Mortgages

The age of homes, moving preferences and weather risks are all playing a role in the direction of growth prospects for the remodel and renovation industry.

Headlines over real estate sales policies, as well as economic upheaval, are having a negative impact on how insiders are seeing the market today.

A former COO at Marlin Mortgage claims the servicer transferred an MSR portfolio to a new subservicer not to benefit the investor, but for the gain of the company's CEO.

Stakeholders predict the future of homebuying will offer two distinct paths: an all-in-one bundle from companies like Rocket Mortgage and the traditional, local homebuying experience.

Multifamily debt held by all capital sources continues to grow at a faster pace than the overall commercial market, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte is the new chair for both and he has removed several members while adding a few new names at each.

New residential construction increased 11.2% to an annualized rate of 1.5 million in February, according to government data released Tuesday.

The private market is increasingly testing credit metrics aimed at growing originations without adding risk as a larger effort to this end has slowed.

Large mortgage companies are targeting mergers and acquisitions as well as home equity lending in their 2025 business plans, Boston Consulting Group said.

An ex-Biden administration official suggested potential challenges in identifying lands that have access to both employment opportunities and infrastructure.