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Arrival Home Loans partners with fintech zavvie

Arrival Home Loans on Tuesday announced a partnership with zavvie — a fintech company that specializes in bringing liquidity to residential real estate — in an effort to enhance the homebuying experience for its customers. The collaboration combines Arrival Home Loans’ niche in owner-occupied bridge loans with zavvie’s advanced technology platform for single-family homes. In…

Busy day: Optimal Blue pushes out seven new mortgage products

Mortgage technology technology Optimal Blue on Tuesday announced a series of new products and innovations at its inaugural Optimal Blue Summit user conference in San Diego. The company first announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence-powered assistant. The new product, dubbed Ask Obi, will primarily benefit mortgage executives by offering insights and data drawn…

Chopra’s parting shot: A CFPB blueprint for state-level enforcement with teeth

Before he was predictably fired by President Trump, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra published a template for state-level regulators to continue the core mission of the agency after he’s gone and Republicans work to dismantle the consumer watchdog. After firing Chopra, Trump appointed Secretary Treasury Scott Bessent to assume double duty as…

DOJ to participate in oral arguments in REX appeal

The Department of Justice (DOJ) got its wish. On Friday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the DOJ’s request to speak at oral arguments in an appeal filed by now-defunct discount brokerage REX Real Estate in its lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and Zillow.  In early January, the DOJ filed its…