Street calls of the week: Sept. 7–11, 2026

Marc Halpern (pictured top), CEO of Foundation Mortgage in South Florida, said the wave of new wholesale lenders entering non-QM is not surprising. However, for some of those new companies, market education is coming faster than they expected. “You’re seeing a lot of people come to market in wholesale,” Halpern told Mortgage Professional America. “I…

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Another home equity investment giant is headed to court as consumers continue to accuse the companies of deceiving them and robbing them of their equity.  Processing Content Colorado homeowner Sheila Johnsen sued Unlock Technologies in a state court this week, for violating consumer laws including the Truth in Lending Act. Class action cases like Johnsen’s…

World Foundation raised $52.5 million in new funding to bring World ID technology to organizations, consumers and artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The organization raised the new funding by selling to strategic investors WLD tokens that are subject to a one-year lockup, it said in a Friday (July 24) press release. World Foundation is the independent nonprofit steward of the World…

Beneath the languished moves in the main stock-market indexes, there were some disturbing features.

ModaMortgages has launched a limited-edition range of two- and five-year fixed rate products, with rates reduced by 10 basis points (bps) compared with its previous limited-edition offering. The lender is offering two-year fixed rates from 4.14% and five-year fixed rates from 5.04%. It includes products suitable for single-dwelling properties and houses in multiple occupation…