Billionaires brawl as everyone else just tries to get by: The Download

As mortgage heads from UWM and Rocket fight it out in the press, it seems like both agents and consumers are just wondering how they’re going to pay the bills. Continue reading

RE/MAX’s Motto Mortgage out to re-up original franchise owners

Most new franchisees signing up for Motto’s “mortgage brokerage-in-a-box” solution are real estate brokerages and teams that aren’t affiliated with RE/MAX. Continue reading

United Wholesale Mortgage defends its business practices

Citing recent court victories, UWM says, “It is not uncommon nor illegal for a broker to send most or all of their business to a specific lender.” Continue reading

Rocket Mortgage: Patented AI process cuts turn times by 25%

The Detroit-based lender unveiled “Rocket Logic” on Tuesday, an AI-fueled platform that can glean insights from 10 petabytes of proprietary data and transcripts from 50 million borrower calls each year. Continue reading

Title data is helping real estate agents and lenders prospect

DataTrace, which now operates more than 1,800 U.S. title plants, says the remarkable granularity of its data can help identify renters who are getting ready to buy, empty nesters and fix-and-flip investors. Continue reading

Consumer housing sentiment drops for first time since November

Fading hopes that mortgage rates will come down in the next 12 months are primary drag on Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index, but job and income concerns were also up in March. Continue reading

JPMorgan Chase CEO warns of higher rates, more inflation

Jamie Dimon thinks interest rates could rise to 8 percent or more. He also said in a new letter that a recession and stagflation could be in the offing. Continue reading

UWM CEO Mat Ishbia claims Rocket Mortgage behind attacks

Hunterbrook Media founder dismisses Ishbia’s take as “baseless conspiracy theory”, while Rocket says it and founder Dan Gilbert have no financial interests or relationship to Hunterbrook. Continue reading

Calque partnering up with lenders on ‘buy before you sell’ services

Austin, Texas-based fintech hires CoreLogic vet as CEO and signs APEX Mortgage Group, C2 Financial and Cornerstone First Mortgage as partners. Continue reading