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The company reported a profitable first quarter and called for loosened regulation to bring more private capital into home finance in its latest earnings call. View the full article

With prices possibly rising over 4% through next year, respondents to a Fall 2024 survey said they would turn to their investment portfolios to fund the down and monthly payments. View the full article

An ex-Biden administration official suggested potential challenges in identifying lands that have access to both employment opportunities and infrastructure. View the full article

Small business owners will be given the option to tap into anywhere from $50,000 to $500,000 in financing. View the full article

The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency took a measured approach to developing the international capital standards, according to a Government Accountability Office report. View the full article

The states with the highest percentage of non-current mortgage loans had an average year-over-year change of 0.7%, as of March 31. View the full article

The industry's largest servicer, which agreed at the end of the quarter to be acquired by Rocket, had a $82 million write-down due to shifting interest rates. View the full article

The Connecticut bank said its newly minted president, Steven Sugarman, successfully led a private placement and signed a long-term employment agreement that makes him a potential CEO. David Lowery, current chief executive of Patriot, plans to step down in April. View the full article

Headlines over real estate sales policies, as well as economic upheaval, are having a negative impact on how insiders are seeing the market today. View the full article

Nearly all respondents to the NextGen survey, Gen Z and millennial, said they want to achieve homeownership, but only about 60% considered it possible. View the full article

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization has created a new version of, as well as enhanced the current edition. of its reference model. View the full article

The record-settting fixed-rate nonrecourse financing potentially opens up a new opportunity for nonbank mortgage companies with large MSR portfolios. View the full article

A recent letter addressed to the FHFA fueled a consumer advocacy group to look at salaries, which have been criticized as not aligned to the system's purpose. View the full article

The partnership between alternative investment managers adds to signs investors see the private mortgage market as attractive, albeit not immune to risk. View the full article

The super-regional bank cited "a material slowdown" in investment banking and trading income as one reason for the lower revenue forecast. Interest rates are also a factor, executives said. View the full article

Freddie Mac reported a 2 basis point drop in mortgage rates, but other timelier measurements had the 30-year fixed close to or above the 7% mark. View the full article

Approximately 9% of current homeowners experience a labor market event that results in a negative credit shock, limiting access to their equity, Point said. View the full article

Bill Pulte and the government-sponsored enterprise's chief executive will be working with a firm that analyzes big data and utilizes artificial intelligence. View the full article

The deal comes as Blend also introduces a new division dedicated specifically at serving independent mortgage banks, rolling out features with Crosscountry. View the full article

Despite interest rate volatility, prepayment rates also increased, surging to levels last seen in October, according to a new ICE Mortgage Technology report. View the full article

The 250 top mortgage originators in 2025 brought in high volumes despite less than ideal conditions. Check back in the following days for the top 50 and the final full list, with further cuts of the data to be published thereafter. View the full article

The new state law can't ban the calls outright, but requires solicitors to disclose to mortgage consumers their identity and how they purchased the lead. View the full article

The typical homebuyer's monthly mortgage payment reached a record high, up 5.3% year-over-year, but consumers are putting more money down, adding to equity. View the full article