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Jennifer Folk joins Kind Lending as COO 

Folk most recently held the role of VP, fulfillment operations at Tri Pointe Connect, the affiliated mortgage company of Tri Pointe Homes.

5 takeaways from the March home-sales reports 

New-home sales rose in March, existing-home sales slumped and inventory rose at a rapid rate. Here’s what to know about the housing market.

UWM brings mortgage servicing in-house, partners with ICE 

UWM’s move speaks to the broader impact of the Rocket-Mr. Cooper deal on the mortgage servicing landscape.

Rocket cautiously wades into iBuying 

Via its Homes platform, Rocket Companies plans to offer customers iBuying services. Here’s why the lender is partnering with third-party firms and what the upside is. HW+ Premium Content

Rocket blasts off in the private-label market 

Rocket Mortgage started out dabbling in the private-label secondary market slowly, with a single offering in 2019, followed by another in 2020, but it has come out with its engines roaring in 2021. HW+ Premium Content

UWM posts $330M in profits in Q3 2021 

UWM, the largest wholesale lender in the country, posted $329.9 million in profits during the third quarter, an uptick from the $138.7 million registered in the second quarter. Here’s what drove its growth. HW+ Premium Content

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