National mortgage lender Certainty Home Lending, a Rate Company, has named Troy Williamson as Senior Vice President of Mortgage Lending and Producing Sales Manager. Williamson brings more than 20 years of mortgage origination experience to the role and will be based in North Carolina where he will lead the Wilmington NC Mortgage Team.
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ATTOM released its second quarter 2026 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, which shows that 41.1 percent of mortgaged residential properties in the country were equity-rich, meaning the combined estimated amount of loan balances secured by those properties was no more than half of their estimated market value.
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AD Mortgage, a provider of non-QM and residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), announced AD Mortgage Trust 2026-NQM6 (ADMT 2026-NQM6), the company’s sixth securitization of 2026. The $407.4 million transaction represents the platform’s 34th securitization and the 21st ADMT deal rated by Fitch Ratings. The transaction was sponsored by Imperial Fund Asset Management, the sole securitization platform for AD Mortgage collateral.
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Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter) announced its latest point-of-sale (POS) release, bringing document validation powered by Aiva Intelligence to the earliest stage of the lending process. By validating borrower documents at upload instead of later in the review process, lenders can identify issues sooner, provide immediate guidance to borrowers and reduce downstream conditions and rework.
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ATTOM announced the continued expansion of ATTOM Intelligence, introducing an enhanced MCP Serve and three specialized AI agents that enable organizations to interact with trusted property intelligence through natural language.
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The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Builder Application Survey (BAS) data for July 2026 shows mortgage applications for new home purchases decreased 5.7 percent from a year ago. Compared to June 2026, applications decreased by 1 percent. This change does not include any adjustment for typical seasonal patterns.
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Planet has tapped industry veteran Ted Newton (NMLS #194023) as an Area Sales Manager in Oklahoma. He will help expand the company’s presence in the state and strengthen its support of loan originators and borrowers throughout the region.
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Class Valuation has acquired Allstate Appraisal, one of the nation’s longest continuously operating valuation firms. Founded in 1959 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Allstate Appraisal brings more than six decades of experience delivering credible, compliant and timely valuation and review services to lending institutions, mortgage insurance companies, government entities, law firms and other organizations nationwide.
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Mortgage applications decreased 0.4 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August 14, 2026.
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Atlas VMS has acquired First Appraisal Management (FAM), a leading appraiser-owned residential appraisal management company serving lenders and brokers across Texas.
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