March 20, 2025By Brandon IveyShort Takes: Trade Groups Support CDFI Fund / Bank Selling Retail Mortgage Unit / Newer Lender Completes Funding Round / Cardinal Offering Processing for Brokers“The CDFI Fund is a targeted, accountable and impactful program that enables private capital to do more for more Americans,” industry trade groups wrote.
March 10, 2025By Brandon IveyRocket to Acquire Redfin, Aiming for Purchase MortgagesOfficials at Rocket suggested that the combined companies could greatly reduce costs for homebuyers.
March 5, 2025By Paul MuoloRate Considering Sale of Title Insurance UnitRate bought Advocus — then known as Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund — in April 2022 for an undisclosed sum.
February 28, 2025By Brandon IveyShort Takes: Cost of Rocket’s Rebrand / Figure Forms Joint Venture With Sixth Street / Pending Home Sales Decline / Losses Narrow at Blend
February 27, 2025By Brandon IveyShort Takes: HUD Scraps AFFH Rule / Ishbia Happy With Trump / Sales of New Homes Decline / $200 Million IPO for Rithm Acquisition
January 23, 2025By Brandon IveyShort Takes: Chopra Still Leading CFPB / Foreclosure Starts Spike / Newfi Invests in Business-Purpose Lender / Jumbo MBS From Citi / Expanded-Credit MBS Holding Up
January 22, 2025By Brandon IveyShort Takes: TD Bank Considers Sale of Jumbos / Bessent’s Nomination for Treasury Moves Forward / Pulte an Unknown / Interest Rate Hurdle
January 17, 2025By Brandon IveyShort Takes: GSE Bi-Merge Transition Delayed / FHA Updates Loss-Mitigation Waterfall / Updated Damage Estimates for CA Wildfires / A&D to Acquire Flagstar’s Wholesale Business via Mr. Cooper