Home equity investment platform Unlock Technologies announced it received a new multimillion dollar commitment to help support the expansion of its consumer financing contracts. The $250 million capital agreement with D2 Asset Management guarantees the purchase of originated products by the firm and doubles the amount of an initial deal the two companies signed last […]
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Rocket Companies announced a strategic move to sunset its credit card Wednesday, with the company opting to focus on goals to grow its homeownership platform instead. An email from Rocket Card sent to customers reveals that on September 8 the card will be discontinued. The firm said that even though it is stepping back from
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Sales of previously owned US homes fell in June to a nine-month low as potential buyers continued to bristle at record prices and high borrowing costs. Contract closings decreased 2.7% in June to an annualized rate of 3.93 million, a report from the National Association of Realtors showed Wednesday. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expected a
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Mr. Cooper Group on Tuesday recorded mixed earnings for the second quarter that fell short of matching year-ago results and consensus estimates but were considerably stronger than the bottom line in the previous fiscal period. Servicing, including a $30 million mark net of hedges, was the key driver of the second-quarter’s $198 million profit. That
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A new lender says it can give a company’s employees up to 75 basis points off their interest rate through its mortgage benefits program. Multiply Mortgage, founded in 2022, says the average worker utilizing its perks saves up to $5,700 per year, relative to home loan offers they were comparing the offer to. The broker
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Pennymac enjoyed a more productive second quarter, although it suffered a financial hit from hedging results over early spring rate volatility. The Southern California-based mortgage giant reported $136.5 million in net income for the second quarter, missing a Standard & Poor’s Capital IQ consensus estimate of $152 million. The net income figure however was up
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Douglas Elliman, the nation’s sixth-largest real estate brokerage, is the latest firm to unite home sales and financing under one roof. The company has entered into a “strategic alliance” with Associated Mortgage Bankers, Ronkonkoma, New York, to create Elliman Capital. “By bringing mortgage services in-house, we’re creating an unprecedented level of convenience and oversight to
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The share of mortgage loans with issues that could indicate fraud declined in the second quarter of 2025, although it is still above levels seen in the second half of last year, Fundingshield’s Wire Fraud Analytics report said. During the period, nearly 46.63% of transactions analyzed in an $81 billion residential, commercial and business purpose
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For-sale housing inventory is sitting at its highest point in years despite a pullback in new listings, and the contrasting numbers indicate long-standing affordability challenges are still impacting the market, leading real estate brokerages found. Approximately 1.36 million homes were on sale in June, the greatest volume since late 2019, according to the latest data
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US housing starts rebounded in June on the strength of multifamily building, while weakness in the larger single-family market pointed to ongoing struggles with bloated inventories and affordability constraints. New residential construction increased 4.6% to an annualized rate of 1.32 million homes last month, picking up after an almost 10% slide in May, according to
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