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Planet Financial posts 64% annual growth in residential originations

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Planet Financial Group LLC, the parent of national mortgage lender Planet Home Lending, on Tuesday reported strong growth across its servicing, origination and asset management channels in the second quarter of 2025. The company — which also does business under the name Planet Loan Servicing and asset manager Planet Management Group — grew its total […]

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HomeStreet to sell $794M in Ginnie Mae MSRs

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Seattle-based HomeStreet Bank has agreed to sell its $794 million Ginnie Mae loan servicing portfolio to an undisclosed “experienced” buyer, the company announced in a regulatory filing. The transaction is scheduled to close on August 1.  “As HomeStreet carried this servicing portfolio at current market value at June 30, 2025, no gain or loss is

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After the Bayview deal, what’s the refi strategy for Guild Mortgage?

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Bayview Asset Management’s $1.3 billion deal to acquire Guild Holding Co., the parent of Guild Mortgage, has left loan officers wondering how the traditionally purchase-focused lender would integrate refinance capabilities to leverage the $770 billion servicing portfolio of soon-to-be sister company Lakeview Loan Servicing, the nation’s second-largest mortgage servicer. Guild LOs, who spoke with HousingWire

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Inside Movement Mortgage’s MSR sales strategy

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Due to ferocious investor demand, Movement Mortgage is opportunistically selling billions in mortgage servicing rights. And the South Carolina-based retail lender is using the cash proceeds to sharpen pricing for its roughly 1,400 producing loan officers. But while improved pricing might help win deals in the short term, Movement isn’t retaining recapture rights on some

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BOK Financial launches mortgage finance line of business

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BOK Financial recently announced the launch of its new mortgage finance line of business, a new vertical dedicated to meeting the credit needs of nonbank mortgage originators across the country. As a top 10 dealer of mortgage-backed securities that offers trading liquidity to more than 500 counterparties, BOK Financial has supported its client base for

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