Archive | The Mortgage Scoop

Crypto

Sep 15, 2025

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11 min read

Crypto Mortgages are Here & Lisa Cook's Fishy Hotlanta Condo Closing

Plus, GSE market share declines, Guild's retention play & more

James Kleimann

Servicing

How FHA Borrowers Learned to Game the System, UWM’s Exclusive Club

Sep 12, 2025

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12 min read

How FHA Borrowers Learned to Game the System, UWM’s Exclusive Club

Plus, the GSE stock offering moves forward, AI for underserved borrowers & MSA "bribery"

James Kleimann

real estate

Agent-LO Double-Dippers, Who’s Ready for the Gold Rush?

Sep 10, 2025

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13 min read

Agent-LO Double-Dippers, Who’s Ready for the Gold Rush?

Plus, mortgage tech's usage dilemma, comings and goings at Rate & more

James Kleimann

M&A

State of Mortgage M&A and Punching Pulte

Sep 8, 2025

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12 min read

State of Mortgage M&A and Punching Pulte

Back-to-school mortgage season leads to refi deja vu; plus, Pennymac goes live on Vesta

James Kleimann

LOs

Inside the LO Recruiting Wars 🥷& Mortgage’s Greatest Voicemail

Sep 5, 2025

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11 min read

Inside the LO Recruiting Wars 🥷& Mortgage’s Greatest Voicemail

"Loan officers are like rappers,” Ruby revs up, plus: Cabinet fraud

James Kleimann

wholesale

Inside UWM's hyper-growth strategy (don't call it retail)

Sep 3, 2025

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10 min read

Inside UWM's hyper-growth strategy (don't call it retail)

Plus, Pulte's favorite child, winning refis from servicers & more

James Kleimann

ICE's Hate-Love Relationship with Mortgage

Aug 29, 2025

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12 min read

ICE's Hate-Love Relationship with Mortgage

Rocket's empire-building, FICO's lobbying efforts, plus: who's buying tech

James Kleimann

Death & Life of Trigger Leads And Inside CFPB's Gutting

Aug 27, 2025

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11 min read

Death & Life of Trigger Leads And Inside CFPB's Gutting

EPM's default troubles, UWM's Refi 90 rates, plus: What has Vought wrought?

James Kleimann

Politics and Policy

loanDepot's Founder Mode & JPM's "shitty" mortgage biz

Aug 25, 2025

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12 min read

loanDepot's Founder Mode & JPM's "shitty" mortgage biz

Plus, mortgage fraud by the numbers and Barry Habib at Mar-a-Lago

James Kleimann

Crypto Mortgages are Here & Lisa Cook's Fishy Hotlanta Condo Closing

How FHA Borrowers Learned to Game the System, UWM’s Exclusive Club

Agent-LO Double-Dippers, Who’s Ready for the Gold Rush?

State of Mortgage M&A and Punching Pulte

Inside the LO Recruiting Wars 🥷& Mortgage’s Greatest Voicemail

Inside UWM's hyper-growth strategy (don't call it retail)

ICE's Hate-Love Relationship with Mortgage

Death & Life of Trigger Leads And Inside CFPB's Gutting

loanDepot's Founder Mode & JPM's "shitty" mortgage biz

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

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