Achilles Mortgage to focus on fix-and-flip lending; EverBank to buy Sterling Bank; CV3 launches loan servicing division; Chain Bridge files for initial public offering.

A slate of new non-agency MBS was announced over the past two weeks, including two of the largest non-QM deals of the year.

Angel Oak Capital Advisors issues 50th non-agency MBS; locks on mortgages for second homes hit eight-year low; Acra Lending updates guidelines for DSCR program.

Michael Fratantoni, chief economist and senior vice president of research and industry technology at the Mortgage Bankers Association, forecast a growth in new construction loans in the coming year.

HEI business leaders discussed their unique approaches to home equity contracts during a recent webinar hosted by the Information Management Network.

The company plans to boost staffing and roll out new initiatives to continue to grow its business-purpose lending operations.

Liquid Logics and Tower1 will provide liquidity options in the growing DSCR lending space.

AOMR recently issued $50 million of senior unsecured notes to help replenish its stock of non-QM loans for securitization.

The real estate mortgage trust is ramping up its acquisitions of residential transition loans in hopes of building a steady pipeline of rated RTL MBS deals in the coming quarters.

The first non-QM MBS issued by Ellington Financial in more than 14 months helped boost earnings in the second quarter.