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Uncertainty is ruling the markets that are used to set mortgage rates and as a result, they remained in the same tight range since the start of the month.

Rising pessimism about how the Trump Administration is handling the economy in its early days is spreading into the housing market, a Clever RE survey found.

Here's what mortgage professionals should know about Rocket's rebranding, its $1.75B play for Redfin, dropped CFPB lawsuit and more.

The top five insurance companies have an average homeowners market share of 9.15% as of December 31, 2024.

In a paper, former central bank researchers make the case that the Federal Reserve could better support the Treasury market from disruptions in the cash-futures basis trade by hedging its asset purchases.

The company turned to automation to address pain points it found in working with lines of credit that mortgage lenders are increasingly originating.

FHFA director Pulte called these programs inappropriate for regulated entities, which are in government conservatorship, but said others are still able to offer them.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked a federal judge to vacate and set aside a settlement against a Chicago mortgage lender, accusing the CFPB of misconduct in a case brought under former Director Kathy Kraninger, a Trump appointee.

The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency took a measured approach to developing the international capital standards, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., who chairs the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, called the CFPB under the Biden administration and former Director Rohit Chopra an "Orwellian predator."

The Federal Housing Finance Agency found the practice aimed at selling more real-estate owned homes to occupants had downsides, according to a recent order.

The mortgage lender claims its Georgetown, Texas operations, where Thrive Mortgage was previously headquartered, have been "gutted."

Government-backed lending drove an increase in purchase mortgages for a second straight week, even as interest rates failed to drive refinance activity.

Self-directed IRAs and non-recourse loans open doors to real estate investing without the restrictions of traditional financing.

The Treasury will phase out the use of paper checks for most government payments in about six months. The Trump administration says the move will improve efficiency and reduce the cost of payment processing.

Nearly all respondents to the NextGen survey, Gen Z and millennial, said they want to achieve homeownership, but only about 60% considered it possible.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency's withdrawal of tenant requirements and an unfair or deceptive acts or practices bulletin sets the tone for the future.

The law would have expanded the state's 12% interest rate cap in a manner that would have effectively banned fintech lending in the state.

Wall Street veteran Frank Bisignano pledged at a Senate Finance Committee hearing that he doesn't plan to privatize Social Security.

The Mississippi lender said regulators have signed off sooner than expected on its $103.6 million acquisition of First Chatham Bank. The bank's CEO and deal advisers said the speedy approval bodes well for future M&A.