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Housing market faces headwinds as mortgage rates move above 7%
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (761+ words) Mortgage rates ended the week at 7.12%, a level that historically coincides with softer housing demand. Holiday effects lowered weekly inventory and listings, but pending sales and purchase apps are entering a period of tougher year-over-year comparisons with last year’s falling-rate…...
DSCR loan volume surges despite fraud risks and scrutiny
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (1033+ words) DSCR and investor loan lock volume skyrocketed 130% between January 2022 and August 2026, becoming the primary growth engine for the non-QM market. The loan's structure makes it uniquely vulnerable to bad actors, with fraud risk indicators now firing on 1 in 44 investment property…...
CrossCountry Mortgage lifts internal conforming loan limit to $845K
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (430+ words) CrossCountry Mortgage increased its internal conforming loan limit to $845,000 through an Early Bird program, getting ahead of FHFA’s official 2027 announcement. AI Summary CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) has raised its conforming loan limit to $845,000 through an “Early Bird” program announced Thursday, moving…...
Rocket raises conforming loan limit to $845,000
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (305+ words) Rocket Mortgage raised its conforming loan limit to $845,000 for 1-unit homes in 48 states, effective immediately across retail and Rocket Pro. The new cap is 1.47% above the current 2026 limit of $832,750, and Rocket set $1,267,500 for Alaska and Hawaii ahead of FHFA’s November…...
Former Better executive Chad Smith named Envoy Mortgage CEO
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (448+ words) PLACE has appointed former Better.com executive Chad Smith as CEO of Envoy Mortgage and president of PLACE’s mortgage and financial services division. Envoy, which had been led by President Jesse Passafiume without a CEO, is expanding through its acquisition…...
Truss Financial pivots to direct lending to speed non-QM, HELOC deals
1+ week, 2+ day ago (362+ words) Truss Financial Group has expanded from brokerage into direct lending, launching in-house underwriting and table funding in California while keeping a 90-plus partner wholesale network across 44 states and Washington, D.C. AI Summary Ladera Ranch, California-based Truss Financial Group (TFG) has expanded…...
eXp, Kind wind down Success Lending JV, with Newrez on deck
1+ week, 4+ day ago (486+ words) eXp World Holdings and Kind Lending will shut down their mortgage JV, Success Lending. eXp said it is exploring a new joint venture with Newrez after Success originated about $270 million year to date. AI Summary eXp World Holdings and Kind…...
Residential Lending CEOs Face Five Strategic Questions
1+ week, 6+ day ago (839+ words) With rates near 6.5% in major forecasts and purchase volume pressured, lenders are rethinking scale, customer ownership, defensibility, tech ROI and optionality. The series outlines mortgage banking questions shaping strategy through 2028. AI Summary Mortgage banking has always been cyclical. This cycle…...
2026 Vanguard: Ben Madick
2+ week, 2+ day ago (226+ words) Ben Madick combined his experience in correspondent lending and mortgage compliance to create Matic, a digital property and casualty insurance marketplace built for lenders and servicers. Matic helped pioneer embedded insurance by integrating coverage comparisons directly into the homeownership experience....
MILLION Luxury bets on AI to compete with mega brokerages
1+ week, 6+ day ago (894+ words) Miami based MILLION Luxury is deploying AI across marketing, CRM, lead qualification and internal operations to increase productivity per agent. CEO Andrés Muñoz says AI is meant to amplify agent expertise and client service, not replace agents. AI Summary As…...