Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. announced it is changing its name to Fairway Home Mortgage. The retail mortgage lender, which launched in 1996, also plans to highlight the tagline “All Roads Lead Home,” and will be rolling out a series of initiatives, including the website Home.com.
Guild Holdings Co., the parent company of Guild Mortgage, announced it has signed a definitive agreement with Bayview Asset Management LLC for Bayview to acquire all outstanding shares of Guild common stock in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion. Guild stockholders will receive $20 in cash for each Guild share they hold. When the deal closes, Guild will operate as a privately held entity in partnership with mortgage servicer Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC, a Bayview affiliate. Guild’s executives and management team will remain in place, and there will be no material change to Guild’s brand or business operations, the companies stated.
Beeline Holdings Inc. announced that its subsidiary Beeline Title Holdings Inc. has closed what the company believes to be among the first residential real estate transactions funded through the sale of a cryptocurrency token backed by real property. Another subsidiary, Beeline Loans Inc., is set to launch a cryptocurrency token funding platform in August that will be open to all mortgage lenders.
Miami-based fintech company Waltz, whose investment platform is designed to simplify U.S. property investment for international investors, announced it has secured $50 million to date in total equity and debt funding, including a $25 million line of credit provided by affiliates of Setpoint Capital. The funding will enable Waltz to fund up to $1 billion in loan volume and will support the company’s official launch across Latin America, with a focus on Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina.
Data analytics company Fair Issac Corp. (FICO) announced that MeridianLink Inc. is the first mortgage technology platform company to offer the FICO Score Mortgage Simulator. The tool lets mortgage professionals simulate how changes in an applicant’s credit report data can impact their FICO score.
Argyle, a provider of automated income and employment verifications for lenders, announced the availability of verification of assets through Mastercard’s open finance arm, Finicity. The expanded offering lets lenders confirm borrowers’ balances, cash-to-close and cash-flow history alongside income and employment verifications.
Dark Matter Technologies announced an integration with the Uniform Collateral Data Portal (UCDP), a single portal jointly maintained by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The integration enables submission of appraisal report data to the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) via UCDP. It also positions Dark Matter as an early adopter of the technology required to support the Uniform Appraisal Dataset 3.6, which will be available Sept. 8 for GSE-approved lenders and will be required for all appraisal reports submitted to UCDP beginning Nov. 2, 2026.
Real estate appraisal management company Class Valuation announced the launch of Class Valuation Analysis, an appraisal review service conducted by a licensed appraiser that’s designed to help lenders validate collateral quality at various points in the loan lifecycle, including mortgage servicing rights trades, internal audits and construction validation.
