Mortgage originator fined $31K, loses license in 19 states

The settlement resolves allegations that someone else took pre-licensing and continuing education courses that Colorado-based loan officer claimed credit for. Continue reading

Better shares soar on bullish thesis by activist investor Eric Jackson

EMJ Capital’s founder posted a thesis on X that Better Home & Finance is “the Shopify of mortgages” with the potential for AI to boost capacity and fuel explosive growth. Continue reading

Big Purple Dot launches recruiting tool for mortgage lenders

BPD Recruit taps CoreLogic data to let lenders see who their competitors’ most productive loan officers are, then automates the process of luring them away. Continue reading

Mortgage database created to track bad actors now a recruiting tool

Unique IDs created by Nationwide Multistate Licensing System can reveal competitors’ loan originations by product, loan amount, geography and loan officer. Continue reading

Regulators probe ‘education fraud scheme’ by loan originators

California is leading a multi-state regulatory task force investigating a company suspected of allowing mortgage loan originators to skirt their pre-licensing and continuing education coursework requirements. Continue reading