October 2025

Mortgage lenders face tech-driven paradigm shift

As mortgage lenders confront a “paradigm shift” driven by technology, cost pressures and temperamental market conditions, executives warned that those who fail to adapt risk being left behind. Speaking at HousingWire‘s 2025 Mortgage Banking Summit earlier this week, David Lykken, the president of Transformational Mortgage Solutions, and Adam Carmel, the CEO of Polly, offered a […]

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Fair Finance Watch opposes Fifth Third-Comerica merger

Fair Finance Watch, a self-described watchdog for the financial services industry, has filed early opposition to Fifth Third Bank‘s proposed acquisition of Comerica, urging the Federal Reserve to hold public hearings and scrutinize the Cincinnati-based lender’s mortgage lending record before approving the deal. In a letter sent Oct. 8 to Fed Chair Jerome Powell and

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Florida brokerage endures a nightmare and lesson in real estate cybersecurity

In August, the agents at Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Florida Properties Group found themselves under siege from fraudsters.  “It began with the mother of one of our agents getting a call at two o’clock on a Sunday morning from a number that looked identical to her daughter, with her daughter’s photo,” Casey Bryan, the president of

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