Mortgages

The Department of Veterans Affairs has been patient about implementation, but budgetary considerations create some concern about the program's pace.

August's Corelogic S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index was down 0.13% versus July, affected by tougher housing markets in the South and West.

The lawmaker said leadership on the House Financial Services Committee is supportive of the legislation, which would limit the ability of credit-reporting agencies to sell homebuyer information to financial service providers.

The REIT's Newrez arm suffered a servicing valuation hit, but reported gains across each of its origination channels.

Homebuilder stocks are tumbling Tuesday, down as much as 7.8%, after D.R. Horton delivered a 2025 revenue forecast that failed to meet Wall Street's expectations.

RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing says in its motion to dismiss that the borrower was required to try to resolve the dispute prior to filing a legal complaint.

Nearing the first anniversary of its acquisition of Roundpoint, the company is focusing on MSRs and will now be known simply as Two.

Freddie Mac also indicated that it will be proceeding with its closely watched second-lien pilot, while Fannie reported gains in serving credit invisible borrowers.

Neil Bader once headed up a company that was one of, if not the, largest mortgage brokerage in the 1990s. His career has covered the various shifts in how the business is done.

Positive feedback from participants in existing programs led to the decision to expand them in order to assist more lenders.

Figure Technology Solutions introduced a "piggyback" home equity line of credit platform for its lending partners.

As it gets ready for more competition from VantageScore, the company also did not comment on reports of yet another impending price hike.

Mortgage bonds get hit hard when there's growing uncertainty about the direction of rates, due to the election, because their returns depend so much on it.

The capital markets platform will allow its investor clients to compare non-qualified mortgage rate sheets to their competitors for free.

A trade group's estimates point to another quarter of profitability in housing finance, but originations have limits and loan performance is under pressure.

Over 100 originators have returned to Loandepot's retail channel. The mortgage shop is also planning to beef up its VA lending segment with a new hire.

Three-fourths of jumbo borrowers are hanging onto mortgage rates at or below 4%.

About 48% of mortgaged residential properties fell into the equity-rich category, slightly down from a peak of 49.2% reported in the quarter prior, per Attom's report.

If customers perceive they are dealing with a scripted chatbot, they are likely to be less satisfied with their mortgage servicer, J.D. Power said.