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Tavant agentic AI portal connects lenders, real estate agents, borrowers

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At the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Servicing Solutions Conference & Expo 2026 in Dallas, Tavant unveiled its TOUCHLESS Servicing Portal and embedded artificial intelligence (AI) agent MAYA — expanding its platform beyond loan origination and into post-close servicing. The new portal unifies application, decisioning and servicing in a single borrower-facing experience, allowing homeowners to move from […]

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Capital One joins BPC housing affordability council

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The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) has added Capital One to its Executive Council for Housing Affordability, a group of private-sector leaders focused on expanding access to affordable housing. Gina Metrakas, vice president and head of federal advocacy at Capital One, will represent the company on the council. Metrakas previously held senior leadership roles at the

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Mortgage rates fall to multiyear lows in time for spring housing market

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Mortgage rates are at multiyear lows, whether you quote Mortgage News Daily at 5.99% or Freddie Mac weekly data at 5.98%. The drop has come at a good time, as the spring housing market is about to start, with more Americans looking to sell their homes and buy another. First-time homebuyers are looking at the

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RealTrends Verified brokerage Rogers Healy and Associates merges with Compass

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RealTrends Verified Dallas brokerage Rogers Healy and Associates (RHA) has merged with Compass, marking the end of an era for one of North Texas’ best-known independent brokerages and the start of a new chapter under the nation’s largest real estate brand. Founder and CEO Rogers Healy announced the move in a LinkedIn post, calling Compass

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AD Mortgage launches its largest non-QM securitization yet

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AD Mortgage, a provider of non-QM and residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), announced on Friday the successful launch of a $602.7 securitization deal, its largest to date. The transaction, which follows the company’s first deal of the year, a $567.42 million transaction, marks AD’s 30th securitization of AD-originated collateral and the 21st to receive ratings from

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Minor FICO score improvements can ease homebuying costs

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Improving a credit score could save homebuyers tens of thousands of dollars in mortgage interest, according to a new nationwide study from AD Mortgage, released on Thursday. The analysis, Credit Score vs. Mortgage Cost: How Long It Takes to Improve and How Much It Can Save, State by State, shows that even modest gains in

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Affordability takes center stage in the 2026 housing market

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The 2026 Spring Market is about to be upon us, and one aspect is clear: affordability is at the forefront of everyone’s mind. The price escalations experienced during the pandemic, driven by historically low interest rates, are now largely in the rearview mirror. In most markets, the prospect of near-term appreciation for would-be buyers is

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You can’t automate trust: Why I built my business on relationships

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I have built an entire company on being able to relationship. Yes, I said it like that on purpose. According to Google, a relationship is “the way in which two or more concepts, or people are connected, or the state of being connected.” And while the industry is currently obsessed with AI ( I mean

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Rocket Pro doubles broker credits with Compass deal, unveils ‘Jupiter’ LOS

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Rocket Pro, the wholesale lending arm of Rocket Mortgage, announced a partnership with Compass to offer additional credits to brokers. It also unveiled a new loan origination system during its Ignite26 event on Thursday. Under a new program called Pro Purchase Power, brokers will receive 40 basis points when working with a Compass buyer’s agent,

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Rocket grows revenue to $6.7B, expands market share in 2025

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Rocket Companies Inc. wrapped up 2025 with higher revenues and growing mortgage activity, the company reported Thursday in its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings report. For the full year, Rocket reported total revenue of $6.7 billion and a GAAP net loss of $234 million, or $0.05 per diluted share. On an adjusted basis, revenue was

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