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fromHarvard Business Review
6 hours ago

Limiting Your Exposure to the Private Credit Crisis

Both experts acknowledge the brewing trouble in the private credit sector, emphasizing that while risks are present, they do not believe a financial crisis is unavoidable.
Higher education
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 days ago

Reverse mortgage brokers say lender contracts help with limits

Programs work by preventing lenders' retail teams from contacting borrowers who are already in a broker's active pipeline, automatically routing these customers back to their original advisers. They also monitor common refinance intent signals such as payoff requests and add the brokerage firm's contact information to borrowers' statements.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 days ago

Washington DFI charges Newrez with mortgage servicing violations

DFI alleges that Newrez engaged in unfair or deceptive practices that affected 29 Washington consumers by failing to mediate in good faith during foreclosure proceedings, providing misleading information, and responding to concerns untimely.
Washington DC
California
fromABC7 San Francisco
13 hours ago

California officials charge 21 people in hospice fraud ring exceeding $250 million

California officials uncovered a multimillion-dollar scheme involving stolen identities to fraudulently bill for hospice services through government insurance.
#real-estate
from24/7 Wall St.
1 day ago
SF real estate

Dave Ramsey Warns Homebuyer Her $750,000 Is at Risk of Foreclosure Over a Mortgage Clause She Never Saw

SF real estate
from24/7 Wall St.
1 day ago

Dave Ramsey Warns Homebuyer Her $750,000 Is at Risk of Foreclosure Over a Mortgage Clause She Never Saw

A buyer can face foreclosure risks if a mortgage clause is overlooked during a property purchase.
NYC real estate
fromtherealdeal.com
6 days ago

Antitrust lawsuit fallout fails to dent New York agent commissions

Commission rates in New York City remain stable despite antitrust lawsuits, with agents earning similar amounts as before.
Healthcare
fromLos Angeles Times
21 hours ago

Colossal hospice scheme cost California millions, officials say amid intensifying Trump feud

Twenty-one individuals are charged in a hospice fraud scheme that defrauded California's medical system of $267 million.
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 day ago

eXp denied dismissal of fraud claims in sexual misconduct case

During the three-year span of the lawsuit, eXp and its founder Glenn Sanford faced allegations of negligent hiring. But these claims against Sanford and the company were ultimately dismissed.
Law
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
22 hours ago

CLO equity stress test reveals the danger behind 22% yields

Oxford Square Capital Corp. faces risks to its high yield due to declining performance in its CLO equity investments.
NYC real estate
fromFortune
2 days ago

Housing is so expensive, even a $87 billion Wall Street bank is giving workers $6.5K in cash to get on the property ladder | Fortune

Many American workers have abandoned homeownership dreams due to a housing crisis, prompting BNY to offer financial assistance for first-time homebuyers.
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 days ago

NMB taps Herrera as president of Hispanic homeownership division

Yasser has such an incredible drive and understands that our business is rooted in the success of those around us, including our loan officers and the customers that look to us to educate and inform along their pathway to homeownership.
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fromwww.housingwire.com
2 days ago

Borrowers have a new agent. Is your organization built for it?

AI is shifting negotiating power from lenders to borrowers, requiring institutions to adapt or risk losing competitive advantage.
#mortgage-rates
SF real estate
fromSFGATE
1 day ago

Mortgage Rates Move Lower as Economic Outlook Worsens

Mortgage interest rates have slightly improved, but the economic outlook remains negative, indicating deeper financial concerns for consumers and businesses.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 days ago

Mortgage applications drop as refi, purchase demand weakens

Higher mortgage rates and economic uncertainty continue to depress mortgage applications, with refinance activity at its lowest since December 2025.
SF real estate
fromSFGATE
1 day ago

Mortgage Rates Move Lower as Economic Outlook Worsens

Mortgage interest rates have slightly improved, but the economic outlook remains negative, indicating deeper financial concerns for consumers and businesses.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 days ago

Mortgage applications drop as refi, purchase demand weakens

Higher mortgage rates and economic uncertainty continue to depress mortgage applications, with refinance activity at its lowest since December 2025.
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Law
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 days ago

