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Better’s Case Against Garg Exposes Holes In Its Growth Story

Directors say several heavily promoted partnerships generated less than $50,000 each, raising questions about Better’s enterprise strategy and planned wholesale launch

Aug 28, 2026
Knock Takes Its Bridge Loan To Texas, With Tighter Limits

Texas version caps loans at $500,000, requires 680 credit scores, and excludes the company’s mortgage-payoff option

Aug 28, 2026
More Listings, Fewer Contracts Put Rate Buydowns In Play

Pending sales fell to a six-month low as inventory increased, giving originators more room to use seller concessions to make difficult purchase deals work

Aug 28, 2026
Velocity To Add Toorak’s DSCR And Bridge-Lending Platform

The transaction would increase Velocity’s originations to approximately $4.8 billion and assets under management to roughly $10 billion

Aug 28, 2026
Builders Shrink Homes, But Affordability Keeps Slipping

New homes sold in 2025 were nearly 12% smaller than a decade earlier, while their average price per square foot climbed 72%

Aug 27, 2026
Veterans United Promotes Jeremyah Grigery To Chief Marketing Officer

The 14-year company veteran joined as an intern and most recently served as vice president of marketing

Aug 27, 2026
Closing Costs: What HUD’s Proposed Rule Will Really Do To The Market

HUD’s proposed rollback of housing protections could deepen barriers for underserved borrowers, shrink the pool of prospective homebuyers, and ultimately cost loan originators business

Aug 27, 2026
MISMO Gives Lenders A New Test For Mortgage AI Vendors

Two certifications move the industry’s FRAME initiative from governance guidance toward product-level validation and implementation

Aug 27, 2026