Maria Volkova is a technology reporter at National Mortgage News. She previously worked at HousingWire where she covered housing agencies, with a focus on the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Prior to that, Maria wrote the FHA/VA newsletter at Inside Mortgage Finance. She graduated from the University of Maryland and currently resides in Chevy Chase, MD.
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Rocket shrunk its workforce by about 20% year-over-year, while Academy cut 250 employees prior to being acquired by Guild Mortgage.
March 4 -
A proposed class action claims the broker company used the photographs and information of LOs not affiliated with the company as a means to drive traffic to its website.
March 4 -
Employees transitioned after Premier's parent company, NTFN Inc. shuttered in December.
March 1 -
The mortgage lender said the hack was caused by a third-party's vulnerability.
February 28 -
The lender had previously revealed that personally identifying information from 16.6M customers had leaked, but hadn't offered these details.
February 27 -
If negotiations between Newrez and OneTrust Home Loans fall through, the court may then intervene.
February 27 -
Sher's LinkedIn posts, which touch on topics weighing on the mortgage industry, have been far-reaching, garnering close to 1 million impressions in the past 90 days.
February 26 -
The mortgage lender is suing James Hecht, now CEO of OneTrust Home Lending, for organizing a ruse in which he fired a group of managers and then rehired them at his new company.
February 23 -
At least six legal actions are currently pending against Planet Home Lending for failing to protect customer data in November 2023.
February 22 -
The notorious group also allegedly targeted Academy Mortgage and Fidelity National.
February 20