Archive: Every Mortgage Industry Story

UWM

Inside UWM’s High-Stakes Servicing Gamble & ICE Gets Its Swagger Back

Dec 17, 2025

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12 min read

Inside UWM’s High-Stakes Servicing Gamble & ICE Gets Its Swagger Back

Our analysis of UWM's pending $1.3B acquisition of Two Harbors, what Tim Bowler's exit from ICE Mortgage Technology means for the industry & more.

James Kleimann

Countrywide

Dec 15, 2025

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12 min read

Top Producer Trips: Now Safe for Work

A look at the evolution of President's/Chairman's Club trips post-Countrywide. Plus, a fast-rising lender opens the books (sort of) & Google gets into the Portal Wars.

James Kleimann

Homebuilder

Dec 12, 2025

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11 min read

When the Homebuilder’s Agent Roots Against Their Own Mortgage Co.

Why builder LOs & builder sales agents are often frenemies. Plus, what to make of Trump's EO on AI regulation, another Triple Play fight & more

James Kleimann

The Fed

How Mortgage's Biggest-Ever Brawl Went Down

Dec 10, 2025

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11 min read

How Mortgage's Biggest-Ever Brawl Went Down

We've got the inside story on why two rival lenders went at it at Triple Play in Atlantic City in '21. Plus, an update about a very interesting CCM clawback case, expectations post-Fed Day & more

James Kleimann

FHA

The Anti-50-Year Mortgage Hack & the Mortgage Reality Show America Deserves

Dec 8, 2025

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12 min read

The Anti-50-Year Mortgage Hack & the Mortgage Reality Show America Deserves

Here's a real-world hack to flip a "Refer" to a "Approve" on both FHA & Conventional loans. Plus, what would a new Netflix mortgage reality show look like?

James Kleimann

Freddie Mac