Origination

The partner unit of the German software firm will offer its cloud-based lending platform to a range of financial businesses, partnering with Blue Sage and Ranieri Solutions for origination and servicing capabilities.

Adjustable-rate mortgages nabbed their largest share of activity in almost a year, as the 30-year conforming average inched closer to 8%, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

While on the positive side, Fannie Mae CEO Priscilla Almodovar said the loan defect rate has dropped 75%, she and Freddie Mac President Michael Hutchins noted that they're closely examining disruptive servicing transfers and standards for multifamily properties.

Residential starts increased 7% last month after falling by the most in over a year in August, according to government data released Wednesday.

Providing support to affordable rental developments is a key component in the Biden administration's efforts to increase housing supply.

But the industry will still have to go through some pain in 2024, Wharton Professor Susan Wachter told attendees at the Mortgage Bankers Association annual convention.

Homebuilder sentiment fell to a nine-month low in October, the latest indication of the toll on residential real estate from soaring mortgage rates and declining affordability.

The bottom five cities in the ranking have an average total score of 30.48.

The lucrative broker commission system at the heart of the residential housing market is facing unprecedented antitrust scrutiny from the Justice Department and two private class-action lawsuits that risk weakening the National Association of Realtors, the industry's powerful lobbying group.

Paul Hindman, industry veteran and recruiter, recommends for top executives to be "be humble, quick and over-communicate."