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• Homelendia Mortgage launches mortgage brokerage franchises 2023-02-08
  Homelendia Mortgage LLC, a Florida-based mortgage brokerage franchisor, announced the launch of its mortgage brokerage franchises this week.
  Tannistha Sinha
• Inside American Pacific Mortgage’s quest for expansion 2023-02-08
  APM is undeterred by the depressing mortgage outlook— the lender expects a 25% increase in origination volume in 2023 from its M&A deals.
  Connie Kim
• Mortgage applications ticked up 7.4% during wild week in mortgage 2023-02-08
  During the week that mortgage rates very briefly touched down into the 5% range, mortgage applications increased 7.4%, according to the MBA.
  James Kleimann
• Housing affordability is improving, but there’s more work to be done: experts 2023-02-08
  Experts from the Urban Institute, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Housing Finance Strategies offered their takes on where the housing affordability crisis is heading.
  Chris Clow
• Home Partners of America names Jennifer Deason as CEO 2023-02-08
  Home Partners of America's new CEO, Jennifer Deason, will succeed the company's co-founder and current CEO, William Young.
  Tannistha Sinha
• Rithm, in ‘conservative mode,’ delivers $865M profit in 2022 2023-02-08
  Rithm announced Wednesday that its approach resulted in an $864.8 million profit in 2022 — higher than the $705.5 million the prior year.
  Flávia Furlan Nunes
• The CFPB puts mortgage comparison sites on notice 2023-02-08
  The CFPB is putting mortgage comparison sites on notice, laying out scenarios of how certain platforms could be violating the RESPA section 8.
  Connie Kim
• The new, must-have technology that’s tackling lending’s greatest challenges  2023-02-08
  Each novel at the time of their debut, it’s now impossible to imagine any mortgage company operating without an LOS or POS. Now we face another inflection point as forward-thinking lenders come to view the borrower intelligence platform — BIP for short — as equally mission-critical technology.
  Eunice Garcia
• Anthony Hsieh steps down as loanDepot’s executive chairman 2023-02-08
  Amid a battle with the board of directors, loanDepot's founder Anthony Hsieh is stepping down as executive chairman.
  Flávia Furlan Nunes
• Anthony Hsieh is fighting with the loanDepot board 2023-02-08
  Anthony Hsieh will use his majority voting power to unilaterally nominate Steven Ozonian for election to the board of directors, exposing a dispute with other loanDepot board members.
  Flávia Furlan Nunes