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Synergy One joins Figure’s Democratized Prime as flagship institutional client

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Figure Technology Solutions, a technology platform powering a liquid, blockchain-based marketplace for financial products, announced on Wednesday that Synergy One Lending is the first institutional client to fund through its Democratized Prime platform. Democratized Prime — and specifically, its home equity line of credit (HELOC) pool — is Figure’s decentralized marketplace that operates as a […]

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PennyMac, the top dog in correspondent, says its broker business is booming

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PennyMac Financial Services Inc. (PFSI) on Tuesday reported net income of $136.5 million for Q2 2025 on revenue of $444.7 million, which executives attributed to big strides made in the broker channel and a servicing portfolio that has surpassed $700 billion UPB. During the earnings call, CEO and Chairman David Spector commented that PennyMac was experiencing

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HomeStreet to sell $794M in Ginnie Mae MSRs

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Seattle-based HomeStreet Bank has agreed to sell its $794 million Ginnie Mae loan servicing portfolio to an undisclosed “experienced” buyer, the company announced in a regulatory filing. The transaction is scheduled to close on August 1.  “As HomeStreet carried this servicing portfolio at current market value at June 30, 2025, no gain or loss is

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Californians report unraveling mortgage relief after the fires

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In the wake of massive wildfires that destroyed 16,000 structures in Los Angeles County in January, hundreds of banks and mortgage companies agreed to let borrowers delay their monthly payments for 90 days, without demands for full repayment at the end of the forbearance period. Others simply pledged relief and relocation assistance. California’s state-run mortgage

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Tidalwave announces new hires to lead mortgage technology sales

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Tidalwave, a mortgage technology startup that’s integrated with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, announced Monday that it has hired a pair of industry veterans to bolster its sales team. John Stephenson has joined Tidalwave as its head of national sales, while Frank Pastirchak is the company’s new account executive. Stephenson is a former relationship manager

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Rocket lays off 2% of workforce after closing Redfin acquisition

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Detroit-based Rocket Companies confirmed a company-wide layoff on Friday, just weeks after completing its $1.75 billion all-stock acquisition of real estate brokerage Redfin. The cuts affected roughly 2% of the firm’s workforce. “Following the Redfin acquisition, we carefully reviewed our combined structure, identified overlapping roles and made the difficult decision to streamline teams,” a spokesperson

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MMI unveils conversational AI for mortgage loan officers

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Mortgage technology company Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI) announced on Monday its launch of ChatMMI, which claims to be the industry’s first conversational artificial intelligence interface built specifically for lenders, recruiters and other mortgage professionals. The tool allows MMI users to skip dashboards and spreadsheets to directly ask questions via a chat function. The company said

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The Non-QM revolution: Redefining homeownership in the modern economy

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The U.S. mortgage market is undergoing a tectonic shift, and Non-Qualified Mortgage (Non-QM) lending is at the epicenter of this transformation. Once viewed as a niche or transitional product, non-QM lending now represents around 5 percent of today’s mortgage market, according to a recent CoreLogic report. Far from another risky expansion of lending standards that

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Tech Pulse: Realtor.com acquires Zenlist; Zillow unveils new tools

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Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Realtor.com parent Move acquires Zenlist Realtor.com parent Move Inc. has acquired Zenlist, a real estate tech startup known for its agent-client collaboration tools. The deal boosts Realtor.com’s

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Which is better for mortgage — FICO or VantageScore?

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VantageScore and FICO have escalated their rivalry in the mortgage space following the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) decision to allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to purchase loans underwritten with VantageScore 4.0 as an alternative to the Classic FICO score.  Both companies published analyses this week from their data scientists. Naturally, each claims their score more

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