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During its meeting last month, some members of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy committee expressed concern about persistent supply-chain disruptions while others were confident price growth would be constrained. View the full article

Total mortgage origination volume is forecasted to barely eclipse $2 trillion by the end of the year for the first time since 2022, iEmergent said. View the full article

VA- and FHA-backed mortgages helped drive the increase in property volume, but sales did not maintain the same pace, according to Auction.com. View the full article

Completed foreclosure sales reach their highest level since the second quarter of 2023, with a 20% quarter-to-quarter increase, Auction.com said. View the full article

There still is potential for the Supreme Court to review nuances of its landmark Tyler v. Hennepin County decision as other lawsuits raise questions about it. View the full article

Foreclosure filings increased 7% in January from December, which could be a housing market starting to experience trouble, or a post-holiday return to normal. View the full article

Foreclosure filings were reported on more than 360,000 properties in the United States last year, up 14% from 2025 and 3% from 2023, according to Attom. View the full article

Foreclosure filings were reported on 42,430 properties in the United States last month, down 8% from the month prior but up 18% from a year ago. View the full article

The latest reports from ICE Mortgage Technology and VantageScore appear to be in line with hints at growing borrower pressure officials are eyeing in policy. View the full article

The Department of Veterans Affairs ended a break for borrowers put at a disadvantage by a discontinuation of pandemic aid as they transitioned to a new program. View the full article

While overall delinquencies eased in January, foreclosure starts jumped to their highest point since early 2020, signaling growing strain among late-stage borrowers despite steady mortgage performance. View the full article

Quarterly filings are far from historic highs but rising more consistently, with concentrations in Florida, California and Texas, Attom's latest numbers show. View the full article

Total foreclosures rose 3% from September and 19% from the same time a year ago in October, marking the eighth straight month of increases. View the full article

The latest foreclosure report adds to evidence from housing research groups that economic difficulties are beginning to impact a rising number of homeowners. View the full article

Higher unemployment has driven these indications of distress higher but most loans that financial institutions hold in their portfolios are still performing. View the full article

Roughly 100,000 properties in the United States had a foreclosure filed in the third quarter this year, an increase on a quarterly and yearly basis, ATTOM said.

The average loss from the two categories is almost seven times higher than the mean amount for all other types, according to research from ALTA and Milliman. View the full article

Housing economists at ICE Experience 2026 predict mortgage growth but also say the home finance industry has yet to fully adapt to the disruption of this decade. View the full article

Jerry Halbrook, who also held key roles at a number of mortgage lenders like Pennymac and Nexstar, has been named president and COO of Covered Insurance. View the full article

Hsieh stepped down from a day-to-day operational role following a contentious proxy battle for board leadership in 2023 but remained a director. View the full article

While federal examination and investigative activity has all but stopped, the regulator is still providing regulatory guidance to the industry. View the full article

Duncan announced the launch of a new company in a social media post in early April after retiring from the government-sponsored enterprise at the end of 2024. View the full article

The Senate confirmed former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board member Jonathan McKernan to serve as Treasury's under secretary for domestic finance on a party-line vote, installing a key industry ally in the Treasury Department. View the full article

Former Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Randal Quarles, who served during President The President's first term, said members of the Fed board should be removable by the president, but that the decentralized structure of the Fed will ensure that monetary policy decisions remain sound. View the full article

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Acting Director Russell Vought has an obligation to request funding for the agency, five former Federal Reserve officials said. Plus, three nonprofits sue Vought and the CFPB. View the full article