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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

With today's low inventory, an MIP reduction would again be absorbed into home prices, offering no real relief to buyers, write the co-directors of the AEI Housing Center. View the full article

Southeast homeowners affected by the storms last fall submitted a combined over 78,500 flood insurance claims to the National Flood Insurance Program. View the full article

Servicers—Citadel, NewRez and Selene Finance—will not advance any delinquent principal and interest. Eventually, that should reduce loss severities to the deal. View the full article

TD has been adjusting its balance sheet to comply with a cap on its U.S. retail banking assets, imposed last year as part of its money-laundering plea. View the full article

Russell Vought, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new acting director, ordered staff to stop all work and closed the agency's headquarters for a week. View the full article

Current and retired federal employees say Treasury officials granted Elon Musk improper access to federal financial records, violating privacy laws. View the full article

January's median payment also grew at its fastest pace since October as volatile interest rates hit homebuyers' wallets, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. View the full article

The confabs are a sign that Republicans are getting serious about negotiating the contours of a tax deal, even as the House and Senate are pursuing separate strategies. View the full article

The housing regulator has been mum on details about its reshuffling, but Secretary Scott Turner has emphasized mission-critical functions would persist. View the full article

Company executives touted the immediate returns from its rebranding and Super Bowl advertising campaign, with February activity exceeding expectations. View the full article

As homeowners insurance becomes expensive and hard to find, mortgage loan officers should work closely with insurance agents, said Travis Hodges of Viu by Hub. View the full article

The average purchase loan size hit a four-month high of $447,500 as fewer home shoppers are applying for government-backed mortgage products. View the full article

The top five banks had a combined unpaid principal balance of more than $26 billion at the end of Q4 2024. View the full article

Metrics the influential government-related mortgage investor is adding appear to be in line with a broader move to examine the impact of serial loss mitigation. View the full article

The Federal Reserve terminated two mortgage-related enforcement actions against Wells Fargo & Co. from more than a decade ago, the central bank said Tuesday. View the full article

Excess cash flow will pay timely interest and protect against realized losses in the rated certificates before being paid out to the class X notes. View the full article

NJ Lenders, a nonbank licensed in 22 states, has over 100 loan originators and recorded nearly $1.5 billion in origination volume last year. View the full article

These home lenders with under 100 employees are considered among their staffs the best mortgage company to work for in 2025. View the full article

Mortgage lender Lower accuses New American Funding of stealing a San Antonio branch in early 2025. View the full article

Homebuyers would be able to take advantage of streamlined finance options, folding energy infrastructure costs with their mortgages, the companies said. View the full article

The state's insurance commissioner made the change following analysis of title industry profits and expenses in Texas provided by its stakeholders. View the full article

The automation provider plans to unveil functionality at its upcoming user conference aimed at improving new loan boarding and investor reporting processes. View the full article

Purchases of new single-family homes decreased 10.5% last month to a 657,000 annualized rate, according to government data issued Wednesday. View the full article

Most participants in a monthly Wolters Kluwer survey no longer think the next short-term rate reduction will be in March.