Over the past two weeks, the mortgage mergers-and-acquisitions market shifted into high gear with speculation surrounding such top-ranked mortgage firms as PHH Corp. and Flagstar Bancorp. Then again, in the past, both of these top-10 lenders have been the subject of takeover rumors with deals falling to the wayside over price or other concerns. This time it could be different. And then there’s...
A day after the news broke that W.J. Bradley Mortgage has shut its doors, competition is heating up for some of its top loan officer and executive talent...
Mortgage M&A historians might recall that last decade, before the financial crisis struck, Countrywide Financial Corp. was in serious talks to buy PHH’s mortgage business...