Entrepreneur Christian Faes has launched F2 Financing, a fix-and-flip lender looking to compete in the evolving sector.

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.

Financial services company Charles Schwab is expanding a program that offers discounted mortgage rates in a bid to draw more high-net-worth clients.

The Mortgage Calculator is leveraging multimedia and an in-house technology team to be as transparent as possible with its broker partners.

Lenders are launching or expanding programs for foreign nationals, borrowers with credit events and short-term rentals.

A lack of inventory and rising interest rates are driving a slowdown in availability of rental units. And investors are reassessing their portfolios.

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.