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Eighteen months after the $2.6 billion deal was announced — and five days before the Oct. 31 deadline — New York Community is still waiting for regulatory approval to buy the Michigan bank. On their joint earnings call, the companies wouldn't say where the deal stands.

Purchases of new single-family homes decreased 10.9% to a 603,000 annualized pace following an unexpected gain in August, government data showed Wednesday.

The cuts account for 5% of its workforce of 5,791 full-time employees as of the end of June.

The company is positioning itself for further challenges in the mortgage cycle, and considering MSR buying opportunities while keeping in mind that it needs to be cautious about its capital allocations.

However, of those that would choose face-to-face interaction, 40% want it to include a hybrid or fully digital process.

An appeals court ruling last week found that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure violates the Constitution, but another court filing shows how the agency might fight back.

Ongoing weakness in housing markets and the economy has now driven purchase activity to its lowest level since 2015, while overall application numbers decreased for the 10th time in 11 weeks.

Mortgage experts generally expect the switch to open up lending and potentially improve the predictability of loan performance — but some are worried about potential costs.

Multiple mortgage real-estate investment trusts have warned that market movements would hurt their third quarter numbers.

In a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, the chair of the Senate Banking Committee warned that the Fed was in danger of going too far in its efforts to tame inflation.