Non-QM
+3
Jun 24, 2026
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6 min read
'He Did It Again': Another Mortgage Shop Tied to Michael Strauss Has Collapsed
Investor Funding Corp. is gone & employees say they weren’t paid. Plus, Trump won’t sign landmark housing bill & Freedom goes after ex-exec over LOS tech
M&A
+5
Jun 22, 2026
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7 min read
AI Sold His House for $90K Over Ask. Is the LO Next?
We dig into the AI 'replacement theory' in mortgage, Pulte hunts for a plane, Ishbia's net worth slides, PennyMac trims in TN & a top exec is out at NMB...
M&A
+4
Jun 17, 2026
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6 min read
Inside PennyMac's AI Glow-up & How to Protect Your Book From the Heavies
A new chair with no dot on the dot plot, a $1T servicer betting on voice AI, and the data on who's keeping past clients & .
M&A
+8
Jun 12, 2026
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5 min read
Figure Is Coming for Hard Money & DSCR
Insiders dish on Figure's $717M Kiavi deal, a new CFPB boss, new non-QM guidelines & the dumbest-smartest mortgage fraud you'll read about this year.
M&A
+8
Jun 10, 2026
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6 min read
Gorilla Poop, Glitter Bombs & a Big Win for Guild
Cali appeals court revives Guild's claims against CCM in ‘poaching’ case. Plus, we take you inside the deal for Kiavi, share a scary & low-tech way for an IMB to get hacked & much more
M&A
+4
Jun 8, 2026
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6 min read
Not Everyone at APM is Feeling the Synergy
An unexpected retention battle emerges, Two Harbors' Wu Tang Clan ultimatum for UWM & more
