This month, we secured underwriting approval on one of the most unique loans I’ve ever worked on: a $4 million non-QM mortgage using crypto asset depletion to qualify. The borrower? A first-time homebuyer buying an $8 million home. But this deal didn’t start with a win. One of the nation’s biggest banks denied him a […]
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At Blend Forum 2025, our annual executive gathering where more than 100 leaders from the nation’s top banks, credit unions, and IMBs came together to talk about the future of lending, one theme stood out. In his opening keynote, Nima Ghamsari, Co-Founder and Head of Blend, put it plainly: the speed of technology adoption is
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Left to right: Kevin Ryan, Shiva Iyer National lender and servicer Pennymac announced the appointment of veteran mortgage leader Kevin Ryan as senior managing director, chief strategy officer. Ryan will soon join the company upon his exit from the role of president and chief financial officer at Better following a brief transitional period at his
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