December 2025

LOs hit with temporary bans in Union Home Mortgage case

A federal judge has barred eight former Union Home Mortgage employees from originating loans in their local cities, a win for the lender in an ongoing lawsuit.  Processing Content The multichannel lender sued its ex-branch managers and loan officers this year after they moved to American Pacific Mortgage in January. The plaintiff firm accused its […]

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OceanFirst to buy Flushing Financial, raise $225M from Warburg Pincus

Key insight: The deal is expected to create a $23 billion-asset company with operations focused around New Jersey and New York. What’s at stake: OceanFirst is vowing to reduce its commercial real-estate concentration, which was already hefty and will grow larger following the completion of the Flushing transaction. Forward look: Warburg Pincus will make a

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New insurance law to change Nevada wildfire coverage in 2026

A new Nevada law set to go into effect will permit insurance providers to exclude wildfire damage in homeowners policies in 2026. Processing Content Legislation passed in the Silver State this spring means insurers receive explicit legal protection if they opt out of wildfire coverage for standard policies issued after Jan. 1. With the change,

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