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As application volumes increased, loan sizes also surged, with average purchase amounts now at a 2023 high, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Toms River-based lender was supposedly having liquidity issues, according to unconfirmed reports.

Mortgage professionals are carefully monitoring indicators of whether turbulence in the financial markets will continue to put downward pressure on rates.

The pace of supply coming to market continued its late 2022 slowdown in the first two months of the new year, but greater opportunities may lie in sales of newly constructed properties.

The government-sponsored enterprise took the next step towards allowing lenders to implement its property valuation modernization plans.

Homebuilders are rising as much as 1.7% Tuesday after data showed previously owned home sales snapped a yearlong slide, rising in February by the most since mid-2020. 

Sales of previously owned homes rose in February by the most since mid-2020, snapping a record year-long slide tied to rising interest rates and affordability constraints.

The $1.25 trillion-asset Home Loan Bank System collectively issued $303.9 billion in discount notes and bonds last week, with demand tapering dramatically from $111.8 billion on Monday to $21.7 billion by Friday.

Imbalances linked to affordability and interest rate volatility are challenging the mortgage market. Here's how they may be resolved.

How lenders with between 100 and 499 employees stacked up against each other.