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Mortgage loan officer licensing saw its first rise since 2022 as Fannie Mae projects $2.4T in 2026 volume. Experts eye a market reset amid improving affordability.

The FHFA chief told Fox an offering could be done near term - but may not be - while a Treasury official addressed conservatorship questions at an FSOC hearing.

The secondary market regulator will formally publish its own rule on Feb. 6, after a comment period and without making changes to what it proposed in July.

Bowing to industry pressure, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is warning consumers with notices on its complaint portal not to file disputes about inaccurate information on credit reports, among other changes.

The mortgage technology unit at Intercontinental Exchange posted a profit for the third straight quarter, even as lower minimums among renewals capped growth.

American Banker's 2026 Predictions report finds that nonbank entities and check fraud are major threats to local banks in the coming months.

Doug Simons is a former investment banker who worked at Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and UBS as an advisor to U.S. banks and other financial institutions. Most recently, he served as a senior markets and policy fellow at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he advised the director and his team on issues related to the banking industry. In this role, he also represented the CFPB on FSOC's Systemic Risk Committee.

Mortgage rates edged higher after the Fed held rates steady, with markets weighing political shifts, Treasury moves and mixed signals on where borrowing costs head next.

The lender isn't accusing United Wholesale Mortgage of wrongdoing, but says a broker secured loans for the same customers from both companies weeks apart.

Rising defaults, fraud risks, and collapsing rents are converging in urban multifamily, threatening lenders and taxpayers, according to the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.