Mortgages

The government guarantor aims to distinguish delinquencies reported as a result of a Federal Housing Administration rule change from broader market trends.

Delinquencies also showed signs of overall improvement in March, despite an increase in foreclosure numbers, ICE Mortgage Technology said.

But in its earnings release, parent company Hilltop Holdings warned its full year 2026 results are going to be impacted by things outside of its control.

The bank denied Black, Latino and Asian mortgage applicants roughly twice as frequently as white applicants in North Carolina, according to a study from the Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund.

President Donald Trump said he would look into the actions of banks in their response to last year's devastating Los Angeles wildfires following a meeting with that city's mayor, Karen Bass.

A proposed update to Basel III capital rules from federal banking regulators does not specifically include mortgage insurance as a factor in determining the risk weight for a mortgage loan held on a bank's balance sheet. Industry experts say it should.

The Mortgage Bankers Association is recommending the option for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac borrowers with strong credit with a tri-merge for others. Here's why.

Foreclosure auctions available jumped on both a quarterly and yearly basis, but the sales rate did not move in tandem, according to a new report.

More than a third of sellers have mortgage rates below 5%, yet still plan to list their homes this spring, according to a survey from Coldwell Banker.

The 30-year fixed is still over 20 basis points higher than its February bottom, but fell 7 basis points this past week on Iran peace hopes, Freddie Mac said.

The addition of HELOCs at SoFi comes alongside the launch of a new advisory group, as the company heightens its focus on real estate lending.

The enterprises also still plan to add FICO 10T but the release of the historical data stakeholders in their market can use to assess it has taken longer.

Builder mortgage units saw Q1 profit slides (NVR down 17%) despite an 11% rise in new home loan applications. Overall homebuilder net income dropped, and sales incentives remain high.

Toll Brothers' purchase of Buffington Homes of Arkansas will extend its national outreach with a strong presence in northwest Arkansas, the company said.

The company that the global firm is investing in owns a U.S. mortgage correspondent business and another domestic lender that does business with brokers.

Nearly half of respondents say if these payments rise, it would make it difficult to meet their mortgage obligations, according to The Zebra.

The company will be using a simplified name and a new logo it says shows its unified business model, but its longstanding tagline will stay in place.

The contract rate on a 30-year mortgage dropped for a third week to 6.35%, the lowest since mid-March

The new law adds rules, including counseling requirements, which would put severe constraints on originations of HEIs, an industry representative said.