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

Ribbon suspends cash offer service, working on new tools for spring

The New York-based power buyer had been purchasing homes on behalf of RibbonCash clients who were unable to close a deal with their own financing. Continue reading

Blend announces more layoffs as cumulative losses surpass $1B

The mortgage tech and title provider posted a $132.7 million net loss in the third quarter of 2022, with revenue falling 38 percent from a year ago to $55.3 million, according to an earnings call Thursday. Continue reading

Survey: Mortgage lenders missing chance to build trust with borrowers

J.D. Power warns that the mortgage customer experience is increasingly commoditized, with few lenders finding the right formula to be seen as trusted advisers. Continue reading

Black Knight signs another credit union as Empower client

San Diego-based BluPeak is the ninth credit union Black Knight has signed to use its mortgage loan origination system in the last 12 months. Continue reading

Demand for purchase loans up slightly for first time in 7 weeks

Purchase loan applications rose 1 percent last week despite latest Fed rate hike, but homebuyer demand for mortgages remained close to 2015 lows, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Continue reading

Better.com laid off employees who were on parental leave: lawsuit

Employee files suit in New York alleging the online mortgage company fired him less than an hour after he told them his daughter was born. More than a dozen others impacted, lawsuit says. 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

Mortgage giants Fannie and Freddie battened down the hatches in Q3

Fannie and Freddie remain profitable but are setting aside pots of money to cover future losses that could result from falling home prices. Continue reading