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New insurance written at the six private mortgage insurers increased by only 2% year-over-year, a sign of the sluggish home sales market at the low end.

Second quarter earnings at the nation's largest title underwriters, while mostly positive, were still affected by the rather weak purchase season this year.

Planet Home embarks on retail branch growth, Aces promotes compliance leaders, rising fintechs add sales executives plus more mortgage moves.

From warehouse offerings from a subservicer to a development willing to take crypto for purchases, these firms are looking to fill holes in the market.

Community banks could be the answer to increase the supply of non-agency mortgage products in the secondary market, said Steve Thomas of FutureWave Finance.

Choppy market conditions, including mortgage rates which remain elevated, had an impact on profitability at four of the nation's homebuilders in the quarter.

Ryan Alexander, a life-long government employee, received news that he didn't want to hear: the project he was overseeing at the GSA was cut by DOGE. So Alexander decided to pivot.

Dr. Mark Calabria takes on the additional role of chief statistician of the United States; retired Ally Bank executive Diane Morais has joined First Citizens Bancshares' board of directors; MainStreet Bank has promoted Alex Vari to chief financial officer; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Onity Group's Jack Cavanagh describes how data science has changed processes in the mortgage industry and what type of misconceptions still exist about AI.

A labor shortage is costing the market tens of thousands of new homes per year, and tariff uncertainty is adding thousands of dollars in expenses per unit.