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The Federal Housing Administration wants to allow part-time underwriters to guarantee loans in its FHA Title II forward and HECM programs.

Mortgage rates rose for the fifth consecutive week, to their highest level since August, although they remain more than a full percentage point lower than one year ago.

The government-sponsored enterprise's single-family loan purchases hit a high for the year, but benefits in other areas were lower than in comparable periods.

AI-backed detection tools contributed to a significant spike in the dollar amount potentially saved from fraud this year, according to the Treasury Department.

The number of vacant, abandoned properties in foreclosure, while up from the third quarter, was nearly 1,800 lower than a year ago, Attom Data said.

Drey Roberts and his team move to de novo warehouse lender Primis Bank as former home Independent Bank makes a strategic exit.

Eighty percent of respondents say their current mortgage payment is putting a strain on their personal finances, per a Transunion survey.

The government-sponsored enterprise reported its best quarter of the year in terms of net income as well as single family business acquired as rates fell to 6.08%.

The report card for the world's largest economy illustrates solid momentum in domestic demand as the Fed began unwinding its tightest monetary policy program.

Despite the increase, the index level remains historically low, going back more than two decades as many prospective buyers still await a decline in mortgage rates.