Contracts, Invoices & Legal

Sun Belt states saw a noticeable surge in liens filed last year, with Florida accounting for 17% of the national total, according to Benutech. View the full article

CEO Tim Spence said folding in the acquired bank has gone to plan so far, but the biggest point of risk is still on the horizon. View the full article

Surge, which claims to serve some of the nation's larger wholesale players, said the lender's behavior was reminiscent of its spat with Black Knight. View the full article

Questions about the single-report option and whether VantageScore should be introduced before FICO 10T arose during a hearing on broader legislative proposals. View the full article

Oil prices and Treasury yields continued their close correlation Friday, with crude falling $12 and the 5-year yield hitting recovery lows after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz open during the ceasefire. View the full article

SecurityNational Mortgage Co. alleges that the larger competitor facilitated the mass resignation of its staff from Glendale and Scottsdale offices. View the full article

The bank's marketing, which hid the nature of its solicitations, led some borrowers to apply for cash-out refis that increased monthly payments, the OCC said. View the full article

While last year was the best for origination income since 2022, annual net servicing revenue for mortgage bankers was approximately 70% below 2024's level. View the full article

Three-quarters of buyers assume AI has already been embedded in the housing ecosystem, but 55% would prefer to work with a human to secure a mortgage. View the full article

Federal Reserve Gov. Stephen Miran Thursday said that the Iran war and tariffs will not have long-term impacts on inflation, but did say he is reconsidering his rate cut outlook for the year. View the full article

This week's Freddie Mac mortgage rate survey shows rates at the lowest in four weeks, but homebuyers are giving mixed signals even with improved purchase power. View the full article

Dark Matter's parent said the decision to promote its chief technology officer aligns the company to the direction of the market, with further changes to come. View the full article

Quarterly filings are far from historic highs but rising more consistently, with concentrations in Florida, California and Texas, Attom's latest numbers show. View the full article

Dozens of plaintiffs say they still haven't received a full explanation over the mass termination announced last April by FHFA Director Bill Pulte. View the full article

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought told the House Budget Committee Wednesday that the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund is still a target for elimination by the administration because it promotes "woke" ideology. View the full article

Marketing services firm LeadPoint said it thought it had gained compliance after Connecticut officials issued a prior consent order and penalty in 2020. View the full article

FundingShield's latest report notes the improvement in remediation efforts among lenders, but closing protection lenders remain a key source of file problems. View the full article

The war in the Middle East is adding to a slew of challenges already facing the construction industry in recent years, including elevated mortgage rates, labor constraints and higher prices for materials. View the full article

Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is pushing the Federal Reserve for records related to Fed chair-designate Kevin Warsh's actions as a member of the Fed board during the 2008 financial crisis. View the full article

The US has a shortage of at least 10 million single-family homes, according to a new report from White House economists — a higher figure than some previous estimates from the government and the private sector. View the full article

Loanstream allegedly made over 272,000 calls to over 53,000 unique numbers on the Do Not Call registry over a 10-month period, according to a case filing. View the full article

Large loan balances are increasingly common in non-QM and HELOC securitizations, bringing faster prepayments and higher delinquency risks, Bank of America Securities research shows. View the full article

Half of Gen Z homeowners and 44% of millennial homeowners were at risk of missing at least one mortgage payment over the last two years, ServiceLink found. View the full article

A federal judge refused to sign a settlement agreement between the Department of Justice and Houston developer Colony Ridge because it failed to provide any consumer relief. DOJ agreed to an out-of-court settlement instead. View the full article