The new requirement could be announced by FHFA Director Bill Pulte as soon as Oct. 12, when he is scheduled to speak at a mortgage industry conference in Chicago, according to the person.
Endorsement numbers for federally backed reverse mortgages dropped to their lowest monthly total in over six years, according to a new report.
Larger public companies' high-profile servicing acquisitions tend to get the spotlight, but the two top leaders in the Ginnie MSR market are quieter players currently run as private companies.
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Explicitly including estimates of recapture in MSR valuations puts FASB at risk of mixing apples with oranges by combining a cash-flow based valuation with a completely speculative assumption, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.
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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.
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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ARMs accounted for more than 11% of rate locks, their largest share in nearly four years and up more than three percentage points over the past three months.
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Southeast impairments run 150 bps above other regions and alt-doc loans are up 200+ bps since 2025, while DSCR and full-doc improve. Time to review overlays.
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The new requirement could be announced by FHFA Director Bill Pulte as soon as Oct. 12, when he is scheduled to speak at a mortgage industry conference in Chicago, according to the person.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook said Thursday that private credit does not seem to pose additional risks to the financial system at the moment, but added that more information about the opaque market is needed.
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A Treasury proposal would remove race and ethnicity from the criteria community development financial institutions can use to establish a targeted market population, a move that could affect institutions serving minority communities.
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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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ON-DEMAND VIDEOKevin Warsh set the table for change. Marvin Loh, managing director at State Street, discusses the FOMC meeting and Warsh's press conference.
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ON-DEMAND VIDEOThe FOMC meeting will be interesting as Kevin Warsh takes the chair. KBRA Chief Strategist Van Hesser will review the meeting, the presser and the new dot plot.
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