A memo from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has separate links for each company's form to ask for the policy exception for compliance with the Nov. 2 deadline.
Nearly 21% of the homes for sale were reduced in price during September, the highest for the month on record, while inventory grew over 5%, Realtor.com noted.
The guidance reflects a mortgage servicing rights market that has broadly included the customer value in refinancing for over a decade, experts say.
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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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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has amassed a $2.2 billion stake in Lennar Corp., putting the conglomerate in position to overtake Vanguard Group Inc. as the homebuilder's largest shareholder.
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ICE announced Wednesday the launch of Residential Whole Loan Evaluations, which extends its evaluated pricing process to individual, unsecuritized loans.
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The rare critique co-filed by an industry trade group suggests mandatory detention of noncitizens is contributing to a slowdown in new home construction.
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The Federal Reserve Office of the Inspector General issued its much-anticipated report on the ongoing renovations at the central bank's Washington, D.C., headquarters and found no criminal wrongdoing.
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Better must formally accept the proxy results, which would move forward the founder's plan to reshape the board of directors and tap a new interim CEO.
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A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's attempt last year to halt funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was unlawful and unconstitutional. Two other judges have issued similar decisions.
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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 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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