LoanDepot founder gets wish: Ozonian joins board after face-off

The settlement with loanDepot founder Anthony Hsieh ends a proxy fight that broke out in February after Hsieh was ousted as loanDepot’s executive chairman. Continue reading

LoanDepot says it has ‘full access’ to $600M Signature Bank credit lines

The struggling mortgage lender assures investors that it has moved $225 million in cash that it held at Signature Bridge Bank to another institution. Continue reading

LoanDepot founder Anthony Hsieh determined to shake up board

After being ousted as executive chair, Hsieh says he controls enough voting shares to install veteran real estate executive Steve Ozonian on the mortgage lender’s board of directors. Continue reading

LoanDepot losses mount as company continues to shed workers

The beleaguered mortgage lender racks up a $610.4 million 2022 net loss despite cutting 6,100 jobs as rising mortgage rates cut into the company’s lucrative refinancing business. Continue reading

LoanDepot founder Anthony Hsieh ousted as executive chairman

The founder is in a spat with the board after nominating real estate veteran Steve Ozonian to serve on the floundering mortgage lender’s board of directors. Continue reading

UWM rolls out ‘one-time-close’ new construction loan in time for spring

Homebuyers can put as little as 5 percent down when taking out a new construction loan, with one closing and an optional float-down to secure a lower interest rate, according to United Wholesale Mortgage. Continue reading

Billions in losses, a brutal market and more from Q3 earnings season

A slowing market is taking a toll on big real estate companies, though not every firm is suffering equally. A look back on the past three dramatic weeks of third-quarter wins, losses and draws. Continue reading

After cutting Q3 losses, loanDepot has sights set on breaking even

The troubled lender has shed 5,200 workers through layoffs and attrition and is instituting other cost-cutting measures aimed at trimming $400 million in annual expenses by the end of the year. Continue reading

Finance of America exiting wholesale, correspondent lending

The Irving, Texas-based lender is also reportedly in negotiations to sell its retail mortgage division, which employs about 1,000 loan originators nationwide. Continue reading