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Rocket Companies

Rocket's Record Purchase Pipeline & VU's Alleged Floating Rate Trap

May 8, 2026

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6 min read

Rocket's Record Purchase Pipeline & VU's Alleged Floating Rate Trap

Fresh reporting on the Detroit giant's Redfin & Compass deals. Plus: Veterans United allegedly quotes low, locks high, & pockets the difference. We dig into the evidence.

James Kleimann

Servicing

Valon Burns the Boats & Rocket's Monster Quarter

May 7, 2026

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4 min read

Valon Burns the Boats & Rocket's Monster Quarter

Strategic partnership w/ Carrington has many implications. Plus, Rocket already looks like a juggernaut & a coaching merger worth watching

James Kleimann

Servicing

May 6, 2026

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6 min read

Left at the Altar, UWM Fights for TWO

Ishbia’s pursuit raises bigger strategic questions. Plus, a reveal of the mystery bidder circling the deal, loanDepot's disappointing quarter & more.

James Kleimann

M&A

May 4, 2026

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4 min read

Barry Habib Explores Sale of Highway

Preliminary marketing materials have been circulating. Plus, the 20 biggest servicers are tightening their grip, TWO says no to UWM again & more.

James Kleimann

mortgage tech

Trigger Leads Still Aren’t Dead & Vesta Lands a Whale

May 1, 2026

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5 min read

Trigger Leads Still Aren’t Dead & Vesta Lands a Whale

NAF tells staff it's joining Vesta. Plus, the bad actors still using trigger leads, adoption prospects for VantageScore, an Ohio IMB gets scooped up by Highlands & more.

James Kleimann

mortgage tech

Apr 29, 2026

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6 min read

Mortgage’s AI Reckoning Is Here

Saying the “quiet part out loud” about job cuts. Plus, a scoop on who’s actually accepting VantageScore, the shakeup happening in home equity & more

James Kleimann

Rocket Companies

Apr 27, 2026

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5 min read

An Alliance with the ‘Playground Bully’

UWM partners w/ Fawaz & Sogorka’s new broker tech platform, Origna8. Plus, recruiting in '26... & more dual licensing to come?

James Kleimann

Rocket Companies

Apr 24, 2026

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5 min read

The Mortgage Scoop Can't Get a Mortgage

I'm ready to buy a home, but can't quality. Plus, Highlands Residential makes an M&A play, Mortgage Cadence’s post-acquisition honeymoon didn’t last, LO Comp reform & more

James Kleimann

Rocket Companies

Apr 22, 2026

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5 min read

The 99¢ Credit Pull Era Begins*

VantageScore is here, but lenders don’t even know they’re in the pilot. Plus, private equity buys a top brokerage. And should you be considered a top LO if you rarely interact w/ your borrowers?

James Kleimann

Rocket's Record Purchase Pipeline & VU's Alleged Floating Rate Trap

Valon Burns the Boats & Rocket's Monster Quarter

Left at the Altar, UWM Fights for TWO

Barry Habib Explores Sale of Highway

Trigger Leads Still Aren’t Dead & Vesta Lands a Whale

Mortgage’s AI Reckoning Is Here

An Alliance with the ‘Playground Bully’

The Mortgage Scoop Can't Get a Mortgage

The 99¢ Credit Pull Era Begins*

If it's being whisperedin the halls, it's here first.

If it's being whispered
in the halls, it's here first.