Courtney Hoff Dockerty

The pushback the government insurer faced over the revised standards led it to delay deadline for implementation by a full year, to December 31, 2024

The top five have over seven billion dollars in total assets as of June 30, 2022.

Lenders are focusing on these loans to drive new business as the refinancing market continues to decline in the face of higher interest rates.

Major efforts are underway to eliminate discriminatory practices in property valuations.

The top five had more than $15 billion in mortgage servicing in Q2.

The four depositories with the highest volumes wrote more than sixty million dollars in loans combined in Q2.

AI, ML, predictive analytics and complex algorithms can help lenders expand credit to more consumers, but some critics feel the technology can feed into existing discrimination and bias that applicants face.

Listing inventory is returning to levels not seen since before the pandemic, but building material shortages and supply chain issues continue to have an impact on new construction.

Automating rent-based underwriting for single-family loans and offering incentives for multifamily borrowers who accept housing vouchers are just two ways Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are tackling the challenge of equitable housing.

NMN rounds up the latest technology launches and partnerships between fintechs and lenders.