Mat Ishbia urged brokers to understand how the increases in credit score and report costs affect both them and the borrowers they serve.

A New York Times report suggests the majority of the NAR affiliate's grants to right-leaning organizations are out-of-line with its housing-related mission.

A slower rate of price increases would boost the likelihood of an interest-rate cut that could expand loan demand and lower banks' deposit costs. A higher pace of inflation, however, could derail those catalysts.

But the Federal Housing Administration program was the only mortgage loan type to gain market share month-to-month as measured by rate lock percentage.

A new question field on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's consumer complaint form is tied to an advisory opinion on customer service related to customers' requests for information, industry experts say.