July 2025

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 […]

In cities across the U.S., the scales have tipped, and most of the real estate industry hasn’t noticed. More than 44.5 million households in the United States are renter-occupied, accounting for 35 percent of all homes. But in many of the country’s most economically influential metros, that number isn’t 35 percent but the majority. Manhattan?

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