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Exclusive: CrossCountry Mortgage CEO unveils organic growth strategy

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Cleveland-based CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) has taken a different approach from competitors. Rather than pursuing mergers and acquisitions to strengthen its origination and servicing platforms, the company has focused on organic growth by acquiring mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) and building an asset management arm.   “Our servicing portfolio by year-end will be approximately $200 billion, and we’ve […]

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Beeline expects to achieve cash flow positive status by Q1 2026

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Digital mortgage platform Beeline Holdings announced Monday that it has paid off more than $7 million in debt and is positioning itself to become cash flow positive by the first quarter of 2026. The company’s announcement also explained that all secured credit facilities, including senior debentures, were fully repaid as of Sept. 3, 2025. Only

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CFO Kevin Ryan to retire from Better, will join PennyMac as chief strategy officer

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Better’s chief financial officer, Kevin Ryan, is retiring from the company, according to an SEC filing on Friday, and will be joining PennyMac Financial Services as a senior managing director, chief strategy officer. According to the filing, Ryan announced on Sept. 30 that he would be retiring but it is not clear when his last

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FICO’s new program draws mixed reviews from mortgage market

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Fair Isaac Corp.’s (FICO) decision to let resellers calculate and distribute its scores directly to lenders drew a mixed response from the mortgage industry — viewed by some as a step toward more competition, but by others as a potential driver of higher credit score costs in the short term. On Wednesday, FICO unveiled the

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FICO bypasses credit bureaus with new program for mortgage lenders

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Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO) has launched a program allowing tri-merge resellers to calculate and distribute its scores directly to mortgage companies, effectively bypassing the three nationwide credit bureaus: Equifax, TransUnion and Experian. The move comes amid intensified competition with VantageScore, owned by the three bureaus, following the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) decision to let

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Fannie and Freddie waive some loan requirements amid shutdown

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Government agencies and enterprises issued guidance on Wednesday for mortgage lenders and servicers during the current government shutdown, which affects federal employees, services, contractors, vendors and other businesses. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are waiving some requirements for lenders due to the potential inability to confirm income, reserves, tax, and Social Security information from borrowers

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CFPB ends multiple lender consent orders, opens few new cases

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Under the Trump administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been winding down enforcement actions against lenders and servicers while opening only two new cases. On Sept. 18, the Bureau terminated consent orders against Washington Federal Bank, Planet Home Lending, Apple Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association. The cases spanned mortgage rules, credit cards

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Seniors see aging in place as greatest health risk in 2025: survey

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U.S. seniors cited aging in place as the biggest threat to their overall health and well-being for the second straight year in 2025, regardless of where they live, their income or their education, according to a new Alignment Health survey. In total, 64% of seniors identified aging in place as their primary social risk, down

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Mortgage rate shift turns fall into a ‘new spring’ for lenders

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Recent moves in mortgage rates have industry experts predicting that this fall could feel like a “new spring” for originations — even as the threat of a federal government shutdown looms. On Tuesday, HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center, which tracks locked loans, showed that 30-year conforming loan locks averaged 6.34% — just one basis point (bps)

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Mortgage rate shift turns fall into a ‘new spring’ for lenders

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Recent moves in mortgage rates have industry experts predicting that this fall could feel like a “new spring” for originations — even as the threat of a federal government shutdown looms. On Tuesday, HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center, which tracks locked loans, showed that 30-year conforming loan locks averaged 6.34% — just one basis point (bps)

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