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Fifth Third Bancorp revised its guidance, but still expects record net interest income for 2025, even as commercial clients signal that economic volatility will drive up inflation. View the full article

The Senate Banking Committee considered the nomination of Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, whose track record on deregulation in the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis was questioned by Democratic lawmakers. Lawmakers also considered the nomination of Jonathan Gould to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Luke Pettit for a key bank regulatory role at Treasury. 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 150-51, the top 50 and the final full list, with further cuts of the data to be published thereafter. View the full article

The super-regional bank cited "a material slowdown" in investment banking and trading income as one reason for the lower revenue forecast. Interest rates are also a factor, executives said. View the full article

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

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

Perspective homebuyers with work visas, asylum seekers and DACA recipients seeking the government-backed mortgage will be impacted by this sweeping change. View the full article

The top five subservicers that are depositories had a combined unpaid principal balance of more than $1.8 trillion at the end of Q4 2023. 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

Once regulatory clarity emerges, the home equity investment space will attract more investors and potential new originators, a panel of industry experts 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 top 50 and the final full list, with further cuts of the data to be published thereafter. View the full article

Recent wildfire updates include the Federal Housing Authority's waiving of quality-control reviews and the upheaval of the state's commercial real estate space. View the full article

The $1.15 billion agreement earmarked for general corporate purposes can increase to $2.25 billion pending the lender's acquisition of Mr. Cooper. View the full article

Measures of current sales of single-family homes and prospective-buyer traffic, dropped to their lowest levels since the end of 2023. View the full article

Sellers have roughly a month to bring transactions involving properties from the "claims without conveyance of title" and REO programs in line with the changes. View the full article

The new affiliate, NAF Insurance Services, is teaming up with The Baldwin Group to offer a range of coverage from more than 50 carriers nationwide. View the full article

A National Mortgage News/Snapdocs survey of 100 lenders found 90% use some form of what could be considered a digital closing, up from 74% two-years ago. View the full article

The FBI intervened in the incident, which a lawyer for the company's CEO said was a response to another man's actions. View the full article

If mortgage rates drop into the low 6% range, there will be a retention opportunity on 5.4 million loans that have interest rates starting at 6.5%. View the full article

Inflation cooled faster than expected last month, giving the Federal Reserve room to ease monetary policy if the economy weakens suddenly. But tariffs and other policy changes still cloud the outlook for monetary policy. 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