Acquirer, target, and what actually moved — announced or closed as reported, each one linked to its sources. Open any row for the detail. Updated Oct 23, 2026.
| Date | Acquirer | Target | What moved | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2026 | LoanPeople | Ross Mortgage Corporation (team / RMC brand) | announced combination: Ross Mortgage team and RMC brand join LoanPeople platform; Pascarella President eff. 2026-11-01; terms undisclosed | Lender |
| Oct 13, 2026 | New American Funding | Mullinix Mortgage Group (team) | team lift / group join; named LOs Taylor Linde, Morgan Wise, Lenzi Moore, Don Walker, Marty Pizzo; terms not a company sale; career volume figure company-stated | Lender |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Optimal Blue | Usherpa | acquisition of mortgage marketing-automation/CRM vendor; terms not disclosed; Usherpa to be natively integrated into Optimal Blue PPE | Lender |
| Oct 12, 2026 | First Alliance | MLB Wholesale | asset sale; wholesale channel acquisition; terms not disclosed | Lender |
| Oct 9, 2026 | PLACE | Ardley | acquisition of mortgage recapture/retention software vendor; terms not disclosed; Ardley founder-CEO Nathan Den Herder | Lender |
| Oct 9, 2026 | GoRascal | Adam West team | team lift-out into flat-fee brokerage; 12 LOs + processor; $61.6M YTD through Sept. 30; terms n/a | Lender |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Newrez LLC and eXp Realty | Revenos Mortgage (new JV) | new brokerage-lender mortgage joint venture; launch slated early 2027; ownership split and terms not disclosed | Lender |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Better Home & Finance Holding Co. | board-authorized share repurchase up to $30M, initial $10M phase; follows Better 2.0 plan and proposed Birmingham Bank sale | Lender | |
| Oct 7, 2026 | loanDepot | tech/product workforce reduction per multiple Scoop sources; headcount not disclosed; no company confirmation reported | Lender | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Mortgage Connect, LP | Stavvy | majority-interest purchase; ops to merge with Simply Secure Sign; terms and close status not disclosed | Vendor |
| Oct 2, 2026 | NewRez | consumer-direct LO RIF ~70; company confirmed to Scoop; headcount estimate from Scoop sources | Lender | |
| Oct 2, 2026 | loanDepot | new uncommitted warehouse/repo line up to $125M with Nomura (Items 1.01/2.03), term to 2027-09-30; includes REO subsidiary | Lender | |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Stockton Mortgage | Completed CEO succession + leadership restructure (founder president→CEO; Whiteside→president; Bristol EVP national sales from Fairway; Soukhamneut→CRO); Vanzant departing | Lender | |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Elio Mortgage (new launch) | $5.1M preseed led by Motive Partners and Social Leverage; Insight Partners' Jeff Horing as angel; AI-native brokerage targeting nationwide licensing and LO hiring | Lender | |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Ross Mortgage Corporation and LoanPeople (merge; Scoop sources) | retail IMB merge per Scoop multiple sources; companies silent as of Scoop ask; not independently confirmed | Lender | |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Eleven Mortgage (Ark-La-Tex Financial Services wholesale) | wholesale channel shutdown per Scoop sources; not independently confirmed | Lender | |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Eleven Mortgage (Ark-La-Tex Financial Services wholesale/correspondent) | company-announced wholesale and correspondent channel exit; retail retained; not a whole-company sale | Lender | |
| Sep 24, 2026 | PLACE | Maxwell | closed acquisition; terms undisclosed; Maxwell operates independently inside PLACE | Vendor |
| Sep 17, 2026 | TBD | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage | sale exploration; Houlihan Lokey hired; no definitive agreement | Lender |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Genstar Capital (+Aksia) | Richey May | growth equity (mgmt/F3 retain stakes); not a full exit | Vendor |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Pretium | Cascade Financial Services | specialty MH lender joining Pretium residential credit platform; announced 2026-09-10; close status not stated in PR | Lender |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Fay Group | VanDyk Mortgage | whole company, ~$894M 2025, 135 LOs, terms undisclosed | Lender |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Rate | Fairway team (Roppo/Ferrante) | team lift-out, $155M production, new Elmhurst branch | Lender |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Figure Technology Solutions (Nasdaq: FIGR) | Kiavi (RTL / DSCR investor-RE lender) | closed Sep 1 2026; platform+tech into Figure; balance-sheet loans to Figure–Sixth Street JV; June 10 announce was $717M total purchase price | Lender |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Stewart Information Services Corporation (NYSE: STC) | ProTitleUSA and DocSolutionUSA | closed/announced acquired Sep 1 2026; terms undisclosed; title search/analytics + mortgage document prep for servicers and capital markets | Vendor |
| Aug 25, 2026 | CrossCountry Mortgage | Two Harbors Investment | whole company taken private, closed Aug 25; ~$1.28B cash; ~$155B MSR + RoundPoint in-house | Lender |
| Aug 24, 2026 | NEXA | UMortgage | 246 LOs, ~$2.05B | Lender |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Luminate Bank | First State Mortgage | assets + team, onto a bank | Lender |
