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John Marshall, Bank of Clarke Strike $253 Million Deal to Build $4.4 Billion Virginia Bank

John Marshall, Bank of Clarke Strike $253 Million Deal to Build $4.4 Billion Virginia Bank

by John G. Stevens | Sep 8, 2026 | Mortgage Information, Real Estate News

Two Virginia community banks are combining in a roughly $253 million transaction that will create a $4.4 billion institution stretching from the Shenandoah Valley through Northern Virginia and into the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. John Marshall Bancorp, the...
EverBank and WaFd Strike $3.9 Billion Merger as Both Banks Shift Away From Residential Lending

EverBank and WaFd Strike $3.9 Billion Merger as Both Banks Shift Away From Residential Lending

by John G. Stevens | Sep 8, 2026 | Mortgage Information, Real Estate News

EverBank and WaFd are combining in a $3.9 billion transaction that will create a roughly $75 billion banking company — but for the housing industry, the more revealing part of the deal may be what both banks have been moving away from. The companies announced Monday...

M&A News Reconfigures Mortgage Banking Industry

by Phil Hall | Jun 9, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The mortgage banking industry has been reconfigured with merger and acquisition news involving two pairs of prominent originators. American Pacific Mortgage (APM) and Synergy One Lending announced a merger that the companies said would expand their national presence...
New Mortgage Banking President at Horizon Bank

New Mortgage Banking President at Horizon Bank

by Phil Hall | Feb 20, 2024 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Horizon Bank, the Michigan City, Indiana-based subsidiary of Horizon Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ GS: HBNC), has hired David Pendley as the divisional president of mortgage banking. In his new job, Pendley will lead the strategic direction of the bank’s mortgage banking...
titleLOOK Expands Title Report Reviews to Mortgage Banking Sector

titleLOOK Expands Title Report Reviews to Mortgage Banking Sector

by Phil Hall | Oct 10, 2023 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate Agent Tools, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Bangor, Maine-based titleLOOK by Mainspring Services announced that it is now offering its automated title review to lenders, government-sponsored enterprises and other organizations in the mortgage banking sector. titleLOOK was launched in 2021 and was initially...
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