The Mortgage Bankers Association now predicts a Federal Reserve rate hike to arrive in 2027, as housing price growth also slows over the next two years.
Achieve launches a correspondent channel for its fixed-rate HELOC, Deephaven ups its loan limit to $1M, and Planet expands into non-agency TPO products including non-QM and DSCR loans.
The Federal Housing Administration put an end to pandemic-era relief last year, triggering a 28% jump in foreclosures on FHA loans in the first quarter and an expected spike in defaults ahead.
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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Secondary market experts are split on whether the Fed's next move will be a rate decrease in 2027 or an increase, as more observers are now thinking.
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A shareholder who claims no bias between United Wholesale Mortgage and CrossCountry Mortgage suggests the servicer must answer to recent allegations.
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Standard & Poor's found modeled foreclosure frequency and loss coverage to be in similar ranges as classic FICO but showed concern about potential bias.
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The Real Brokerage's Agent Optimism Index, which measures agents' 12-month outlook, increased to 64 in April from 62 in March, but still below February's 70.3.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr Thursday warned against efforts to shrink the central bank's balance sheet, saying that effort could undermine financial stability and disrupt money markets.
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Restricting institutional investors is bad policy, but reforming 1031 exchanges and requiring public listings for HUD homes could boost affordability, according to the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.
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Core CPI came in above forecasts and Treasury yields surged, while copper's record-high prices add to inflation concerns, the head of correspondent business development at AD Mortgage writes.
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State mortgage regulators are increasingly treating supervision as enforcement, imposing large fines even when companies fix issues quickly, writes the head of public policy at NewRez.
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