• Synergy One to merge with APM; Steve Majerus named president,Flávia Furlan Nunes, HousingWire Automation

    Synergy One to merge with APM; Steve Majerus named president

    American Pacific Mortgage (APM) has closed a merger deal to bring Synergy One Lending under its umbrella as a DBA, creating a mortgage production platform with roughly $14 billion in annual volume, the companies announced Friday. The combination of the two California-based lenders aims to scale thei

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  • HUD seeks feedback on FHA minimum property requirements,Sarah Wolak

    HUD seeks feedback on FHA minimum property requirements

    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking public feedback on whether the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)’s property requirements for single-family homes should be updated to better reflect current market conditions and reduce barriers to homeownership. In a request f

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  • Former DC housing official pleads guilty to mortgage fraud,Jonathan Delozier, HousingWire Automation

    Former DC housing official pleads guilty to mortgage fraud

    A former employee of the District of Columbia Housing Authority who later became a real estate developer has pleaded guilty to federal charges — stemming from a yearslong scheme to secure millions of dollars in financing from private mortgage lenders. The announcement was made by the office of Jeani

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