Texas suspends data center permits amid power, water and housing strains.
Texas halts data-center permits amid power, water and housing audits, impacting deal financing, underwriting risk and market liquidity for private lenders.
SERHANT. updates S.MPLE AI platform to include Dot assistant.
S.MPLE 2.0 presents an orchestrated multi-agent AI platform that automates core origination and brokerage workflows, centering on comparative market analyses, marketing, transaction management and borrower follow-up. By assigning specialized agents to discrete tasks and coordinating them through a supervisory layer, the system can produce [...]
Freddie Mac Revises M-Deal Structure for $284M Housing Securitization.
Private lenders Freddie Mac's $284M M-Deal backs 3,008 units across 19 affordable properties, using a revised structure aligned with other securitizations
Polly expands agentic AI capabilities for mortgage capital markets.
A company claims lenders can be moved from onboarding to a verified, production-ready environment in four to six weeks, positioning the offering as a rapid-deployment solution for mortgage origination and servicing workflows. The assertion suggests a packaged approach — likely combining prebuilt connectors, configuration [...]
DRB Group will launch two mortgage joint ventures.
DRB Group is expanding into branded mortgage origination with the introduction of two new lending platforms, DRB Mortgage and DRB Home Loans, launched in collaboration with mortgage partners Acrisure Mortgage and Alta Home Lending. The initiative reflects a strategic effort to embed mortgage solutions [...]
UWM sets terms for $400M rights offering backed by Oaktree and Ishbia
A planned distribution of rights is expected to begin shortly, creating immediate activity across mortgage markets and servicer operations. Though procedural on its face, the distribution will involve transfer and allocation of entitlements that can affect ownership records, voting or exercise mechanics, and settlement [...]
Design-build business model when land no longer provides a moat.
Scott FInfer outlines parallel clean-tech stacks, retail studios and payment-tied engineered financing, highlighting structured cash-flow and collateral use.
Five questions for loan officers before preapproving complex income.
Concise assumption memos help private lenders avoid underwriting surprises by documenting income sources and assumptions, reducing last-minute adjustments.
New Hampshire’s first C-PACE deal finances 474-home Brickyard development.
New Hampshire's first C-PACE backs a 474-unit Brickyard in Lebanon: $23.2M C-PACE paired with $31.5M senior construction loan, capital-stack profile brief.
Compass adds See It First to Compass.com redesign.
A major brokerage conglomerate is citing a 56% year‑over‑year increase in traffic to its consumer site as the basis for a national advertising push, signaling a strategic pivot toward brand‑driven digital growth. For mortgage professionals, the development highlights the growing importance of brokerage‑owned portals [...]