Czarinna Andres leads editorial coverage for NMP, focusing on the trends, policies, and business strategies shaping today’s mortgage and housing finance landscape. She brings a background in journalism and media, with experience overseeing both print and digital publications across regional markets in New York and Connecticut.
Prior to joining NMP, she served as editor-in-chief for community newspapers, where she managed newsroom operations and led coverage of local government, real estate, and economic development.
Some 320,000 homeowners are both underwater and behind on their payments — nearly twice as many as a year ago — even as mortgage-holder equity approaches $18 trillion
Lender alleges Two Harbors undermined their merger and steered the company toward CrossCountry, turning a costly acquisition failure into a federal court fight
Bullseye 90 can be applied to a conventional or government purchase or refinance loan through Sept. 8
Community lenders want more flexibility over employee compensation, closing-cost estimates, down payment assistance, and federal supervision of smaller IMBs
Fitch downgraded the wholesale giant after leverage reached 6.1x, saying the preferred investment changes UWM’s funding structure but does not immediately reduce its debt burden
Payrolls declined in July and previous gains were revised sharply lower, giving the Fed breathing room while raising new concerns about borrower confidence and mortgage-industry employment
Funded loans increased 14%, twice the growth rate of Mortgage Suite revenue, while preliminary Autopilot results showed better pull-through and 4.5 hours of automated work per loan
The lender is concentrating on wholesale, consumer retention, and servicing while handing off distributed retail and preparing for more than $65 million in annual technology savings
The company expects to begin purchasing fixed-rate HELOCs from correspondent lenders during the third quarter
Platform volume overtook DTC, but costly enterprise integrations have yet to deliver, and new partnership growth is not expected until Q4