Homebuyers who are preapproved have the best opportunity to take advantage of fall discounts, giving lenders an opportunity to roll out marketing around this.
Bank of America upped its forecast for non-qualified mortgage issuance, with investors, particularly insurers, buying these and other non-agency securities.
More depositories are getting involved in the securitized market and the competition is likely to add to expense management challenges of smaller balance loans.
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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.
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As Treasury market volatility strains IMB funding, buying a bank or insurer offers permanent capital and stronger ratings, according to the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.
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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The yield, a benchmark for mortgages and bonds, rose almost 5 basis points to as high as 5.01%, before pulling back to around 4.99% at 4:10 p.m. EDT Monday.
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Lower rates — even if they take months to filter into real-world mortgage bills — could give Trump cover to signal economic relief was on the way.
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From power availability and grid constraints to rapidly evolving requirements for cooling and computing density, CMBS buyers have been pushed into new areas.
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Polling suggests that Democrats could retake control of the House and have a formidable shot at the Senate as well. If they win both chambers, oversight of bank regulation, crypto and Trump administration officials will be the name of the game.
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The bank is accusing its fintech rival of racketeering for raiding its offices across nine states and stealing an untold amount of confidential information.
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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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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it will stop publishing consumer complaint narratives, citing concern that the information is one-sided.
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UPCOMING LIVESTREAMThursday, September 17, 20261:00 p.m. / 10:00 a.m.Jeffrey 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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