Mortgage servicer and lender Planet Home Lending is acquiring the retail division assets of employee-owned Axia Home Loans, HousingWire has learned. Employees of the Washington state-based Axia, a retail and wholesale lender, were informed of the transaction on Wednesday afternoon in a one-hour call with leadership. Executives at Planet Home…
Continue reading →The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) on Thursday issued a comment letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), saying that a major reason for the increase in mortgage closing costs from third parties is due to a lack of competition among third-party providers. On top of “click fees”…
Continue reading →On a recent episode of the Power House podcast, HousingWire CEO Clayton Collins sat down with Mickey Neuberger, chief marketing officer at Realtor.com and the former vice president of global marketing at eBay. In this tantalizing conversation, Collins and Neuberger survey the CMO’s path into marketing, his experience and approach…
Continue reading →Sheriff Mark Brave’s trial put on hold: No plea deal yet A trial for former Strafford County Sheriff Mark Brave, which had been scheduled to begin in early August, has been put on hold at the request of the state. Brave, who was arrested last August, is accused of stealing…
Continue reading →Defense attorney Mark Sisti (left) and former state Sen. Jeffrey Woodburn prepare to leave a Coos Superior courtroom on March 14 after the declaration of a mistrial in Woodburn’s 2018 case involving domestic violence charges. (Photo by Lisa D. Connell) Former state senator Jeffrey Woodburn has lost his last attempt…
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