CEO Anthony Hsieh said refinances should provide notable benefit to its direct lending unit a day after LoanDepot announced a return to the wholesale channel.

At an industry conference Tuesday, bankers said that an extended war with Iran will result in adverse economic conditions, including inflation.

Nonagency underwriting is expanding but the public sector is a different story due to recent performance issues, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

LendSure originated more than one third of the loans in the pool, while American Heritage Lending and The Loan Store represent 14.8% and 11.1% of the pool.

In the highest-priced housing markets, some buyers see adjustable-rate mortgages as the only loan they may initially qualify for, Cotality found.

The company dropped the broker channel just months after Frank Martell became CEO; now that Anthony Hsieh is running things again, LoanDepot brought it back.

Kalamata Offshore Feeder Fund II and Kalamata Onshore Fund, which have assets of $234.6 million, will provide performance guarantees.

Industry stakeholders say the Federal Reserve's renewed focus on reforming the discount window — the central bank's 'lender of last resort' facility — is welcome. But replacing the system with one that works better is easier said than done.

Borrowers had a WA FICO of 742, as new partnerships with equipment manufacturers, primarily marine craft and RVs, contributed higher-quality obligors to the pool.

The current series, STRE 2026-1, is expected to have a prefunded pool balance that is 31.1% of the aggregate pool balance, higher than the 20% balance on the STRE 2025-1.

The bank exited the $1.95-trillion asset cap last year, but it had remained subject to the rest of the eight-year-old order.

While this only shows a 2-basis-point rise in the 30-year fixed since last week, the Lender Price product and pricing engine data is 30 basis points higher.