Investors surprised by nCino’s $18.6M Q4 loss, cautious guidance

Shares in cloud banking solutions provider hit new all-time low after company posts guidance that revenue from the company’s main line of business could shrink by as much as 7 percent this year. Continue reading

UWM is hiring after banner year for purchase mortgage lending

In a year when home sales hit a three-decade low, the nation’s biggest mortgage lender made $96.1 billion in loans to homebuyers — the company’s best year ever. Continue reading

Fairway blasts federal regulators in $10M redlining settlement

Nation’s third biggest lender casts itself as a victim of politics, noting CFPB launched its investigation the day after Biden Administration took office. Continue reading

Figure now using OpenAI’s GPT to speed HELOC doc review process

When combined with a newly launched chatbot powered by Google Gemini, Figure says AI-powered doc review will save $8 million while raising customer satisfaction scores. 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

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

Gold Star taps Loanscape to streamline broker onboarding

Counterparty risk and oversight platform provider Loanscape says customizable questionnaires and document requests allow lenders to automate up to 80 percent of the workflow when onboarding mortgage brokers and correspondents. Continue reading

First-timers ‘significantly’ less satisfied with mortgage lenders

Homebuyers don’t just want good rates, they want lenders to solve problems that will keep them from getting to the closing table, J.D. Power finds. Continue reading

WSJ eyes Mat Ishbia’s quest to be ‘king of mortgages and basketball’

“The Wall Street Journal” alleges UWM CEO and Phoenix Suns owner is “charting a risky path in both business and sports,” but the Ishbia family is raking in hundreds of millions of dollars in profit even when the company is losing money. Continue reading

Figure powering HELOCs for 4 more independent mortgage banks

As it continues to sign private label partners for its blockchain-powered loans, Figure says it’s provided more than $6 billion in HELOCs to roughly 85,000 households. Continue reading