Better.com’s other major backer is Citigroup. Better recently hired industry veteran William Buell to head the nonbank’s B2B platform. Buell has a deep resume, including stints at Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and FirstKey…
loanDepot offers paid apprenticeships for entry-level employees and an Uber-like model that allows employees to work "anytime, anywhere, on their own schedule."
Fannie Mae this week promoted Strategy Advisor Andy Peters to vice president and head of single-family strategy. He joined the government-sponsored enterprise last fall...
The surging broker channel is attributable to rapid growth at United Wholesale Mortgage, by far the largest platform in the business. According to IMFresearch, no other table-funder comes close.
According to court filings, Wachovia Capital Markets, which served as one of the underwriters and book-runners for the NovaStar deals, provided investors with misleading statements in its SEC registrations and offering documents.
Anurag Agarwal, president of compliance risk analysis at Asurity Technologies, warned of an increase in regulatory examinations and fair lending inquiries from community groups and the media once the complete data set is available to the wider public.
As part of Ditech’s dissolution, the company also disclosed that its reverse lending division – Reverse Mortgage Solutions – will be sold via a stock and asset deal to Mortgage Assets Management LLC for an undisclosed sum.
Varde partnered with Deephaven in 2014 to help fuel the lender's origination of non-QM loans. Pretium is a signficant player in the single-family rental market. Last fall the firm agreed to buy specialty servicer Selene Holdings from Lew Ranieri and his partners.