It's a tough origination market, that's for sure. But when times are tough, opportunities can present themselves. Is now a time to buy retail branches from shops that are struggling? If the price is right, yes.

In an insurance claim dispute resulting from Guaranteed Rate’s settlement with the DOJ involving the False Claims Act, a court said Ace American Insurance Company has to pay the lender for the cost of the settlement.

Although the nation’s job numbers look exceeding bright, all is not well with the mortgage industry where the job shedding machine is working overtime.

Last year was a record year in terms of loan production at $4.4 trillion. But oftentimes, when you have a boom, there’s an ugly hangover in the form of job cutbacks. How bad might it get?

It’s no secret that mortgage bankers and brokers are cutting workers as lending ebbs in a much higher rate environment. But with the exception of Better.com, the layoffs have not been huge. Yet.

When poet T.S. Eliot wrote those immortal words about spring, he wasn’t thinking about the home-finance sector. But company headcounts are being reduced as shops plan for leaner days ahead.

Mortgage bankers far and wide are trimming employees as interest rates continue to rise and refinance wane. But industry employment figures look benign. How can that be?

As the origination cycle begins to turn, home lenders have a decision to make: How far and how fast should we cut?

The mortgage employment boom of 2020-2021 is drawing to a close. One ray of hope for the recently laid-off: the non-QM sector.

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