FinCEN proposes new AML rule for financial institutions

FinCEN proposed a rule to reform AML/CFT programs, focusing on effectiveness and reducing compliance burdens for financial institutions.
Law
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 days ago

FinCEN proposes new AML rule for financial institutions

FinCEN proposed a rule to reform AML/CFT programs, focusing on effectiveness and reducing compliance burdens for financial institutions.
Cryptocurrency
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Housing giant Fannie-Mae to accept crypto-backed mortgages for the first time | Fortune

Fannie Mae now accepts crypto-backed mortgages, allowing digital assets to be used as collateral for home down payments.
US politics
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks ago

FHFA's Bill Pulte files new DOJ referrals against Letitia James

FHFA Director Bill Pulte filed criminal referrals against NY Attorney General Letitia James for alleged insurance fraud misrepresentations.
SF real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 days ago

How top LOs dominated government lending in 2025

Knowledge of FHA and VA guidelines is crucial for success in the mortgage industry, especially for veterans and active-duty service members.
#mortgage-underwriting
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 days ago

Verification first: Why mortgage lending must rethink income and how it actually works

Mortgage underwriting needs to evolve from document-driven methods to assessing income behavior for better risk evaluation.
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks ago

Swalwell ends Privacy Act case against FHFA, Pulte

Swalwell claimed that Pulte improperly accessed his mortgage records when referring him to the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations of mortgage and tax fraud.
SF politics
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 day ago

Private-label reverse mortgages surpass HECMs in Q1 2026

Private-label originations totaled $344 million in March, compared to $260 million for the HECM market, indicating a significant shift towards proprietary loans in the reverse mortgage sector.
Real estate
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fromFast Company
1 week ago

Fannie and Freddie stock prices are soaring today, but still down for the year. Here's why

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stocks surged after Bill Ackman's social media endorsement, highlighting their perceived undervaluation.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks ago

Mortgage rates rise despite $200B GSE MBS expansion signal

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are cautiously active in the MBS market, influenced more by Treasury volatility and geopolitical risks than their $200 billion expansion.
SF real estate
fromFast Company
1 week ago

Fannie and Freddie stock prices are soaring today, but still down for the year. Here's why

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stocks surged after Bill Ackman's social media endorsement, highlighting their perceived undervaluation.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks ago

Mortgage rates rise despite $200B GSE MBS expansion signal

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are cautiously active in the MBS market, influenced more by Treasury volatility and geopolitical risks than their $200 billion expansion.
#housing-market
Real estate
fromFortune
2 days ago

The housing market has been frozen for 3 years. Here's why this spring could finally change that | Fortune

The U.S. housing market shows early signs of recovery as first-time buyers return and affordability improves.
Real estate
fromFortune
2 days ago

The housing market has been frozen for 3 years. Here's why this spring could finally change that | Fortune

The U.S. housing market shows early signs of recovery as first-time buyers return and affordability improves.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 days ago

Housing market crash unlikely despite war, high rates

Housing demand remains strong despite rising mortgage rates, with no historical precedent for price crashes without distressed sellers.
#mortgage-lending
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 days ago

Mortgage Workflow Fragmentation Drives Hidden Interoperability Tax Costs

Mortgage lenders face rising costs per loan due to operational complexity and fragmented workflows despite automation investments.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks ago

The mortgage industry built a sales infrastructure. It now needs a navigation infrastructure

Mortgage lending's efficiency may obscure its complexities, necessitating a shift from sales infrastructure to navigation infrastructure for better borrower understanding.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
4 days ago

Rocket overtakes UWM in 2025 HMDA loan count

The mortgage market grew in 2025, with increased originations and consolidation among lenders despite a decline in the number of active lenders.
SF real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 weeks ago

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac revise condo insurance standards

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac updated insurance requirements allowing ACV roof coverage for condos while maintaining RCV for other property, reducing homeowner costs and expanding mortgage market access.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
4 days ago

ICE Mortgage Monitor shows serious delinquencies up 25%

Serious borrower distress is increasing, with 878,000 loans either 90-plus days past due or in foreclosure, marking the highest level since mid-2018.
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fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

How to ensure locked-down compliance during HMDA reporting season, and year-round

HMDA compliance requires year-round automation and verification systems to manage increasing regulatory scrutiny, as manual processes and data errors create significant compliance risks for financial institutions.
#investment-fraud
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
4 days ago

