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NAHB's remodeling index finished at its highest mark in a year, with the current industry outlook standing in stark contrast to homebuilder sentiment. View the full article

A pair of fair housing attorneys fired by the Department of Housing and Urban Development testified the agency has stopped enforcement of those laws. View the full article

The industry vendor SitusAMC has not publicly disclosed how many consumers, nor how many banks and lenders, were impacted in a cyberattack last fall. View the full article

A handful of former Fed officials noted that the markets' measured response to a probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell was a result of pushback from The President allies. View the full article

The government securitization guarantor could move forward with more big-picture initiatives as well this year now that it officially has a confirmed president. View the full article

Mortgage applications for new-home purchases decreased 15.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis in December, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. View the full article

This week the conforming 30-year fixed rate mortgage fell 10 basis points, with Optimal Blue data showing it broke through, at least briefly, the 6% level. View the full article

United Wholesale Mortgage sees this branding partnership as an opportunity to recruit workers in its home market in the Detroit area, CMO Sarah DeCiantis said. View the full article

The lender claims the ransomware gang behind a breach provided proof it deleted compromised customer information, and it hasn't appeared on the dark web since. 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

AI can accelerate onboarding by providing recruits with real-time feedback, support compliance by flagging documentation issues, and close the confidence gap by offering reliable answers on the spot writes the CEO of Friday Harbor View the full article

The latest Lower acquisition comes after several previous mergers with lenders as well as two last year that incorporated technology and real estate platforms. View the full article

The contract rate on a 30-year mortgage dropped 7 basis points to 6.18% in the week ended Jan. 9, according to Mortgage Bankers Association data released Wednesday. View the full article

Contract closings rose 5.1% to a 4.35 million annualized pace last month, the highest since February 2023, according to figures released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors. View the full article

The San Francisco-based banking giant reported solid gains in credit card and auto lending as credit remained in check and quarterly operating costs declined from a year ago. View the full article

The megabank's net income declined by 13% during the fourth quarter as a result of a $1.2 billion pre-tax loss on sale related to the divestiture of its remaining operations in Russia. View the full article

Over 46% of mortgage transactions examined had at least one significant wire fraud or title risk, with 3.2 findings per transaction, Fundingshield said. View the full article

Walker & Dunlop Affordable Bridge Capital will originate flexible, short-term first-mortgage bridge loans for properties designated for government programs. View the full article

Defendants argued the vendor doesn't operate a pricing algorithm, and said some of the implicated home loan players never used the software. View the full article

Loanlogics rolled out the LoanBeam NQM income analyzer in October and has four users for the non-qualified mortgage underwriting technology, including Pennymac. View the full article

The company was founded in 1986 by current CEO Mat Ishbia's father Jeff and became the No. 1 originator by dollar volume in the third quarter of 2022. View the full article

Originators with less than $59 million in assets don't have to share their loan data with CFPB, as the semi-shuttered regulator continues mortgage oversight. View the full article

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is selling more due-and-payable HECMs on homes that are occupied while reviewing the loan program. View the full article