Over three-quarters of the Wolters Kluwer Blue Chip Economic Indicators panel said the FOMC will ease eventually, but a growing number are now expecting a hike.
Deephaven expanded its HELOC product for wholesale lenders, Attom launched an AVM model and First American added an AI assistant to its title platform.
A capital rule overhaul could make bank charters attractive to independent mortgage banks, reshaping who controls home lending in America.
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.
Technology centered on addressing certain key mortgage priorities stand to attract the greatest attention from venture capitalists and other investors.
Home lending professionals shared their thoughts on vendors, artificial intelligence and the most valuable solutions technology could give them in a new Arizent survey.
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Zachary Carpenter, tapped to take over as Farmer Mac CEO in March 2027, will now take over the position on July 1, with Bradford Nordholm as CEO emeritus.
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Originators slightly loosened credit for conventional and jumbo products in May but they've held steady after larger growth to begin the year.
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MBA, UWM, Nexa and Pennymac offer mortgage loan originator training programs for aspiring and licensed LOs, covering NMLS exam prep, wholesale lending and loan origination skills.
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Approximately 54% of homeowners looked to a second lien product to access their home's stored value in the first quarter due to the "lock-in effect."
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Better and Coinbase plan to make the product available to qualified borrowers nationwide by this summer. Interested customers can currently apply to a waitlist.
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Home sales rose 3.8% in May to 308,446, driven by a 2.8% jump in existing-home sales, which also reached their highest level since October 2022.
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Bowman's Basel III relief may ease MSR capital but won't bring banks back; risk weights and economics still favor nonbanks, according to the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors
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Treasuries rallied and broke key levels, but stubborn 5-year resistance still caps momentum and rate-cut expectations remain unchanged, the CEO of IF Securities writes.
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The 5-year yield swung sharply after conflicting BLS jobs and CPI data, with softer inflation boosting rate-cut hopes, according to the CEO of IF Securities.
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ON-DEMAND VIDEOJoin Arizent and American Banker experts as they discuss whether bankers and other financial professionals got what they wanted from Trump's victory at the polls.
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ON-DEMAND VIDEOThe Federal Reserve began cutting rates in September. The December meeting is its last of 2024. Will the cutting continue, or will there be a pause? Doug Peta, Chief Strategist, U.S. Investment Strategy, at BCA Research, discusses the meeting and future policy.
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ON-DEMAND VIDEOThe Federal Open Market Committee is expected to cut interest rates at its September meeting, which will also provide a new Summary of Economic Projections. Marvin Loh, senior macro strategist at State Street Global Markets, examine the meeting, the SEP and Fed Chair Powell's press conference.
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