⚖️❗ Ex-Fannie Mae employees sue for defamation, alleging fraud claims were false
Forty-one former staffers fired in April claim Fannie Mae and FHFA Director Bill Pulte publicly labeled them fraudsters—without evidence—and are suing for defamation and seeking over $82 million in total damages.
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Buried in the Onity Group ($ONIT) earnings, and unearthed by @Fla_Furlan is an easter egg we should all be paying attn to –>
"The firm is also leveraging artificial intelligence to improve efficiency. Messina noted that AI-powered data extraction has now been deployed in more than 190 processes, performing the work of approximately 400 employees and saving roughly 57,000 hours of manual labor per month."
Onity may be one of the most interesting and durable mortgage businesses in the market right now. They’re pulling earnings from multiple levers — forward, reverse, and servicing — and not relying on rate tailwinds.
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