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Planet Home Lending, helped by growing recapture and distributed retail volume, did 64% more originations in the third quarter than one year prior. View the full article

The NPLA Watchlist helps lenders, brokers and service providers spot borrowers who may pose added risk. View the full article

Absolute will add Fidelity Digital Mortgage's 55 producing loan officers to its team of roughly 190. View the full article

Declining issuances since 2022 led to a request for information regarding the future direction of the reverse mortgage program, and NRMLA and MBA responded. View the full article

At issue is the CFPB's weekly publication of Average Prime Offer Rate tables, a key benchmark enabling the smooth operation of the $13 trillion residential mortgage market. View the full article

A bipartisan housing provision has emerged as a critical negotiating point for passage of an uncommonly bank-relevant defense authorization bill. View the full article

New York developers are transforming struggling office buildings into more than 12,000 new apartments in a bid to help offset the city's worst housing crisis in decades. View the full article

The terms of NRMLT 2025-NQM7 will not allow it to advance principal and interest on loans that are delinquent by 180 days or more. View the full article

With the Federal Reserve decision largely factored in, Jerome Powell's comments on future outlook is more likely to influence the housing market. View the full article

After the end of the draw periods that range from two to five years, the amortization begins, during which borrowers have a repayment period ranging from three to 25 years. View the full article

Leading Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee sent a letter to Chair Tim Scott, R-S.C., pointing out the as-yet unsatisfied legal requirement for prudential regulators to appear in Congress semiannually. View the full article

Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Schmid and Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said in statements Friday that their dissents from this week's interest rate decision were spurred by inflation concerns and a lack of sufficient economic data. View the full article

A rise in issuance of nonqualified mortgages and seconds is in the forecast but home prices, credit and the GSEs may impact private-label bonds' trajectory. View the full article

The Federal Reserve is slated to undertake a number of important rules and regulations in 2026, but decisions around agency leadership and the The President administration's avowed effort to exert greater control over the central bank are likely to leave a lasting legacy at the agency. View the full article

The rally sparked by the weekend US arrest of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro also faltered as oil prices rebounded from their initial declines View the full article

With limited seasoning and primarily a clean payment history, OBX 2026-NQM1 had a seasoned probability of default of 33.3% among the AAA stresses and 11.4% among the B. View the full article

The deal still faces a lawsuit from activist investor HoldCo Asset Management, which contends that Comerica didn't properly shop itself before agreeing to sell to Fifth Third. View the full article

Annual home-price appreciation ended last year at 0.7%, the smallest calendar-year increase since 2011, when prices dropped 2.9%, according to ICE. View the full article

Yields across maturities were higher by less than three basis points after rebounding from session lows. View the full article

The Senate allowed the nomination of a permanent director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to lapse, giving acting Director Russell Vought more time to lead the agency on a temporary basis. View the full article

Kelman chose to step down from the company, which he had spent 20 years running, a week before its second phase of integration with Rocket. View the full article

Titl hopes to standardize and connect property records through a centralized, digitized U.S. registry, which would lead to reduced closing times and costs. View the full article

A California consumer who applied for a refinance in November says he was unaware his data, including financial details, was shared with advertisers. View the full article

Supply chain attacks have doubled since 2021, with professional services firms increasingly acting as "stepping stones" to access bank data. View the full article