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Supreme Lending brings on $100M Lasso Lending team in Houston

Supreme Lending hired Austin Baker’s Houston team, operating as Lasso Lending, bringing $100 million-plus in annual loan production.

Real estate’s consolidation math has changed. The industry hasn’t caught up.

Compass, Anywhere, Real, REMAX, and eXp deals signal platform consolidation, shifting lead routing, retention and embedded mortgage.

Mortgage Connect noncompete agreement ruled unenforceable by Pennsylvania judge

A Pennsylvania judge voided Mortgage Connect’s noncompete contract as overly broad as the FTC warned against restrictive covenants.

UWM celebrates 40th anniversary with 40-bps broker incentive

UWM’s 40 basis-point incentive applies to various loan types and can be combined with the company’s Control Your Price program.

Matt Thomson joins Blend as head of revenue

Matt Thomson, who has more than 25 years of fintech sales experience, joins Blend Labs as head of revenue, an SEC filing confirmed.

Newrez invests in HomeVision, partners on AI underwriting platform

Newrez has invested in mortgage technology firm HomeVision and is partnering with the company to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered underwriting platform for the mortgage industry.