| Aug 19, 2026 | reAlpha | InstaMortgage | ~$8.5M, origination in-house | Lender |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Checkr | Truv | income/employment verification | Vendor |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Class Valuation | Allstate Appraisal | AMC consolidation | Vendor |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Atlas VMS | First Appraisal Management | Texas AMC coverage | Vendor |
| Aug 17, 2026 | GoRascal | Matador Lending | ~50 originators, DBA retained | Lender |
| Aug 10, 2026 | TPG Mortgage Investment Trust | Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment | whole company, not yet closed (Q4 2026); cash+stock ~$117.5M; combined ~$9B REIT | Lender |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Envoy | MasonMac retail | ~100 LOs, ~$1B — not yet closed | Lender |
| Aug 5, 2026 | AnnieMac Home Mortgage | Wichita retail team (from Union Home Mortgage) | team lift, announced Aug 5; ~12 people / ~$220M T12; not a company sale | Lender |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Carrington | Valon | servicing platform, ~810K loans | Lender |
| Jul 29, 2026 | New Silver | Mayflower Venture Partners | New England fix-and-flip | Lender |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Bayview / Springmont | BWE | majority stake | Lender |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Union Home | Ameritrust | ~$913M, no servicing | Lender |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Finance of America | Onity reverse MSRs | ~$5.2B UPB, ~20K HECM loans | Lender |
| Jun 5, 2026 | APM | Synergy One | ~$14B combined | Lender |
| May 29, 2026 | Scotiabank | MapleMark Bank | charter, back into US warehouse | Lender |
| May 22, 2026 | All Western | HouseAmerica | brand joiner, not a sale | Lender |
| Mar 18, 2026 | CrossCountry | Summit Funding | 163 jobs cut after | Lender |
| Mar 16, 2026 | Freedom Mortgage | Seneca Mortgage Servicing | servicing platform, from EJF | Lender |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Propy | Boss Law title division | title/settlement unit, St. Pete + Seminole Fla.; under Propy Title; announced Mar 12 2026 | Vendor |
| Mar 1, 2026 | Covius | Title365 | title unit, from Blend | Vendor |
| Feb 23, 2026 | LenderMac | Direct Mortgage | Utah retail lender | Lender |
| Feb 11, 2026 | PennyMac | Cenlar subservicing | $740B UPB, $172.5M upfront | Lender |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Experian | Own Up | mortgage-shopping platform | Vendor |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Xactus | Baleen Solutions | whole company; self-employed income analysis tech into Xactus360 as Income CalculationX; announced Feb 2 2026 | Vendor |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Lower | Acopia Home Loans | 14 Southeast branches | Lender |
| Jan 6, 2026 | Stewart Title | Townsend Title | southwest Florida | Vendor |
| Jan 5, 2026 | First Federal Bank | NOLA Lending Group | division of Fidelity Bank | Lender |
| Dec 17, 2025 | UWM | Two Harbors | $1.3B all-stock — terminated; CrossCountry closed it instead | Lender |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Milliman | Morvest Capital | MSR analytics | Vendor |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Absolute Home Mortgage | Fidelity Direct Mortgage | assets | Lender |
| Nov 28, 2025 | Bayview | Guild Holdings | take-private, $20 a share | Lender |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Finance of America | PHH reverse MSRs | ~40K HECM loans, ~$9.6B UPB | Lender |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Rice Park Capital | Rosegate Mortgage | MSR recapture | Lender |
| Nov 13, 2025 | The Title Team | LEER Title | Minnesota title agency | Vendor |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Atlantic Coast Mortgage | Tidewater Mortgage | assets | Lender |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Propy | Delta South Title | Alabama title agency | Vendor |
| Nov 7, 2025 | NFM Lending | Homespire Mortgage | kept as a division | Lender |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Stewart | MCS property preservation | $330M | Vendor |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Opteon | Equity Valuation Partners | appraisal | Vendor |
| Oct 28, 2025 | PartnerOne | Mortgage Cadence | LOS, from Accenture | Vendor |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Centerbridge | MeridianLink | take-private, $20 a share | Vendor |
| Oct 7, 2025 | LendWare | Aidium | mortgage CRM assets | Vendor |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Rocket | Mr. Cooper | $14.2B; Jay Bray runs Rocket Mortgage | Lender |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Chimera | HomeXpress Mortgage | non-QM originator | Lender |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Annaly Capital Management | PennyMac MSR portfolio | MSR purchase ~$12B UPB; PennyMac keeps subservicing and recapture; announced Oct 1 2025 | Lender |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Union Home Mortgage | Sierra Pacific | retail and wholesale assets | Lender |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Credit Union ONE | Icon Mortgage | affiliate retained | Lender |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Closinglock | Viking Sasquatch payoff retrieval software | IP/asset buy of AI payoff-retrieval tool for title/settlement; announced Sep 16 2025 | Vendor |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Bank of Glen Burnie | VA Wholesale Mortgage | wholesale shop onto a bank | Lender |
| Aug 12, 2025 | AnnieMac | Home Solution Lenders | Florida construction book | Lender |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Mortgage Forward | FiT Mortgage | assets + Southeast licences | Lender |
| Aug 1, 2025 | MITT | Arc Home | majority stake | Lender |