PHH Mortgage officially rolled out a new lending product suite this week as it looks to tap into growing mortgage industry demand for non-agency offerings. The proprietary non-qualified mortgage products, collectively known as FlexIQ, will be available through PHH’s correspondent lending channel for both delegated and non-delegated loans. The lender is a subsidiary of West […]
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Key insight: The trade association letter urges the White House to reverse cuts to the congressionally mandated program. Supporting data: The Office of Management and Budget has let go CDFI Fund staff as part of a reduction in force across the government, and the administration has singled out the program for cuts to the extent
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Key insight: A failure in an AWS internal subsystem in its northern Virginia region caused widespread errors and latencies across the internet on Monday. What’s at stake: The outage disrupted services at banks and fintechs like Navy Federal, Truist and Chime, reminding the sector of its concentration risk. Expert quote: “When AWS sneezes, half the
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Nexa Lending welcomed mortgage industry veteran Tammy Richards as chief strategy officer, one of a series of recent moves introduced by the company as it also undergoes a rebranding initiative. As chief strategy officer, Richards will help lead market development and expansion for the Mesa, Arizona-based lender, which recently changed its name from Nexa Mortgage.
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Following its absorption of the Mr. Cooper and Redfin organizations, Rocket Companies confirmed it conducted a round of layoffs on Oct. 17, in line plans for cuts announced in second-quarter earnings. The reduction in force affected less than 1% of its team, the company said in a statement, confirming information which appeared in HousingWire. “Following
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A credit reporting agency on Monday morning responded to an industry proposal to look into ending the tri-merge with a study finding it even more harmful to borrowers than a two-score pull. Although an earlier Standard & Poor’s study found a bi-merge alternative to the status quo in the mortgage industry could be viable, TransUnion
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If you’ve seen headlines or social posts calling for a housing crash, it’s easy to wonder if home values are about to take a hit. But here’s the simple truth. The data doesn’t point to a crash. It points to slow, continued growth. And sure, it’s going to vary by local area. Some markets will
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The Treasury Department and several other federal agencies told a US judge that her order temporarily halting layoffs tied to the government shutdown doesn’t apply to more than 2,000 employees who have already received firing notices. In sworn declarations filed Friday, officials with the departments of the Treasury, Health and Human Services and Homeland Security said their
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The Mortgage Bankers Association is warning lenders of wavering productivity and stubbornly high expenses amid what should be steadily climbing production volume. The trade group’s top economists Sunday at the MBA Annual conference in Las Vegas discussed the macroeconomic headwinds that they suggested shouldn’t dramatically affect new mortgage volume. The economists are anticipating an 8%
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TransUnion is the latest company to make a move in the credit score war between VantageScore and Fair Isaac Corp.’s FICO score, following partners Experian and Equifax. Transunion will offer VantageScore 4.0, a credit scoring model, for $4 in 2026. Experian will provide it for free to its clients indefinitely and Equifax will charge $4.50
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