Rocket hires first group CTO to accelerate AI development

Qualcomm and Intel veteran Shawn Malhotra comes to Rocket from Thomson Reuters where, as head of engineering, he helped the global media giant develop a cloud-based, API-driven generative AI platform. Continue reading

Mortgage rates ease for 3rd day in a row on soft April jobs report

Rates have been in retreat as bond market investors who fund most mortgage loans react to the latest economic news and scaleback in tightening by Fed policymakers. Continue reading

Mortgage trends reflect a diversifying America: Redfin

Rising population rates and a shrinking racial wealth gap have led to a rise in new mortgage applications among homebuyers of color, according to Redfin’s latest report. Continue reading

Rocket Mortgage picks up market share — and turns a tidy Q1 profit

On its quest to reclaim the title of nation’s biggest mortgage lender, Rocket didn’t sacrifice profits, generating $291 million in net income as revenue grew 107 percent from a year ago, to $1.38 billion. Continue reading

Rates ease as Fed says it will dial back balance sheet tightening

Federal Reserve policymakers say they’ll slow the pace of “quantitative tightening” to $40 billion a month, less than half the pace envisioned 2 years ago. Continue reading

Faith in NYCB restored, but worries about some regional banks remain

Wall Street investors believe promises made by new leadership of New York Community Bancorp, but concerns about the impact of interest rates and commercial lending on regional banks remain. Continue reading

Mortgage tech provider Blend gets $150M private equity cash injection

The struggling loan technology provider will use an influx of cash from Haveli Investments to pay off the debt it took on to get into the title insurance business by acquiring Title365 in 2021. Continue reading

Ocwen agrees to settle decade-long suit over BPO, valuation fees

Up to 330,377 homeowners from whom Ocwen collected mortgage payments could be eligible to claim refunds of $60 per broker price opinion and $70 per hybrid valuation Continue reading

Top New Jersey loan mortgage originator charged with fraud

Mortgage fraud scheme allegedly listed investors as homeowners to secure lower interest rates, prosecutors allege in criminal complaint against “Team Gallo” leader and his assistant. Continue reading