James Kleimann
Founder
About Us
The Mortgage Scoop is the sharpest source of news and analysis for mortgage professionals who want the real story — not the recycled press release.
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Led by Industry Expertise
Founded and edited by James Kleimann, former Managing Editor at HousingWire
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Breaking News, Clear Analysis
Breaks industry news, tracks key players, and explains what it all means
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Trusted & Transparent
A trusted source for loan officers, execs, regulators, vendors and mortgage investors
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Unfiltered Mortgage Insight
No pay-to-play. What you see is what you get
James Kleimann is obsessed with housing.
He has spent the last decade running newsrooms across nearly every beat in real estate. James has earned a reputation for breaking big stories and shedding light on what industry insiders actually say and do, not what they write in press releases.
He authored a widely-read newsletter for mortgage and real estate pros called Subscribers Digest and appears regularly on podcasts/web shows/ industry events as an expert on all things housing. He joined HousingWire in 2020 after leading the newsroom at The Real Deal.
He left HousingWire in July 2025 to start his own mortgage-focused publication, called The Mortgage Scoop.
Follow James for exclusive (and actually interesting!) reporting on the mortgage and real estate industries, data-driven insights into where the markets are going, the absolute hottest (and coldest?) takes, as well as some occasional memes.
Have a tip? Or just wanna complain about something? Email him at james@themortgagescoop.com. His number is 201-994-9638. You can text. Don’t be shy!
James lives in Brooklyn and has a wife, two young children (Augie and Henry) and an enormous Maine Coon cat named PF Chang.