and competition on pricing, among other issues.Read More
Guaranteed Rate in Middle of Real Estate Brokerage Consolidation September 23, 2025 Brandon Ivey Compass and Anywhere Real Estate have separate mortgage joint ventures with Guaranteed Rate.Read More
Up for Grabs: A California Nonbank’s MSRs September 22, 2025 Paul Muolo One investment banker noted the privately held SPM sold about $5 billion of MSRs back in 2024.Read More
The Rate Decline and MSR Sales... September 22, 2025 Paul Muolo SitusAMC expects that by the time 2025 ends about $600 billion worth of bulk agency MSR will have changed hands.Read More
Radian to Sell its Non-Agency Mortgage Conduit September 18, 2025 Brandon Ivey The unit started issuing jumbo mortgage-backed securities mid-2024.Read More
Union Home Mortgage to Acquire Assets of Sierra Pacific Mortgage September 17, 2025 Brandon Ivey Union Home will acquire all of Sierra Pacific’s retail branches and wholesale-broker relationships.Read More