Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2025

Mortgage industry veterans Eli Fairfield and Brian Keranen have joined Everett Financial (dba Supreme Lending ) as regional directors for the Pacific Southwest, the company announced. Fairfield and Keranen bring decades of experience in mortgage lending, as loan originators and managers in California.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2025

Global investment bank Cambridge Wilkinson today announced the closing of a forward flow agreement up to $100 million for a private real estate lending platform specializing in short-term bridge , fix-and-flip, construction and land development loans.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Planet Home Lending announced Thursday that it has hired Candice McNaught as senior vice president of business development and strategic initiatives for its distributed retail channel. She formerly held posts at Supreme Lending and NFM Lending. ” McNaught said she joined Planet because of its commitment to loan officers.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

Last week, business-purpose residential mortgage lender Dunmor announced that it received a minority equity investment from Newfi Lending , a nonagency mortgage lender owned by funds managed by Apollo Global Management. Apollo has 16 lending platforms in the U.S. Ruimy: The transaction was completed with Apollo Global Management.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Chase Home Lending recently announced a limited-time, nationwide interest rate discount that is designed to help homeowners save on their monthly mortgage payments.The offer is in effect through March 7. This offer extends to anyone with an existing mortgage at any lending institution looking to benefit from refinancing, she said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The company named veteran mortgage professional Connie Lindsay as its senior vice president of mortgage lending in Washington state. Top 10 mortgage lender Rate — previously known as Guaranteed Rate — announced a new promotion on Wednesday. Lindsay is the latest addition to Rate’s evolving leadership team of experienced executives.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2025

Kind Lending recently announced the appointment of Jennifer Folk as its chief operating officer. She’s also held a variety of roles from loan officer to COO at places like Minute Mortgage , Sierra Pacific Mortgage Company and Planet Home Lending. Folk also brings a legacy connection to Kind’s roots.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

This week on Power House , Diego Sanchez chats with Jay Plum, EVP of Consumer Lending at Fifth Third Bank. During the conversation, Plum explores Basel III’s impact on warehouse lending, the importance of affordability programs, and how Fifth Third plans to grow market share with mortgage servicing portfolios (MSRs).

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Department of Justice (DOJ) over the regulators’ allegations of mortgage lending discrimination in majority-Black neighborhoods of the Birmingham, Alabama , metro area. Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. has agreed to settle with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the U.S million civil penalty. This compared to 12.2%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

Chief operating officer Tammy Richards is taking on a new role at Kind Lending. Richards announced Tuesday on LinkedIn that shes now the president of retail at Kind Lending, a move that comes a little less than a year after she joined the company. But her relationship with loanDepot ended in acrimony after she left in 2021.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

Mortgage lending in the U.S. reduction in residential lending activity compared to first-quarter 2023 and a 69.3% reduction in residential lending activity compared to first-quarter 2023 and a 69.3% All major mortgage lending categories sustained losses, the report said. dropped by 6.7% in the first quarter of 2024 to 1.28

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

Mortgage servicer and lender Planet Home Lending is acquiring the retail division assets of employee-owned Axia Home Loans , HousingWire has learned. Executives at Planet Home Lending were also on the call. According to Inside Mortgage Finance , Planet Home Lending ranked as the 22nd-largest mortgage lender in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

California-based Provident Funding Associates LLC is getting out of the Florida condo lending business , it told broker partners on Friday. Condos in Florida have to be next level,” said one retail lending executive. Provident told broker partners that all loans in the pipeline must be locked by 11:59 p.m. Condos are hard.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

The study claims that the crisis can be traced back to the early 2000s when subprime lending activities were prevalent. The resulting housing market crash and the Great Recession led policymakers to overcorrect by tightening mortgage lending standards and limiting funds for new construction.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

If we learned anything from HousingWire’s recent AI Summit , artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping lending by streamlining processes, reducing costs, and enhancing the overall borrower experience. In addition, the regulatory environment is ever-changing and with it comes increased burdens on the lending industry.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A California regulator has revoked the residential mortgage lending license of LoanSnap , the latest in a series of difficulties for the fintech lender. The state’s banking commission also charged the firm with violations of the Truth in Lending Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The rise of private lending Private lenders disrupted the monopoly of traditional banks and the private lending market has since seen a remarkable rise, reaching $1.5 With the rise of private lending comes an increase in competition, from new and traditional lenders.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Los Angeles area-based mortgage lender Premier Plus Lending announced last week that it is expanding into the senior-focused home equity market with a new division, Retirement Mortgage Solutions , which will include reverse mortgages and other home equity-based lending instruments.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

