Total Lender Solutions Acquires Mortgage Lender Services and Sunrise Assessment

Sunrise Realty Trust to Acquire Southern Realty Trust in Definitive Merger

August 19, 2026

Financial Services

Sunrise Realty Trust, Inc. (SUNS) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Southern Realty Trust Inc. (SRT) via a merger in which SRT will merge into a wholly owned subsidiary of SUNS. The transaction consolidates the two firms’ transitional commercial real estate lending portfolios managed under the Tannenbaum Capital Group (TCG) Real Estate platform and is expected to improve margin, liquidity, and access to more efficient leverage.

CrossCountry Mortgage Acquires Summit Funding

March 20, 2026

Financial Services

CrossCountry Mortgage entered into an agreement to acquire Summit Funding, a privately held mortgage banker and servicer headquartered in Sacramento, California. The companies say the combination will expand scale and geographic reach while giving Summit Funding’s loan originators more tools, technology, and growth opportunities.

StoicLane Acquires Majority Stake in Lender's Valuation Services (LVS)

October 20, 2021

Real Estate

StoicLane has closed on a majority stake in appraisal management company Lender's Valuation Services (LVS). The investment is the first for StoicLane's mortgage services platform and aims to help LVS scale its appraisal management and tech-enabled mortgage services nationwide.

Shawbrook Acquires The Mortgage Lender (TML)

January 28, 2021

Financial Services

Shawbrook has agreed to acquire The Mortgage Lender (TML), a specialist provider of residential and buy-to-let mortgages and a partner of Shawbrook for three years. The acquisition strengthens Shawbrook’s presence in the residential and buy-to-let markets, expands its product range and distribution network, and is intended to support growth through an enhanced customer offering and Shawbrook’s ongoing technology programme.

Constellation Real Estate Group Acquires Mortgage Builder

April 1, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

Constellation Real Estate Group (through Constellation Mortgage Solutions Inc.) has acquired the assets of Mortgage Builder, a provider of mortgage loan origination and servicing software. The deal expands Constellation's real estate SaaS portfolio and adds Mortgage Builder's loan-servicing platform, Colonnade, to its technology offerings.

Altisource Portfolio Solutions Acquires Granite Loan Management

October 28, 2016

Financial Services

Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. has acquired Granite Loan Management, LLC, a Centennial, Colorado-based construction loan disbursement, inspection and risk-mitigation services provider for lenders. The purchase expands Altisource's mortgage and lender-solutions capabilities by adding Granite's construction-lending portfolio management, inspection and fund-control services.