Short Takes: Senate Swiftly Passes Trigger Lead Bill / Rocket Ramps Up CES Securitization / Disaster Recovery Program in California / From Mortgage Stadium to Bounce House June 13, 2025 Brandon Ivey The Senate joined the House in passing legislation to restrict trigger leads tied to mortgage applications.Read More
Chimera to Acquire Non-QM Lender HomeXpress June 12, 2025 Brandon Ivey The REIT plans to sell the mortgages originated by HomeXpress and retain some mortgage servicing rights.Read More
Fairway to Acquire Assets of Retail Lender Hallmark Home Mortgage June 12, 2025 Brandon Ivey Hallmark's production is focused on the Midwest and Southeast.Read More
Servicing Sales Head North Once Again, Prices Too June 9, 2025 Paul Muolo Roughly $50 billion in product should find its way to new owners in the coming weeks.Read More
Short Takes: ‘Golden Age of Homeownership’ / Rocket Plans $4.0 Billion in Debt Offerings / Smaller Debt Offering From PennyMac REIT / Bonus for Ending Asset Cap June 4, 2025 Brandon Ivey The Trump administration will usher in a "Golden Age of homeownership," according to HUD Secretary Scott Turner.Read More
Ginnie MSR Sales Slip, Lakeview the Top Buyer in 1Q25 June 2, 2025 Emmeline Willey Sales of Fannie/Freddie servicing rights are down as well.Read More
Bayview Approaches Guild, Takes Large Stake in Lender May 27, 2025 Paul Muolo The disclosure comes as Bayview has amassed a 7.3% ownership stake in Guild’s Class A common stock.Read More
Short Takes: Sales of New Homes Increase in April / Prices for New Homes Rise / Monthly Decline in FHFA Home Price Index / Rocket’s Redfin Acquisition on Track May 27, 2025 Brandon Ivey Sales of new single-family homes increased by 10.9% on a monthly basis in April.Read More
Servicing Brokerage Incenter Changes Hands May 19, 2025 Paul Muolo Rumors that Incenter might be in play surfaced two weeks ago.Read More
Short Takes: Pulte Expects Housing Boom / Gifts for UWM Employees / Applications Steady / Lender Acquires Real Estate Portal May 14, 2025 Brandon Ivey Trump administration policies will lead to a housing boom, according to Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.Read More
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