# PennyMac

> PennyMac Financial Services is a publicly traded U.S. mortgage specialist whose integrated platform originates and acquires home loans, services hundreds of billions of dollars of mortgages, manages mortgage-related investments, and increasingly sells its operating expertise as technology and subservicing. It serves homeowners directly, brokers and correspondent lenders, and institutional mortgage owners, using scale and a large servicing portfolio to generate repeat lending opportunities while balancing the interest-rate sensitivity of origination with recurring servicing fees.

- **Founded:** 2008
- **Headquarters:** Westlake Village, United States
- **Founders:** Stanford L. Kurland (Founder and former Chairman and CEO), BlackRock Mortgage Ventures, LLC (Strategic founding partner), HC Partners, LLC (formerly Highfields Capital Investments) (Strategic founding partner)
- **Team size:** Approximately 5,500 employees as of June 30, 2026
- **Products:** Consumer direct home loans, Correspondent production, Broker direct and TPO lending, Mortgage servicing and subservicing, Investment management
- **Notable:** Grew from a 2008 start-up into a top U.S. mortgage lender and servicer., Serviced approximately $731 billion in unpaid principal balance at June 30, 2026., Produced approximately $151 billion in newly originated loans during the twelve months ended June 30, 2026.

## Products & services

- **Consumer direct home loans** — Online and loan-officer-assisted purchase, refinance, home equity, conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, jumbo, investment-property and other residential mortgage options.
- **Correspondent production** — Acquires newly originated residential loans from banks, credit unions and independent mortgage bankers, then aggregates and sells or securitizes them.
- **Broker direct and TPO lending** — Wholesale and non-delegated options, pricing tools, underwriting and operational support for mortgage brokers and third-party originators.
- **Mortgage servicing and subservicing** — Collects payments, manages escrow, supports borrowers, handles loss mitigation and administers loans for PennyMac, PMT and institutional owners.
- **Investment management** — PNMAC Capital Management externally manages PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust and earns management and performance-related fees.
- **Plaisse** — PennyMac's mortgage servicing technology platform, being modernized on AWS and positioned for commercial distribution to institutional clients.
- **Natural Language Virtual Assistant** — A speech-to-speech AI assistant built with Amazon Nova Sonic for inbound and outbound borrower interactions, application links and callback scheduling.
- **Welcome Home** — A dedicated mortgage education and benefits program for eligible Team USA athletes.

## Achievements

- Grew from a 2008 start-up into a top U.S. mortgage lender and servicer.
- Serviced approximately $731 billion in unpaid principal balance at June 30, 2026.
- Produced approximately $151 billion in newly originated loans during the twelve months ended June 30, 2026.
- Helped more than 5.6 million homeowners over its operating history, according to the company.
- Ranked by the company as the number-one correspondent aggregator and among the top overall and wholesale lenders.
- Completed a 2013 NYSE listing under PFSI after pricing an approximately $200 million IPO.
- Proposed a Cenlar subservicing acquisition that would take the combined servicing footprint above $1 trillion in UPB if completed.
- Named the official mortgage provider/supporter of Team USA and a proud supporter of the LA28 Games.
- Built and deployed a proprietary voice-based Natural Language Virtual Assistant across inbound and outbound calls.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Reported Q2 net income of $22 million on $497 million of net revenue; servicing reached $731 billion UPB and the company said it was realigning costs after higher rates pressured results.
- **2026-06** — Expanded its AWS relationship to deploy generative and conversational AI and modernize Plaisse for eventual commercialization.
- **2026-06** — Added Ontollo co-founder and enterprise AI executive Tiffany To to the board.
- **2026-04** — Introduced the Welcome Home mortgage education and benefits program for eligible Team USA athletes.
- **2026-02** — Agreed to acquire Cenlar's subservicing business for $172.5 million upfront plus up to $85 million contingent, with closing expected in Q4 2026.
- **2025-03** — Became the exclusive official mortgage supporter of the 2026 and 2028 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams and a supporter of LA28.

## Links

- Website: https://www.pennymac.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pennymac
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Pennymacusa
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pennymacusa/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PennymacUSA/

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Last updated: 2026-08-11