Nearly one year since delivering an ultimatum asking independent mortgage brokers to take a side over with which companies they do business, United Wholesale Mortgage LLC has taken legal action against one company it says has crossed the line. Pontiac-based UWM filed a lawsuit in federal court in…
United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) filed a lawsuit against America’s MoneyLine, alleging that the high-volume California-based brokerage owes UWM $2.8 million after repeatedly violating the “All-In” Initiative that UWM established in March 2021.
While brokers have taken note of UWM suing America’s MoneyLine for sending loans to Rocket and Fairway (remember UWM’s policy plainly stated last March), this week I head to Florida, which retirees humorously refer to as “God’s waiting room.” The state has its share of expected hot markets for 2022 per Zillow, as does the rest of the Sunbelt. Apparently, people in the northern climes are weary of the yearly weather cycle, and, as usual, expect to establish residences to the south. Throughout our lives we go through many cycles. And who says we’re not in a cyclical business? Remember in the not-too-distant-past when lenders were pricing rates to “shut off the volume spigot” due to low rates? Last week U.S. Treasury prices fell with the 10-year yield briefly topping 1.93 percent, jumping from about 1.5 percent at the start of the year, and the 2-year Treasury is up 58 basis points since 1/1, as the Federal Reserve has signaled a mor
United Wholesale Mortgage’s litigation could prompt regulators, including the Federal Trade Commission, to examine the contract that bars third-party originators from doing business with Rocket and Fairway.