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The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage of 6.85% is just five basis points lower than the same time last year, following wider swings in the past 12 months. View the full article

Howard Lutnick's influence in housing today is primarily tied to tariffs but his firm also had a storied past in mortgages and was hit hard by the 9/11 attacks. View the full article

The new tool taps into Intercontinental Exchange's AllRegs database, which contains over a million pages of guidelines from various sources. View the full article

Check out the 36 companies that made our list of the Best Mortgage Companies to Work For. View the full article

The Top 50 Firm is acquiring a firm based in the northwest suburbs of Chicago that specializes in real estate clients. View the full article

In a positive sign for the economy, headline inflation slowed in February. But the reading alone likely is not enough to break the Federal Open Market Committee out of its wait-and-see mode. View the full article

Vista Equity Partners put funds into the regulatory technology firm, which Asurity Technologies has partnered with since 2015. View the full article

Overall home loan application activity fell 6.6% last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, with volume resembling the frigid start to the year. View the full article

The 30-year fixed rate mortgage continues to slip away from the 7% mark, Freddie Mac said, but experts still expect them to stay higher for longer. View the full article

The Coalition for Financial Ecosystem Standards, a fintech group co-founded by Sima Gandhi, is publishing guidelines for how banks and others can assess them. View the full article

Looking to recreate the buzz from its 2016 ad, Rocket leads spectators at the Superdome into a live version of 'Take Me Home Country Roads' during the big game. View the full article

In a Friday speech, Federal Reserve Board member Michelle Bowman said regulation and supervision should be aimed at expanding banking access, not limiting it. View the full article

Letitia James and 22 other attorneys general have filed an amicus brief in a Maryland case challenging the dissolution of the consumer protection agency. View the full article

Tariffs, the employment pool and requirements to tap financing are potential roadblocks that need to be addressed in order to increase new builds. View the full article

North American banks face heightened anti-money laundering scrutiny and a few related variables will determine whether or not this leads to more mortgage sales. View the full article

But the company took a credit loss provision in the fourth quarter, deciding to add to its reserves because of new mortgage acquisitions to its portfolio. View the full article

Rithm Acquisition Corp. is selling 20 million units of combined stock and warrants for $10 each, with trading expected to begin on Feb. 27 on the NYSE. View the full article

Parent company Remax is reporting growing momentum in Wemlo, its technology unit that offers processing automation for loan brokers, which hiked prices last year. View the full article

The potential impacts of import tariffs cloud the outlook, though, and could lead mortgage rates to surge and fall throughout the coming year. View the full article

Excess capacity remains in the mortgage origination cycle, and lenders need to cut costs and end the boom-and-bust hiring, Boston Consulting Group said. View the full article

The move extends the technology company beyond origination functions by pairing it with a former Mortgage Builder platform its parent company also owns. View the full article

The company more than doubled results over comparable periods and exceeded estimates due to stronger economies of scale and valuation adjustments in its favor. View the full article

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expects the U.S. housing market to quickly pick up steam after recent indicators came in below forecasts. View the full article

The government guarantor saw close to 25% of probationary employees cut. View the full article

The mortgage securities guarantor told the Government Accountability Office it was held back by the limits of its role and information sharing constraints. View the full article