Mortgage & Economy

HighTechLending continues to be a key player in the reverse mortgage market as evidenced by its top 10 ranking for Home Equity Conversion Mortgage endorsements. But the California-based lender does much more than that.

Real estate M&A is pressuring enterprise proptech as consolidators standardize tech stacks, while vendors target midmarket and teams.

Unison closed its UNSN 2026-2 HEI securitization backed by $235M in assets, its 8th deal, with a DBRS rating.

ENRG Realty now offers agents nationwide medical, dental, and vision plans, with no waiting periods or annual enrollment windows.

Mortgage spreads at 2.01% are keeping 2026 mortgage rates near 6.74%, supporting pending sales and limiting year-over-year declines.

Better Home & Finance Holding Co. anticipates a tough third quarter as it rolls out a new strategic plan under the interim leadership of Daniel Lewis.

Achieve has closed a $261.5 million securitization of newly originated home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), its first of 2026 and ninth overall.

Millrose posted Q2 revenue of $196.9 million and AFFO of $127.6 million, with 0 option terminations and 143,771 homesites.

Judge Bough let Gibson plaintiffs notify opt-in MLSs that settlement terms require sharing listing and commission data via providers like FBS.

Ellington Financial Inc. on Thursday reported second-quarter 2026 net income attributable to common stockholders of $54.4 million, driven by strong loan credit performance and growing reverse mortgage production at its Longbridge Financial subsidiary.