Scaling from Freelancer to Business Owner

Here's what mortgage professionals should know about Rocket's rebranding, its $1.75B play for Redfin, dropped CFPB lawsuit and more. View the full article

The top five insurance companies have an average homeowners market share of 9.15% as of December 31, 2024. View the full article

In a paper, former central bank researchers make the case that the Federal Reserve could better support the Treasury market from disruptions in the cash-futures basis trade by hedging its asset purchases. View the full article

The company turned to automation to address pain points it found in working with lines of credit that mortgage lenders are increasingly originating. View the full article

FHFA director Pulte called these programs inappropriate for regulated entities, which are in government conservatorship, but said others are still able to offer them. View the full article

The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency took a measured approach to developing the international capital standards, according to a Government Accountability Office report. View the full article

The Federal Housing Finance Agency found the practice aimed at selling more real-estate owned homes to occupants had downsides, according to a recent order. View the full article

The mortgage lender claims its Georgetown, Texas operations, where Thrive Mortgage was previously headquartered, has been "gutted." View the full article

Government-backed lending drove an increase in purchase mortgages for a second straight week, even as interest rates failed to drive refinance activity. View the full article

Self-directed IRAs and non-recourse loans open doors to real estate investing without the restrictions of traditional financing. View the full article

Nearly all respondents to the NextGen survey, Gen Z and millennial, said they want to achieve homeownership, but only about 60% considered it possible. View the full article

The Federal Housing Finance Agency's withdrawal of tenant requirements and an unfair and deceptive acts and practices bulletin sets the tone for the future. View the full article

The law would have expanded the state's 12% interest rate cap in a manner that would have effectively banned fintech lending in the state. View the full article

Wall Street veteran Frank Bisignano pledged at a Senate Finance Committee hearing that he doesn't plan to privatize Social Security. View the full article

Pent-up demand and the rapid pace of home appreciation is fueling the ongoing rise in home prices, even as mortgage rates present obstacles for buyers. View the full article

Learn how bridge loans and hard money loans work, their pros and cons, and discover which option suits your needs. View the full article

The record-settting fixed-rate nonrecourse financing potentially opens up a new opportunity for nonbank mortgage companies with large MSR portfolios. View the full article

Acting Comptroller Rodney Hood discussed using fintech to evaluate self-employed borrowers' creditworthiness, saying alternative credit models could promote financial inclusion. View the full article