The Virginia-based homebuilders Stateson Homes and Atlantic Builders announced the debut of M2B Mortgage, a new joint venture formed in partnership with OneTrust Home Loans. According to the companies, M2B Mortgage was created to “provide a more personalized,...
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...
Texas Real Estate Agent Arrested in 2012 Murder Case
