Jeff Levine, Managing Director and Co-Head of Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Institutions Group, recently spoke with The Wall Street Journal for a story on the potential for consolidation among small and midsize U.S. mortgage firms. Based on number of deals, Houlihan Lokey was ranked the No. 1 advisor for all U.S. specialty finance M&A deals from 2013-2017, and was ranked the No. 1 advisor for all U.S. mortgage M&A deals in 2017, according to SNL Financial. Read the article.