Madison, Wisconsin-based Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. announced its acquisition of Hallmark Home Mortgage. The acquired company will become Hallmark Home Mortgage, Powered by Fairway, and will be a new division of Fairway. Fairway CEO and founder Steve Jacobson...
HomeXpress Mortgage Corp., a Santa Ana, California-based national originator of non-QM and business-purpose residential mortgage loans, announced it is being acquired by Chimera Investment Corp. (NYSE: CIM), a real estate investment trust, from Seer Capital...
Mortgage rates showed the barest of a downward movement in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.84% as of June 12, down slightly from last week when it averaged 6.85%. A year ago...
After three weeks of declining activity, a new boost of mortgage applications occurred during the week ending Jun 6, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume,...
Mortgage credit availability was on the rise during May, according to the Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) data published by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The MCAI rose by 2.1% to 105.1 in May; the index was benchmarked to 100 in March 2012. The...
California is rolling out the CalAssist Mortgage Fund on June 12, which will allocate grants up to homeowners whose homes were destroyed or left uninhabitable in recent fire, floods, and other disasters that occurred between January 2023 and January 2025. The new...
