Newrez, Pennymac and Rate are rolling out new products that signal a flurry of activity across the mortgage market. Processing Content The timing might be coincidental for most of these announcements, but loanDepot’s announcement it was restarting wholesale production has changed the competitive landscape for the wholesale sector in particular. Newrez has title insurance alternative […]
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Mortgage rates dropping to a three-year low last month drove up lock activity, specifically among purchase borrowers. Processing Content Total rate-lock volume increased 9% month over month and nearly 40% on an annual basis, according to Optimal Blue’s latest Market Advantage report. Purchase lock activity rose more than 14% from January and 5% compared with
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After exiting the channel approximately three-and-a-half years ago during a tough period for both the mortgage industry and its own business, LoanDepot is returning to the wholesale origination business. Processing Content “Serving brokers through wholesale naturally expands our multi-channel origination strategy and complements our direct-to-consumer, in-market retail, joint venture, and servicing businesses,” CEO Anthony Hsieh
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The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization has moved a pair of initiatives related to two government-guaranteed mortgage loans programs up to candidate recommendation status. Processing Content First, the data mapping for a key form in the Veterans Affairs loan process has achieved this status, meaning the standard has been thoroughly reviewed by industry participants and
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Better.com has launched a conversational credit decision engine that lets mortgage and home equity lenders run underwriting through ChatGPT using the company’s Tinman AI platform, the company announced Thursday. The integration, built with OpenAI using a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector, allows loan officers and bank teams to access Better’s Tinman engine directly in ChatGPT
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Better Home & Finance launched an app which allows users to connect to its Tinman underwriting engine directly in ChatGPT from OpenAI. Processing Content Access is through a custom Model Context Protocol connector built by Better in collaboration with OpenAI. MCP is an open standard which enables integration between large language model applications and external
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Blend Labs Inc. on Tuesday announced the launch of Blend Autopilot, an AI-powered agent designed to accelerate the mortgage application process. With traditional mortgage origination taking up to 30 to 60 days and costing $11,000 or more per loan, Blend Autopilot automates document review, compliance checks, follow-ups and application updates in real time as it
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Helped by a strong fourth quarter, the six active private mortgage insurers wrote 12% more business in 2025 over the prior year. Between the third and fourth quarter, new insurance written grew by 4%, according to a report from Bose George of Keefe Bruyette & Woods. Typically, the last three months of the year are
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AI-powered mortgage underwriting platform Friday Harbor announced Tuesday the launch of a new set of tools called Income and Asset Sandbox, which are designed to help loan officers structure income and asset decisions earlier in the origination process. The tools allow lending teams to test how different income streams, assets and supporting documents affect a
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A study by Andrew Davidson & Co. found meaningful credit score discrepancies among the three major bureaus — a key data point for those arguing in favor of maintaining the tri-merge standard rather than shifting to a bi-merge or single-report model. According to the paper, released Friday, 35% of the 245 million scored consumers in
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