A trigger occurs if the reserve fund is less than 50% of the reserve fund target amount, or if the payment date where the outstanding HEA valuation is less than 80% of the starting home valuation.

Trended credit data that the industry's increasingly required to use could help mortgage firms better forecast delinquencies and prepayments, a new study finds.

While the Freddie Mac survey found the 30-year fixed fell 11 basis points, other indicators, including the 10-year Treasury yield, have all increased.

The winner wowed judges with a natural-sounding artificial intelligence tool that also explained its decision-making on the back-end.

Agencies must now provide clearer justifications for their interpretations, while Congress needs to draft more precise legislation. The decision could empower banks to challenge agency rules more frequently and potentially prolong regulatory processes, with courts giving less deference to agency interpretations.