In Brief: E-Trade Claims a Mortgage Milestone

ARLINGTON, Va. — E-Trade Bank announced on Thursday that it has funded more than $1 billion in mortgage loans through LoansDirect, an online mortgage lender it acquired in February.

The bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of E-Trade Group Inc., is now the exclusive source of funding for LoansDirect, which provides “significant cost savings and eliminates its dependence on third party warehouse lenders,” the company said.

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