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Refinancings, particularly the cash-out version, helped to drive mortgage product availability and rate lock activity during March, separate reports found. View the full article

FHFA director Pulte called these programs inappropriate for regulated entities, which are in government conservatorship, but said others are still able to offer them. View the full article

The subsidiary of Amerant Bank trimmed 58 of its mortgage-related employees, leaving just 20 workers to focus exclusively on Florida-based customers. View the full article

The mortgage lender claims its Georgetown, Texas operations, where Thrive Mortgage was previously headquartered, has been "gutted." View the full article

Three U.S. agencies lack a "comprehensive, government-wide strategy," according to a report that echoes complaints banks have made for years. View the full article

The Federal Housing Finance Agency's withdrawal of tenant requirements and an unfair and deceptive acts and practices bulletin sets the tone for the future. View the full article

Clear regional differences appeared in the average tax amounts owed across the U.S., with residents of one state seeing five-figure sums, Attom said. View the full article

The private market is increasingly testing credit metrics aimed at growing originations without adding risk as a larger effort to this end has slowed. View the full article

Mortgage delinquencies were up in March, according to data from Intercontinental Exchange. View the full article

Kind Lending has big plans to grow its retail channel and is signaling this by putting industry veteran Tammy Richards in charge of the operations. View the full article

After the Federal Reserve moved to slow the pace of quantitative tightening, the Fed chair floated the idea of continuing to allow mortgage-backed securities to roll off its books even after the central bank has met its monetary policy objectives in reducing its balance sheet. View the full article

The trend is not the norm but there are growing opportunities to buy for less in some areas many people gravitate to, real-estate brokerage Redfin found. View the full article

The rate of new home sales picked up by 14% from the month prior, data provided by the Mortgage Bankers Association shows. View the full article

Even after posting production losses in two of four quarters last year, independent mortgage bankers made $443 on every loan originated during 2024. View the full article

The Federal Housing Administration has accelerated the timeline and will make the wait time for repeat home retention requests longer than originally planned. View the full article

The deal was highly vetted with regulators following the publicly traded company's failure to obtain approval in a past agreement, an executive said. View the full article

Multifamily debt held by all capital sources continues to grow at a faster pace than the overall commercial market, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. View the full article

These mortgages held by low credit score borrowers, made up 90% of the rise in the number of loans 30 days or more late on payments, ICE Mortgage Tech said. 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 final full list, with further cuts of the data to be published thereafter. View the full article

Wholesale firm Ardri's acquisition of The Lending Shop comes after the company installed a mortgage industry veteran as its new president earlier this year. View the full article

ICE Mortgage Technology also added 20 new Encompass clients in the first quarter, but the unit still had an operating loss for the period, its 10th in a row. View the full article

The federal district court order in Mississippi allows allegations of servicer responsibility for insurance shortcomings and excessive costs to proceed. View the full article

The Arizona-based mortgage brokerage claims a former director of training is keeping the domain name of its loan officer training website hostage. View the full article

Digital Insurance spoke with Jonathan Collura, president and CEO of Specialty Risk RE, about how reinsurers could stabilize the home insurance market in areas affected by natural disasters. View the full article