The Mortgage Bankers Association has responded to the Office of Management and Budget’s request for information on “unnecessary, unlawful, unduly burdensome and unsound rules” with several origination and servicing policy suggestions. There already has been pullback from some of the policies the association is calling for the Office of Management and Budget to rescind, with […]

Mortgage lender Lower is acquiring Movoto, a home search website, from prior parent company OJO Labs, the companies announced Tuesday. The combination of the two firms will create “an end-to-end homeownership platform” connecting consumers, originators and real estate agents. The vision echoes a similar one pursued by Rocket Companies through its acquisition of Redfin, announced

Better Home & Finance is offering numerous reasons to believe better days are ahead despite its struggle to reach profitability. The digital lender Tuesday morning disclosed a $51 million net loss in the first quarter, in line with net losses of $59.2 million and $50 million in the prior and year ago periods, respectively. Since