HousingWireHousingWire All eyes are on the jobs report tomorrow after a string of weak economic reports over the last week. Large-scale layoffs of government workers, President Trump’s back-and-forth tariff policies and a negative forecast for first-quarter GDP have sparked questions about a recession and how that would impact mortgage rates…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire loanDepot founder and controlling shareholder Anthony Hsieh is returning to an operational role at the California-based mortgage lender and CEO Frank Martell is departing. In an announcement made Thursday, loanDepot said Hsieh, the company’s chairman of the board, has returned as executive chairman of mortgage operations. Martell will step…
Continue reading →This week’s guest is Thomas Johnson, the Executive Director of The Alliance to Save America’s 340B Program: a federal program designed to help nonprofit hospital systems provide patients in medically underserved communities with more affordable care. Johnson lends insights into the health care industry regarding hospital consolidation, prescription drug costs,…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Canada has been invited to the tariff pause party. President Donald Trump signed an agreement Thursday for a one-month pause to 25% tariffs on Canadian goods covered by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). This includes the majority of materials used in home construction, including lumber. The news comes mere…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire TransUnion has expanded its partnership with Truework to provide mortgage lenders with broader access to income and employment verification data. The collaboration integrates Truework’s verification system into TransUnion’s advanced programming interface (API), allowing lenders to verify borrower income and employment through multiple methods. The mortgage addition follows similar integrations…
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