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Better Deploys Poison Pill In Escalating Fight With Garg

The shareholder rights plan adds a 15% ownership trigger while the former CEO solicits shareholder consent to remove five of Better’s eight directors

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Aug 20, 2026

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Technology Can Be Helpful, If Kept In Perspective

The industry’s next gains will come not from chasing more tools, but from redesigning workflows, demanding measurable results from AI, and bringing greater certainty to collateral

Opinion

Aug 20, 2026

MaxClass: Education Meets Lead Generation

CEO Kelly Hendricks details how MaxClass and HomeQB are opening a new referral channel for originators

Regulation and Compliance

Aug 20, 2026

New American Funding Extends AI Push To Borrower Calls

The lender is adding customer-facing agents across originations and its $73 billion servicing portfolio, but has not disclosed which transactions will be automated or when deployment begins

Tech

Aug 20, 2026

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Private vs. Public Recruiting — The New Frontier Of Loan Officer Trust

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Fannie Mae Returns To Distressed-Loan Market With $214 Million Sale

The agency’s first nonperforming-loan offering in 13 months transfers 969 deeply delinquent mortgages to private buyers, including a small pool concentrated in Dallas-Fort Worth

Analysis and Data

Aug 20, 2026

Brief Refinance Shift Tests Mortgage Lenders’ Compliance Controls

Critical defect rate jumps 23.9% as math-based compliance findings expose the potential for one systemic error to affect loans across a lender’s book

Regulation and Compliance

Aug 20, 2026

Evergreen Enters Wholesale With Broker Borrower-Relationship Pledge

BrokerBrand TPO marks the retail lender’s first move into wholesale, promising to support brokers without competing for the clients they bring

Wholesale

Aug 20, 2026

Turn Market Data Into Non-QM Deals

How originators can pair market expertise with Non-QM products to solve borrower problems and uncover new business

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Aug 19, 2026

Summer Rate Spike Knocks Pending Home Sales To Six-Month Low

Contract signings fell in every region during July, leaving purchase activity 30% below its 2019 level despite a larger workforce

Analysis and Data

Aug 19, 2026

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Masters Of Military Branding

How Veterans United’s rise and legal fight are testing the power and risk of military trust

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Chrisman: Why Do Mortgage Rates Care About Inflation?

When prices rise, bond values fall — here’s the mechanics behind why inflation drives mortgage rates higher

Rob Chrisman

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Masters Of Military Branding

How Veterans United’s rise and legal fight are testing the power and risk of military trust

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Opening Communication

Margie Hennessey strives to make homeownership more accessible to the deaf community through direct communication via ASL

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The Language Of Home

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Opening Communication

Margie Hennessey strives to make homeownership more accessible to the deaf community through direct communication via ASL

Sloan Brewster

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She Doesn’t Need A Co-Signer Anymore

Single women are now buying more homes than single men

Tai Pherribo Christensen

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Powerful Women of Mortgage Banking 2024

Meet the women who have blazed the path and left their mark on the industry for years to come

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When It Comes To MSRs, Hold On Tight!

If every penny counts, pricing loans accurately makes and breaks profitability

Preetam Purohit

Mortgage Banker

Bank On Borrowers, Not Rate Predictions

Chasing rate forecasts wastes resources better spent on cold, hard business

Rob Chrisman

Technology Can Be Helpful, If Kept In Perspective

The industry’s next gains will come not from chasing more tools, but from redesigning workflows, demanding measurable results from AI, and bringing greater certainty to collateral

Opinion

Aug 20, 2026

MaxClass: Education Meets Lead Generation

CEO Kelly Hendricks details how MaxClass and HomeQB are opening a new referral channel for originators

Regulation and Compliance

Aug 20, 2026

New American Funding Extends AI Push To Borrower Calls

The lender is adding customer-facing agents across originations and its $73 billion servicing portfolio, but has not disclosed which transactions will be automated or when deployment begins

Tech

Aug 20, 2026

Fannie Mae Returns To Distressed-Loan Market With $214 Million Sale

The agency’s first nonperforming-loan offering in 13 months transfers 969 deeply delinquent mortgages to private buyers, including a small pool concentrated in Dallas-Fort Worth

Analysis and Data

Aug 20, 2026

Brief Refinance Shift Tests Mortgage Lenders’ Compliance Controls

Critical defect rate jumps 23.9% as math-based compliance findings expose the potential for one systemic error to affect loans across a lender’s book

Regulation and Compliance

Aug 20, 2026

Evergreen Enters Wholesale With Broker Borrower-Relationship Pledge

BrokerBrand TPO marks the retail lender’s first move into wholesale, promising to support brokers without competing for the clients they bring

Wholesale

Aug 20, 2026

Turn Market Data Into Non-QM Deals

How originators can pair market expertise with Non-QM products to solve borrower problems and uncover new business