National Mortgage News readers were all too aware of the ominous signs for home financing as the Federal Reserve's inflation-busting measures put the refi boom to an end. As lenders and servicers, tech providers and others in the ecosystem changed tack, we tracked their every move — and so did you.
Here are the most-read stories from National Mortgage News over the last year.
Elevated delinquency levels have not affected expected losses, however, due to home price appreciation, Fitch Ratings said.
Retail lenders, including Beeline, Tomo Mortgage and Rocket Mortgage, settled with the department over infractions like submitting a false certification to not having the proper liquidity to be in the program.
A pair of bills, one with bipartisan support, look to address the issues around heirs' property so these families can have clear title on their homes.
The agreement, in which the real estate giant admits no wrongdoing, will cover around 70,000 agents.
Doxo plans to fight the FTC complaint, which focuses broadly on consumer finance, but there are signs of confusion about the company's role in mortgages too.
Members of the LGBTQ community were most likely to have experienced housing bias, according to a Zillow survey, which also found many people don't recognize how fair lending laws could help.
