• Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group names Robyn Zacharias as CMO,Sarah Wolak

    Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group names Robyn Zacharias as CMO

    Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group on Thursday announced the appointment of Robyn Zacharias as chief marketing officer. Zacharias, who brings 30-plus years of marketing and advertising leadership to the company, will oversee the company’s marketing, brand and communications strategy. “Robyn is a proven lea

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  • IMBs originate 84% of residential mortgages in 2025,Sarah Wolak

    IMBs originate 84% of residential mortgages in 2025

    The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) on Thursday released its 2025 report on independent mortgage banks (IMBs), highlighting these companies as the “dominant” force in mortgage lending as they originated 84.1% of all U.S. single-family mortgages last year. CHLA cited data from the Urban Inst

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  • Tapping investments for homeownership down payments,Scott Olson

    Tapping investments for homeownership down payments

    Reports before Davos suggested that President Trump would announce an initiative to spur homeownership by allowing individuals to withdraw funds from their 401(k) accounts to make a down payment on a home purchase without incurring a10% early withdrawal penalty. Davos has come and gone, and we are n

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