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As mortgage biz suffers, Blend sees unified banking platform as the key to growth

Housing Wire

To reach a key financial goal in 2026, Blend Labs plans to diversify far beyond mortgage. On Tuesday, executives from the San Francisco, California-headquartered mortgage tech firm, which has yet to post a profit since going public in July 2021, shared the firm’s vision for growth during its first investor day.

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MBA sees benefits, shortcomings in FHFA’s new ERCF rule

Housing Wire

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) this week appeared to relay caution to its members about the announcement from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) last week that it had published a new, final rule on the Enterprise Regulatory Capital Framework (ERCF) related to commingled securities. 27 advocacy update. “The 27 advocacy update.

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Rocket’s Varun Krishna appointed to newly created board position

Housing Wire

Krishna will serve “for a term expiring at the company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is elected and qualified, subject to his earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.”

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Blend narrows loss to $21M in Q3, reaffirms path to profitability in 2024

Housing Wire

Mortgage tech firm Blend Labs continued to narrow its financial losses in the third quarter, driven by strong growth in its consumer banking business. Its mortgage business outperformed the broader origination market and the company reduced cash burn, putting the firm on track to its goal of reaching non-GAAP profitability by next year.

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The Fed pauses its rate hikes for now, will it last?

Housing Wire

The FOMC also said it would continue to reduce its holdings of Treasury securities and agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities. In fact, mortgage applications picked up in the week leading up to the Fed meeting, signaling a wave of optimism. The CME FedWatch Tool showed a 99% chance the Fed would halt its hikes to the 5.25

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FHFA issues final rule on commingled securities for GSEs

Housing Wire

The final rule is primarily related to guarantees on commingled securities, multifamily mortgage exposures secured by properties with government subsidies and derivatives and cleared transactions. for multifamily mortgage exposures secured by properties with certain government subsidies. The final rule goes into effect Apr.

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DataDigest: Goldilocks and the big IMBs

Housing Wire

The biggest nonbank mortgage lenders in America saw improved performance in both origination and servicing segments in the second quarter, capitalizing on the continued mortgage pullback from banks. As we’ve reported, that trend looks sticky, which could help change the fortunes of top independent mortgage banks sooner than expected.

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