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Brody Gapp, a new mortgage compliance law firm, is open for business
The firm plans to work with independent mortgage banks, credit unions, servicers and brokers across the country by offering “strategic legal solutions across compliance, litigation, and risk mitigation.”
Truliant registers first eHELOC using DocMagic mortgage tech
Truliant Federal Credit Union confirmed that the home equity note was registered using DocMagic’s digital lending technology on June 6.
Rate’s Jennifer Beeston urges LOs to ‘protect the American dream’
Part of reviving the dream, Beeston shared with The Gathering attendees, is adding new and young blood to the industry
Pennymac shakes up tech leadership
California-based lender and servicer has created a new role focused on digital innovations.
Top NewRez/Caliber LO John Abraham departs for The Money Store
Abraham originated nearly $70 million in mortgages in 2023, per mortgage recruiting platform Modex.
Mortgage rates are the highest they’ve been this year. Did loan officers expect this?
The high rate environment is not a surprise for loan officers who are weathering the storm — here’s what they’re prioritizing.
Lennar builds big profits, but still has complaints
National homebuilding titan Lennar is comfortably profitable, but company executives lament that a struggle to procure construction materials keeps them from doing more. HW+ Premium Content
Inside Look: RealTrends 2021 Brokerage Compensation Study
Steve Murray, senior advisor to RealTrends, gives an exclusive first look at the 2021 RealTrends Brokerage Compensation Report. HW+ Premium Content
DOJ probes NAR pocket listings ban
A communique that NAR fired off Monday gives clues on what the Biden administration’s probe into the real estate trade group looks like – with one area of investigation NAR’s ban on pocket listings. HW+ Premium Content
