Highlands Residential Mortgage has acquired The Equitable Mortgage Corp., giving the Texas-based lender an immediate footprint in central Ohio’s competitive home purchase market. Founded in 1995, Columbus-based Equitable Mortgage has funded more than $6 billion in residential loans over the past three decades, serving borrowers and real estate agents in central Ohio and parts of…
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Intercontinental Exchange Inc., the operator of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and parent company of ICE Mortgage Technology, on Thursday reported first-quarter 2026 net income attributable to shareholders of $1.4 billion. That figure was up 77% from $797 million in the same period last year, as higher trading activity and growth across its exchanges, fixed income and…
Class Valuation has introduced a new underwriting and appraisal assurance program designed to streamline mortgage lending workflows and reduce risk tied to property valuations. The product, the Class Valuation Underwriting Engine (CVUE), combines artificial intelligence analysis with human review to deliver appraisals that lenders can accept without conducting their own internal review, according to the…
Neighborhood farming done right is about showing up more, caring more and staying consistent when others give up, Darryl Davis writes.