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Signs from the Fed regarding tapering and interest rate hikes could spell the end to the year’s low rates.

A congressional hearing on reforming the National Flood Insurance Program focused on whether mortgage companies need to disclose incremental risks even if a homeowner lives outside a federally designated floodplain.

Demand was strongest at the high end of the market, which pushed loan amounts up for the fourth straight month.

Federal Reserve officials held interest rates near zero while signaling they expect two increases by the end of 2023, pulling forward the date of liftoff and projecting a faster-than-anticipated pace of tightening as the economy recovers.

But the government-sponsored enterprise raised its total origination volume forecast for 2021 based on slightly stronger than expected refinance activity.

A spike in government-sponsored applications helped lead indexes to their largest gains in several weeks.

While the company did notify the public and regulators in May 2019, executives were not aware at the time that there was previous knowledge of the security vulnerability within the company.

A $28.8 billion rise in multifamily debt made up 65% of the $44.6 billion quarter-to-quarter gain, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.

The long-time title and mortgage technology industry executive wants to reduce the number of public company boards he serves on.

There’s now a unique, additional source of demand that’s opening up in an already fiercely-competitive housing market that VA lenders have to solve for.