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The Federal Open Market Committee is widely expected to keep interest rates steady when it concludes its regular meeting tomorrow, but rising uncertainty about inflation in the wake of the Iran war is clouding the monetary policy outlook. View the full article

Pending sales of US existing homes unexpectedly rose in February for the first time in three months as buyers took advantage of lower mortgage rates and slower price growth. View the full article

Along with the AI tools, ICE Mortgage Technology also added 16 exception-based automation servicing agents with directly integration to its servicing platform. View the full article

Hale Capital Management purchased Voxtur Analytics after a tumultuous past few years that included financial struggles, and rebranded it as Apex Analytics. View the full article

The real estate investment trust said it needed more time for shareholders to vote in favor of the transaction, following speculation it was in trouble. View the full article

A coalition of Democratic attorneys general, led by California and Illinois, have sued the Department of Housing and Urban Development over a guidance that they argue will scale back enforcement to strict federal standards and threaten state funding to enforce fair housing laws. View the full article

The smaller business owned by asset manager EJF Capital reported servicing 5,351 home loans with an unpaid balance of $1.18 billion in 2024. View the full article

Treasury yields look oversold after a rough week, but technical patterns still point to a broader uptrend that could push the 5- and 10-year closer to 5%, according to the head of correspondent business development at AD Mortgage. View the full article

A federal judge ruled that acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Russell Vought unlawfully refused to request agency funding from the Federal Reserve Board, dealing a procedural blow to a legal argument that the Fed can only fund the CFPB when it turns a profit. View the full article

A White House executive order issued Friday afternoon directing regulators to ease Dodd-Frank compliance burdens comes as a bipartisan housing bill advances on Capitol Hill. View the full article

A federal judge wrote in an opinion that a "mountain of evidence" suggests the subpoenas were an effort to push Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates or resign. View the full article

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case revolving around whether a county violated the rights of a homeowner whose home was foreclosed on for owing taxes. View the full article

Borrower equity fell $78.8 billion, or 0.5%, year over year in Q4, according to Cotality's Home Equity Report. That's an average decrease of $8,500. View the full article

Lennar's first fiscal quarter earnings were down by more than half after three years of persistent trials which are testing consumer confidence and sentiment. View the full article

FIGRE 2026-HF3 will repay noteholders on a pro rata basis but is subject to a provision that requires the deal to repay noteholders sequentially after a credit event. View the full article

CEO Vishal Garg said he expects his firm's brokering loans for Credit Karma to make the consumer platform the largest originator in the country. View the full article

Caution around the move is growing as focus has shifted to affordability, and current trading prices make near-term action unlikely, according to Wedbush. View the full article

The latest accusations suggest a manager instructed a loan officer to photograph confidential data and process it in ChatGPT to avoid detection. View the full article

The real estate firm resolved two other NTRAP lawsuits in late 2025 and may find itself in front of another following a recent Nevada investigation. View the full article

Industry comments are favorable, but with statements like "no bill is perfect" and "bold action is needed," groups want changes before it goes to the president. View the full article

The lender will offer a comprehensive suite of residential lending programs and commercial lending solutions, such as builder construction loans. View the full article

A group representing this part of the industry also called for more implementation time and some changes to borrower determinations. View the full article