Expansion

Planet Financial Group has launched Planet Insurance Agency, LLC bringing a more personal, transparent and easier-to-navigate approach to insurance for customers looking to protect their homes, belongings and families.

Gershman Mortgage, an independent mortgage lender with a strong track record of timely closings, is now offering mortgages for doctors and advanced medical professionals to better serve this essential workforce.

WFG National Title Insurance Company (WFG), a Williston Financial Group company, announced that WFG Key is now available to the company’s real estate agent clients, delivering a powerful new way to bring financial clarity, confidence, transparency, and accessibility to buyer and seller conversations.

Worthy Performance Group, a company of mentors, advisors, and business coaches focused on helping executives reach their business goals, including real estate and mortgage professionals, has launched a new website and an offering designed to help mortgage loan officers get the year started right.

MBA Education, the award-winning education division of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), launched its Mortgage Banking Bound (MBB) program at Louisiana State University (LSU). The program, now available at four universities across the country, offers a three-credit undergraduate course on residential mortgage origination and processing.

BlackFin Group, a management consulting firm serving the Lending and Mortgage Banking Industry, has announced that Ideal Mortgage has become a Preferred Partner. Ideal Mortgage is a growing national correspondent lender and brokerage that is committed to providing its rapidly expanding loan officer team with some of the markets’ most competitive rates and an unmatched sales and marketing tool set to help them effectively grow their business.

Williston Financial Group (WFG), a national, full-service provider of title insurance and settlement services, and Gold Capital Partners, a real estate services enterprise, announced the formation of Metro United Title and Escrow, a new joint venture designed to modernize and simplify the real estate transaction experience.

AD Mortgage announced the upcoming launch of AD Power Jumbo, a new unified jumbo mortgage program designed for qualified borrowers who don’t fit traditional bank guidelines.

Deephaven Mortgage, a non-QM lender, has launched its Equity Advantage HELOC product to give its wholesale and correspondent partners a new competitive advantage in the surging second lien market, which is expected to surpass $100 billion in originations this year. In 2026, the second lien market is predicted to grow to over $150 billion.

AD Mortgage, a provider of non-QM and residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), has launched its fifth securitization so far this year, AD Mortgage Trust 2025-NQM5 (ADMT 2025-NQM5).