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LoanDepot shares slip on $67M Q4 2024 net loss, tepid Q1 outlook

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While mortgage originations were up 34 percent from a year ago, to $7.2 billion, company executives said they don’t expect lending to surpass $5.5 billion in Q1 2025. Continue reading →

Fed preparing to slow the pace of ‘quantitative tightening’

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In addition to anticipating three rate cuts this year, Federal Reserve policymakers are considering whether to taper the pace at which they unwind the central bank’s $7 trillion balance sheet. Continue reading →

Investors who fund most home loans get new climate risk tool

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Intercontinental Exchange Inc. teams up with DeltaTerra Capital to translate physical climate risk estimates into financial risk assessments factoring in default risk, asset price depreciation and insurance costs. Continue reading →

Homebuyer demand up 3rd week in a row as mortgage rates ease

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The unusually wide “spread” between 10-year Treasury yields and 30-year fixed-rate mortgages means mortgage rates could have more room to come down. Continue reading →

Kiavi says it’s still making loans to real estate investors after layoffs

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After unloading $218 million in unrated residential transaction loans in June, CEO Michael Bourque said markets for such deals “are certainly tough right now.” Continue reading →

Black Knight acquires analytics firm eMBS Inc.

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Real estate data provider Black Knight has acquired eMBS Inc., a Tampa-based company that tracks the performance of nearly $7.5 trillion in mortgage-backed securities backed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae. Continue reading →

Compass and Opendoor CEOs won’t attend controversial Saudi tech conference this month

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Compass CEO Robert Reffkin wasn’t invited. Opendoor CEO Eric Wu was, but won’t attend this year’s Future Investment Initiative event. Continue reading →