Carrington introduces 40-year loan program; Moody’s upgrades NewRez’s expanded-credit business; DBRS Morningstar updates home equity asset class ratings methodology.

Mortgage loans provide good portfolio diversification and match up well with insurers’ long-term liabilities.

New non-QM MBS; Figure gains new private label partners; CFPB weighs in on TILA case; Guaranteed Rate takes full ownership of relocation mortgage specialist; AG Mortgage Investment Trust bids on Western Asset Mortgage Capital; A&D improves second-loan pricing.

Fix-and-flip properties accounted for a larger share of home sales in the first quarter than they did in late 2022. But low inventory may put the brakes back on.

The platform offers end-to-end support and closing times measured in days, not weeks.

After deploying new solutions for the non-QM market, Maxex has partnered with South Street Securities Holdings and Atlas Merchant Capital for a new equity investment round.

Netherlands-based Anyone.com is the latest to throw its hat into the growing shared-ownership mortgage space. Its goal is to stretch available financing to assist as many homebuyers as possible.

The Loan Store launches HELOC product; LendingPros debuts condotel financing solution; Carrington Mortgage introduces 40-year fixed-rate terms for non-QM products; RenoFi partners with TruStage for after-renovation-value HELOCs; WAMC merges with Terra Property Trust; UWM announces four new bank statement loan options.

Change Mortgage’s unique approach to underwriting for underserved communities has earned the CDFI its first AAA-rated security.

The share of no- or sub-ratio loans in the DSCR space rose to 43.7% in the first quarter of 2023, according to DBRS. A ratio of less than 1.0 indicates monthly rent doesn’t fully cover loan payments.