MISMO Adds FICO, VantageScore and Guild Leaders to Credit Modernization.
MISMO adds leaders from FICO, VantageScore and Guild Mortgage, advancing credit models, data standards and automated underwriting for private lenders via AI
Greystone secures $17.4M Freddie Mac loan for Philadelphia mixed-use asset.
Greystone's $17.362M Freddie Mac refinance of The Keys, a 96‑unit Philadelphia mixed‑use property, shows stabilized multifamily accessing agency debt. Now.
Rocket and CrossCountry adjust timing for conforming loan limits.
Private lenders: Rocket and CrossCountry raised one-unit conforming limits to $845K, opening an early conventional window for higher-balance borrowers today.
Fed is sued over alleged private Wall Street talks on bank capital rules.
Lawsuit alleges the Fed and a top supervisor privately coordinated with banks on capital rules, potentially disrupting mortgage origination, servicing and private lenders.
AmeriHome moves nearly $395M in GSE-eligible loans to the private market.
AmeriHome securitizes 733 agency-eligible mortgages into a $394.8M private-label RMBS, offering private lenders exposure to prime collateral. Risk profiles
Century Communities will hold a grand opening for a new Florida community.
New Florida community offering single-family homes from the upper $200Ks; market fundamentals, rental demand and yield potential relevant to private lenders.
Sellers Outnumber Buyers by 58%, yet Homebuyers Face New Obstacles.
Listings surged; sellers outnumber buyers by 58%, while buyer demand stalls — private lenders could expand short-term, bridge and acquisition lending. Plus
Inflation pushes mortgage rates back into focus.
Inflation driven by energy and shelter pushed Treasury yields higher, signaling upward pressure on mortgage rates — key implications for private lenders.
CCM raises conforming loan limit to $845,000 ahead of FHFA announcement.
Increase expands conventional lending to high-balance borrowers, outlining eligibility shifts and product implications for private lenders' risk and yield.
Homes for Heroes has returned nearly $200 million to beneficiaries.
As the organization marks a milestone anniversary, leadership is signaling a deliberate shift from a single-transaction focus toward managing the full borrower relationship across the mortgage lifecycle. The strategic emphasis is on building recurring, fee-based streams through servicing, secondary-market relationships and ancillary homeownership products, [...]