The outcome of previously-reported talks between Guild Mortgage and Bayview, a quiet servicing giant and asset manager, is a finalized acquisition valued at $1.3 billion that will transform the lender. In line with previous talks, a Bayview fund will buy outstanding shares of Guild it didn’t already own. The publicly-traded lender plans to go private […]
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The Mortgage Bankers Association has begun to study the feasibility of reducing the government-related mortgage market’s traditional three credit-report pull to a single one, putting a new twist on an old proposal. President and CEO Bob Broeksmit said in a recent blog that the move could fit in with an industry regulator’s interest in promoting
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The slow erosion in first-quarter home equity from a year ago equates to a four-figure decline in house value, according to Cotality’s latest numbers. The new Cotality study, which follows an earlier report of home equity declines by Attom, shows the trend drove a typical house’s value down by $4,200 at the beginning of 2025
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Technology-backed real estate platform Realpha is expanding into Texas, the latest move in its attempt to establish end-to-end home buying services across the country. Already active in Florida, Realpha rolled out its platform to the Lone Star State through an agreement with national brokerage Continental Real Estate Group, allowing it to build a customer base
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A “perfect storm” is paving the way for growth in home equity investment contracts, with originations and secondary market activity both on the upswing for the emerging asset class, industry leaders said this week. Tailwinds behind the product gives reason for optimism, according to Mark Ginsberg, an expert in securitized products originations at Barclays Investment
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United Wholesale Mortgage is bringing back a conventional purchase mortgage in which the borrower only has to come up with a 1% down payment. A previous version of the product was last offered in May 2024. With this iteration, the mortgage is available up to the conforming loan limit for buyers at or below 80%
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Chimera Investment Corp., a New York-based real estate investment trust, announced plans to buy non-QM lender HomeXpress Mortgage in a cash-and-stock deal worth over $120 million Thursday. The deal, expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, includes a $120 million cash payment for the Santa Ana, California-based company, plus more than 2 million
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Mortgage rates continued to operate in the same low 6.8% range they have been in for most of the past two months since a 21 basis point spike in mid-April, according to Freddie Mac. The 30-year fixed rate mortgage declined 1 basis point as of June 12 from one week prior, to 6.84%, the Freddie
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Mortgage scam reports have soared in recent years, opposite of the housing market’s slowdown. The industry as of April was reporting 71 mortgage scams per month, up from just 14 per month in 2022 at the tail-end of the refinance boom, according to BackOffice Pro, a business services organization. While real estate companies disclosed losses
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Diane Tomb is out as CEO of the American Land Title Association, and there are indications that the departure was not voluntary. Chris Morton, previously senior vice president of public affairs and chief advocacy officer, has been named as Tomb’s replacement. Morton had been in that role since 2020 when he first joined ALTA. “We
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