Originations

Mortgage originators are still struggling with profitability, and getting their income and costs to pencil out could mean the company's survival.

The average size of purchase applications fell below the $400,000 mark, reflecting first-time home buyer interest, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

The good news in the Consumer Price Index report has not carried over to the 10-year Treasury yield and thus mortgage rates, Freddie Mac found.

A trio of trends — rates, prices and economic uncertainty — will dominate the 2025 Spring buying season and likely affect activity, Realtor.com warned.

Refinance activity was up 16% from the end of February while purchase applications rose mildly, on the strength of fading rates amid larger economic woes.

Loan officers have said the majority of outreach from recruiters looks like impersonal "telemarketing."

For the first time in almost two years, mortgage products available for consumers are at a level established in 2012.

As the 30-year fixed-rate declined by almost 20 basis points, borrowers took advantage, boosting rate-and-term transaction volumes, Optimal Blue said.

Rocket expects the combined company to achieve more than $200 million in run-rate synergies by 2027, it said in a statement.

The postponement would pertain to Federal Housing Administration-insured single- and multifamily loans and other final determination dates that have not passed.