Mortgage capital markets tech firm Polly rolled out its Lender Intelligence platform, which leverages data and analytics to drive margin expansion and cost reduction. The new platform will enable lenders to track... Read more »
The Desjardins Group, a Quebec-based lender, is no longer issuing mortgages in high-risk flood areas, multiple media outlets reported this week. That is stoking concerns that similar measures could be taken in... Read more »
President Joe Biden’s new plan to lower housing costs includes a pilot program that waives the requirement for lender’s title insurance on certain refinance transactions, according to the White House. The plan... Read more »
Top 10 mortgage lender and servicer Newrez sued one of its former executives over multiple allegations, including breach of contract, disclosure of confidential information and unfair competition tied to soliciting several Newrez... Read more »
California-headquartered LoanSnap was hit with a temporary order to cease and desist from Connecticut’s Department of Banking for “systemic” unlicensed mortgage loan origination activity. Connecticut Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez alleged that LoanSnap... Read more »
California-based fix-and-flip lender Anchor Loans launched a third-party originator (TPO) channel to serve mortgage brokers, banks, private and non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) lenders and other referral partners whose clients are home builders, developers... Read more »
HomeEquity Bank, Canada’s leading reverse mortgage lender and a federally regulated bank, recently announced the hiring of former Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) news anchor Peter Mansbridge to serve as its strategic communications... Read more »
Change is five years into its mission as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), a mission that has seen Change soar to become the nation’s largest non-QM lender. Change Chief Production Officer... Read more »
Pasarroyo, a four-building office complex spanning a city block in Pasadena, found no bidders beyond an opening offer at a public auction Dec. 20, so it went back to the control of... Read more »
Zillow is the site people visit to see how much their home (or their neighbor’s) is worth. But the company is not content only serving real estate voyeurs. It wants a bigger... Read more »