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The wholesale giant, fully entangled in the legal fight over a six-figure bonus, emphasized it's only the title sponsor of the broker trade group. View the full article

Reducing agency loan pricing adjustments and credit reports may help, a trio of industry groups wrote in a letter to the National Economic Council's director. View the full article

Preemption would hurt affordability for many, the Conference of State Banking Supervisors and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators said. View the full article

Bed Bath & Beyond purchased Tokens.com, a blockchain platform utilizing services from Figure, tZERO and ShyftLabs. View the full article

The Housing for the 21st Century Act includes provisions covering policy, manufactured homes and rural infrastructure introduced in a prior Senate proposal. View the full article

A federal judge threw out the criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that the prosecutor who brought the cases had been illegally appointed. View the full article

If cumulative loss or a delinquency trigger event is in effect, then the deal will distribute principal among the class A notes before any principal allocation the class M1 or class B certificates. View the full article

Big-picture plans for the government-sponsored enterprises get the spotlight, but other issues may affect the industry more directly. Part 1 of a series. View the full article

Ringcentral claims the direct-to-consumer lender breached a 2021 contract for telephone services to help facilitate up to 1.3 million calls a day. View the full article

Artificial intelligence isn't an algorithmic takeover but an essential wealth management tool. View the full article

Mortgage bonds are on track to deliver their strongest returns in two decades, with the Bloomberg US Mortgage Backed Securities Index having gained 8.35% in 2025 through Friday. View the full article

Flood Quotes and the Flood Insurance Portal allows users to compare quotes and purchase policies directly through the platforms. View the full article

The contract rate on a 30-year mortgage dropped 8 basis points to 6.32% in the week ended Nov. 28, which included the Thanksgiving holiday, according to Mortgage Bankers Association data released Wednesday. View the full article

At issue is the CFPB's weekly publication of Average Prime Offer Rate tables, a key benchmark enabling the smooth operation of the $13 trillion residential mortgage market. View the full article

Gallego introduced legislation to amend the EB-5 immigrant investor visa program in order to funnel more money into the construction and rehabilitation of homes. View the full article

The Government Accountability Office has agreed to investigate Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte for allegations of misuse of power and violations of federal privacy laws View the full article

Bank statement loans, a home equity credit card and a blockchain investment product are among the new offerings designed to reach an $11 trillion market. View the full article

Refinance retention hit 28% last quarter, the highest percentage in three and a half years, according to ICE Mortgage Technology. View the full article

New rules means sellers and servicers will need to have plans demonstrating proper oversight of their artificial intelligence and machine learning practices. View the full article

With the Federal Reserve decision largely factored in, Jerome Powell's comments on future outlook is more likely to influence the housing market. View the full article

The Federal Reserve is slated to undertake a number of important rules and regulations in 2026, but decisions around agency leadership and the The President administration's avowed effort to exert greater control over the central bank are likely to leave a lasting legacy at the agency. View the full article

AI's capabilities far exceed how the technology is being used in mortgage, but an all-in strategy will quickly put companies ahead of the pack, leaders say. View the full article

With limited seasoning and primarily a clean payment history, OBX 2026-NQM1 had a seasoned probability of default of 33.3% among the AAA stresses and 11.4% among the B. View the full article

A shared client base helped lead to introduction of the new integration, with implementation scheduled to come later this year, the companies said. View the full article