Luminate Home Loans to close NEO division

Minneapolis-based mortgage lender Luminate Home Loans has decided to shutter its NEO Home Loans division, which transitioned to the firm two years ago, the company announced on Friday. The expectation is that NEO will close by the end of February 2025. According to Luminate, the decision reflects, a

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Open banking is on the verge of transforming mortgages. Most are unaware of it

A future glimpse into how mortgages will be created in 2035 can be found in a woodsy office park in Athens, Georgia. FormFree, a mortgage fintech founded in the midst of the Global Financial Crisis by Brent Chandler, is putting the customer in control of their own data, a practice known as “open ban