How can today’s mortgage lending market be summed up in one word? Acra Lending has done precisely that. Acra Lending is a proven leader in the space, and it has adapted and thrived despite market shifts. higher interest rates and elevated home prices create openings for non-QM lending. That experience matters.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Feldman & Feldman began working with clients throughout Texas to file lawsuits under the truth in lending act against EasyKnock in 2021. According to Feldman & Feldman, EasyKnocks defamation suit forced the law firm to withdraw from the truth in lending suits it was involved in.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Guild Mortgage announced on Thursday that it has hired Nora Guerra, who worked at Freddie Mac for more than five years, as its senior vice president of community lending solutions. The executive has also advocated for Latino housing equality, receiving awards for her activism.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

Peter Sciandra Fairway has led the way in digital mortgage closings, completing over 200,000 e-closings for our forward mortgages since 2017, said Peter Sciandra, EVP of reverse lending operations and secondary at Fairway. The process will not do away with wet signatures entirely, since certain U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Jonathan Scarpati: I started with Senior Lending Network out of New York. In today’s economy, mortgage rates and housing expenses have consistently risen. As a result, older citizens are tapping into their retirement savings to cover costs—if they have it. HousingWire: How did you get into Finance of America and the industry?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

UWM will integrate Google Cloud AI and machine learning tools into its lending platform, enhancing underwriting automation, streamlining document processing, and improving client support with AI-driven chat experiences. model to enhance underwriting automation. model to enhance underwriting automation.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

Kevin Peranio , chief lending officer for Paramount Residential Mortgage Group (PRMG), lives in the Orange County area and said hes witnessed the effects of being displaced by the wildfires. This law applies to those who sell food, emergency supplies, medical supplies, building materials, and gasoline.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

As short-term interest rates decrease, some lending opportunities, such as land purchases and apartment financing, are improving. Interestingly, employment for residential construction workers typically one of the first areas to experience declines before a recession has not yet seen its usual downturn. We will soon find out. percent (10.6

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

A troubled journey Seattle-based Redfin acquired Bay Equity Home Loans in January 2022 for $135 million to quickly expand its mortgage offerings without heavily investing in lending software. Redfin agents could instantly refer clients to Bay Equity loan officers in a one-stop-shop for brokerage and lending. They will be a great fit.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2025

However, there is a big difference between apartment lending and homeowners who have a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. However, there is a big difference between apartment lending and homeowners who have a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. Its not even a clever lie. Some people are trying to imply that we have major stress in homeowner data.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Citis previous use of the URL was to redirect to learning center content within the home lending pages on the Citi domain, according to Head of Mortgage Marketing at Citi, Chip Burgard. The company has an aggressive marketing goal to reach the No. Market share and brand authority Why launch this site now?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Today’s transaction, first announced in January 2025 , expands A&D Mortgages presence in the agency and government lending sectors while further strengthening its presence in non-QM. Cooper Group is once again making headlines. The company is also welcoming an expanded network of over 8,500 broker partners through the acquisition.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

It claims 100-plus mortgage lending customers, including Better , CrossCountry Mortgage , LoanStream Mortgage and Union Home Mortgage. Currently, Ocrolus supports more than 95% of mortgage document types.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Josh Kilty (left), senior vice president of reverse lending at Fairway, presents a lifetime achievement award to Pistol Pete Stebbins. Stebbins referred to as Pistol Pete by his colleagues was also lauded by Dan Ventura, Fairways president of reverse lending. Pistols achievements are only outshined by his kindness and generosity.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The lending executive’s reviews on Zillow reflect stellar performance in North Carolina. “We are eager to work with Highlands’ exceptional team to expand construction lending options and help more customers achieve their dream of building their perfect home.” The lender has more than 40 branches in 16 states.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2025

The duo brings more than 45 years of combined experience in mortgage lending, financial services and financial technology to Class Valuation , an appraisal management company that is continuing to grow its leadership ranks. Bannister has previously held senior sales roles at Cotality (formerly CoreLogic ), First American Financial Corp.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Product comparisons In its announcement of the new rate and additional states, FOA said that its optimistic outlook for the product is fueled by the increased activity in the home equity lending space. Interest rates on second-lien loans tend to be higher when compared to first liens, reflecting the higher amount of risk to the lender.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

This approach integrates QC principles throughout the lending process, from application to servicing. This focus aligns with Fannie Mae’s QC requirements and reflects the growing importance of data in the lending process. ” Rather than viewing this as a setback, forward-thinking lenders can use this time to their advantage.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

yesterday announced the sale of his controlling interest in Republic to Andrina Valdes, CEO of Temul Capital and Alta Home Lending. After over three decades of leadership, Robert Wagnon, CEO and founder of Republic State Mortgage Co. It has been the honor of my professional life to be the founder and leader of Republic State Mortgage Co.

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