On a day when the 10-year Treasury hit levels last seen in 2007, the Community Home Lenders of America celebrated an X post by Bill Pulte on increased MBS buys.
The Federal Housing Administration's proposed changes to property standards could open up origination opportunities for lenders comfortable with the updates.
Besides promoting Sridhar Sharma to CEO from president, the company named Andrew Bon Salle, ex-Fannie exec, as its new chairman, both replacing Chris Marshall.
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Allowing lenders to choose the number of credit reports they use would force the credit bureaus to clean up their data issues and provide consistent scoring, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.
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Home finance firms have until October 2nd to register for the annual ranking of the Best Mortgage Companies to Work For.
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As Treasury market volatility strains IMB funding, buying a bank or insurer offers permanent capital and stronger ratings, according to the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.
Here are the 50 most prolific mortgage originators in the U.S. as measured by units produced, according to the 2026 National Mortgage News Top Producers survey.
Here are the 50 women who did the most dollar volume for the previous 12 months in this year's Top Producers survey.
Banks and credit unions are pairing AI-driven efficiency with stable staffing and cross-training to scale mortgage production as originations rebound and technology expands capacity.
More mortgage professionals told National Mortgage News they expect their companies to hire, or stand pat, rather than fire workers this year.
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The Interlock group allegedly seized over 2 terabytes of data from NFM Lending, including its Encompass data, employee files and other internal information.
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The share of American households considered "financially vulnerable" rose to 17%, the highest level since at least 2018, according to the nonprofit Financial Health Network.
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The U.S. economy is expected to keep growing despite nagging inflation, according to the latest consensus report from the American Bankers Association's Economic Advisory Committee.
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The losses in the US Treasuries market intensified on Wednesday as robust economic data and a weak auction drove yields across most maturities to the highest levels in almost two decades.
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Non-qualified mortgages account for 23.1% of the series 2026-7 pool, by balance, and 43.4% of the loans in the pool were made to investors for business purposes and are exempt from the Ability-to-Repay rules.
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The USA Patriot Act passed on an overwhelming bipartisan basis in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, overhauling banks' involvement in anti-money-laundering efforts.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it will stop publishing consumer complaint narratives, citing concern that the information is one-sided.
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ON-DEMAND VIDEOJeffrey Cleveland, Managing Director and Chief Economist at Payden & Rygel, will discuss the FOMC meeting, the new SEP and Chair Warsh's press conference.
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