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Primelending produced a pretax loss of $5.2 million in the fourth quarter, significantly lower than the loss of $15.9 million in the same period a year earlier. View the full article

Private lenders are looking for ways to expand their reach as their traditional market has become crowded, and nonconforming mortgage lending is an answer. View the full article

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

Companies reported positive numbers but see challenges in a sluggish housing environment, as federal pressure ramps up to address affordability. View the full article

Dono becomes the latest platform focused on expediting property records searches to benefit from funding in 2026, as investors show support for AI development. View the full article

The effective tax rate, measuring taxes relative to home prices, also increased to its highest mark in five years, according to Attom's analysis. View the full article

Ownwell is one of the latest companies focused on easing mortgage-adjacent processes and costs to find new investment in the first two months of 2026. View the full article

The latest rise in property tax collections at the end of last year continued a nine-quarter streak of increases, according to the National Association of Home Builders. View the full article

The median property tax payment amounted to $2,969 a year, or $247 a month, an analysis by LendingTree found. View the full article

The jump, which represents an ICE Mortgage Technology survey high, reflects the past cost of natural disasters like hurricanes in the Southeast. View the full article

The organizations play a critical role in our economy, providing affordable single family mortgage loans to enable homeownership, writes the Executive Director of the Community Home Lenders of America View the full article

Property inspection waivers were granted on 40.2% of the underlying mortgages, reflecting an increasing trend of agency mortgages being originated without them. View the full article

The FHFA's ACV condo insurance rollback gets the balance right between affordability and safety, even if politics muddied the waters, the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors writes. View the full article

President The President wants the two government-sponsored loan buyers to help speed lower-cost home creation and their oversight agency's director is following up. View the full article

Pulte alleged that James appeared to misrepresent who would occupy property in separate homeowner insurance applications, saying the documents could indicate that James "may have defrauded" insurers in those states. View the full article

Bill Pulte, making the announcement as chairman of Fannie Mae, did not provide additional details following earlier rumors of larger layoffs. View the full article

A federal housing official pledged to take near-term action on credit score costs as two legislators have urged him not to allow fewer credit reports. View the full article

The housing agency director told Sen. Cortez Masto a Federal Home Loan Bank reform review is ongoing and took issue with Sen. Warren's inquiries about meeting transparency. View the full article

The Federal Housing Finance Agency ended comments on expanded suspended counterparties list criteria in December and has done nothing with it since. View the full article

The FHFA director hinted at a partnership in the works and doubled down on criticism of homebuilders and the Fed chair in a housing conference interview. View the full article

The director, confirmed less than a month ago, has issued 12 orders via the social media platform that reverse Biden-era initiatives. View the full article

Lenders using an automated process can save up to $1,500 per loan but do they have the capacity to pass those through to applicants as the FHFA director asks? View the full article

The statement posted on social media platform X could reflect policy, politics or both. Clarification was not immediately available at deadline. View the full article