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Rocket’s Plan to Finally Win the Purchase Game

Rocket’s Plan to Finally Win the Purchase Game

Plus, what the Compass-Anywhere deal means for mortgage, Zillow's Flex program in legal crosshairs & more

Sep 22, 2025

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11 min read

AIME's Dirty Laundry Gets Aired

AIME's Dirty Laundry Gets Aired

Plus, you know what they say about (mortgage) assumptions, an appraiser accused of racism rebuilds his biz, buzz ahead of MBA Annual & more

Sep 19, 2025

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11 min read

Bill Cosgrove is Hungry, What Happens to Rates Post-Fed Day

Bill Cosgrove is Hungry, What Happens to Rates Post-Fed Day

Plus, how to get LOs to use the tech you spent a fortune on, why distressed borrowers will make car payments before the mortgage & more

Sep 17, 2025

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12 min read

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

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

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

Sep 15, 2025

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11 min read

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

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"

Sep 12, 2025

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12 min read

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

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

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

Sep 10, 2025

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13 min read

State of Mortgage M&A and Punching Pulte

State of Mortgage M&A and Punching Pulte

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

Sep 8, 2025

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12 min read

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

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

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

Sep 5, 2025

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11 min read

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

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

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

Sep 3, 2025

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10 min read

ICE's Hate-Love Relationship with Mortgage

ICE's Hate-Love Relationship with Mortgage

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

Aug 29, 2025

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12 min read

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

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

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

Aug 27, 2025

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11 min read

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

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

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

Aug 25, 2025

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12 min read

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