Loan officers are learning about new financing options to help homebuyers better navigate today’s high interest rate environment.

New non-QM lender opens shop; Angel Oak REIT posts 4Q loss; A&D Mortgage and Imperial Fund look to attract more insurance company investors through a new partnership with Clearwater Analytics.

Explosive growth in business-purpose production at an affiliated originator helped Rithm turn a profit in the fourth quarter.

Redwood has grown its bank partnerships over the last couple of years to prepare for a market in which depositories want to move away from mortgage lending.

A friendlier stance towards cryptocurrency companies from the White House could boost crypto-backed mortgages in the coming years.

Better has record HELOC growth; loanDepot expands equityFREEDOM product portfolio; Angel Oak reduces some requirements for non-QM products.

Maxex expects increased investor demand and high interest rates to help drive non-agency loan originations in 2025.

Onslow Bay’s non-agency correspondent aggregation and sales originations lifted Annaly’s earnings in the fourth quarter.

Increases in non-agency originations contributed to earnings growth at PennyMac in the fourth quarter.

Residential transition and debt service coverage ratio loan originations increased during December, bucking a seasonal trend.