United Wholesale Mortgage, now a publicly traded company, will return to the Super Bowl this year. The wholesale lender will be running a new Super Bowl commercial spotlighting independent mortgage brokers and its website FindAMortgageBroker.com for a second straight year. See the video ...

Mortgage applications jumped 16.7% after a 4.2% drop last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The jump underlines the seasonality behind last week’s decrease in mortgage rates, as well as the expectation of additional fiscal stimulus from the incoming administration, per ...

This HousingWire Daily interview features a crossover episode from HousingWire’s Housing News podcast, a show that highlights a new mortgage or real estate executive each week to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. In this episode, HomeBridge Chief Diversity ...

In December, AmTrust Title Insurance Company announced the hiring of seasoned underwriter Mary Shelley as its midwest region agency underwriter. We took the opportunity to talk to Shelley, who has 35 years experience in the field, about the challenges underwriters have faced during this pandemic ...

Wells Fargo, the second-biggest mortgage lender in the nation, continued to cede market share to nonbank rivals in the fourth quarter of 2020. The lender originated $ 53.94 billion in the fourth quarter, a 12.5% decline from the prior quarter, when the bank originated $ 61.6 billion in ...

Mortgage financing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have tightened rules on buildings that offer too many short-term rentals in vacation locales, drawing objections from the real estate industry. The new rules could make it tougher for some buyers to get a mortgage on condos in resort areas, and ...

For many of us, the start of a new year is usually synonymous with a renewed sense of professional self, focusing on new goals, new prospects for the year and, of course, the excitement for the upcoming spring real estate market. As we think about coming out of this first month of the year, ...

In a lawsuit filed last week, a mortgage brokerage claimed that one of its former loan officers stole a database containing client names and information and brought it with him to a new job at NEXA Mortgage. Smart Mortgage, which operates in Illinois, Indiana, Colorado and Florida, filed suit ...

United Wholesale Mortgage is facing a potentially ugly court battle from a few of its own constituents. Three mortgage brokers in California claim that UWM pulled the rug out from beneath them in March when it changed the commission structure on mortgages that were quickly paid off by borrowers. ...

Last month involved several regulatory compliance updates and hot topics in the Mortgage industry. We’ve rounded up some key updates and how they will affect you and your financial institution going forward. Survey Reveals Why So Many Homeowners Haven’t Refinanced Their Mortgage ...