Elly Johnson on reverse mortgage liquidity and compliance

Elly Johnson emphasizes the evolution and improvements in the reverse mortgage industry, focusing on compliance, consumer protection, and operational complexities.
SF real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 weeks ago

Finance of America expands HomeSafe Second reverse mortgage

Finance of America launches HomeSafe Second, a second lien product for homeowners 55+ to access home equity without refinancing or making monthly payments.
Law
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

West Capital sues loanDepot over TILA pay violations

loanDepot allegedly compensated production staff for steering borrowers into higher-rate loans while penalizing pricing exceptions, creating unfair competitive advantages through systematic violations of lending regulations.
Law
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Trigger leads restrictions rewrite mortgage outreach rules

A new federal law effective March 5 prohibits credit bureaus from selling trigger leads to lenders, significantly reducing unsolicited mortgage solicitations unless consumers opt in or lenders have existing relationships.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks ago

Mortgage experts weigh in on GSE condo updates

GSEs will require full project reviews for condo loans, increasing costs and documentation requirements for homeowners associations starting Aug. 3.
Business
fromBig Think
1 month ago

Inside Wall Street's 2008 meltdown, through the eyes of an FBI informant

During the 2008 financial crisis, an FBI informant purchased a house on the day Lehman Brothers collapsed, facing financial precarity while maintaining a secret double life.
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Debate intensifies over single-file credit report plan for mortgages

Eric Ellman, president of the National Consumer Reporting Association (NCRA) said we learned from the 2008 housing crisis that more data is better than less data, especially when the financial stakes are so high. He added, The cost of being right for spending an extra $100 is so much stronger a case to make than the downside risk for a consumer who might lose thousands over the lifetime of a loan.
Privacy professionals
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Eagle
2 months ago

Supreme Court declines Emigrant Bank in predatory lending case, in win for homeowners

Supreme Court refusal leaves a $722,000 jury award intact against Emigrant Bank for predatory lending through its STAR NINA program that targeted low-income, minority homeowners.
US news
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Reverse mortgage borrowers could get checks after CFPB action

CFPB permanently barred Sutherland Global Services, Sutherland subsidiaries and NOVAD from servicing reverse mortgages for illegal servicing failures that harmed and distressed older homeowners.
SF real estate
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

The Disappearing American Mortgage

Mortgage applications have reached historic lows, freezing the real estate market and preventing working-class families from building wealth through homeownership while wealthy buyers dominate transactions.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 weeks ago

Lower rates aren't enough: What mortgage lenders and servicers must do to set spring homebuyers up for long-term success

Interest rates easing may improve buyer sentiment, but sustainable homeownership relies more on managing cash flow than just lower rates.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 weeks ago

The industry's quiet first line of defense

Title agents perform critical fraud detection work during real estate transactions that remains largely invisible to buyers, sellers, and lenders despite being more important than the visible closing process.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 weeks ago

Freedom Mortgage parent to acquire Seneca Mortgage Servicing

Freedom Superior acquires Seneca Mortgage Servicing from EJF Capital to expand its GSE-approved MSR platform and servicing capabilities, reaching a $642B portfolio.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
4 weeks ago

Is it time to bring banks back to the mortgage business?

Mortgage loan origination collapsed from 14.2 million in 2021 to under 5 million in 2023, with independent mortgage banks filling the gap while maintaining quality, yet regulators and industry leaders argue banks should re-engage to restore competition and customer relationships.
US politics
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

OCC escrow plan opposed by regulators, consumer advocates

The OCC proposed rules would let national banks control mortgage escrow terms and potentially withhold interest, preempting state consumer protections.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 weeks ago

Trump executive orders target housing supply and mortgage credit

Executive orders aim to reduce regulatory barriers to housing construction and increase mortgage lending accessibility by streamlining permitting, reforming environmental rules, and lowering compliance costs for community banks.
Law
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Reverse mortgage servicers face lawsuit over borrower fees

Class-action alleges HECM servicers improperly added attorneys', property inspection, preservation and appraisal fees to reverse mortgage loan balances, inflating principals and costs.
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Mortgage applications jump 11%, refinances lead the gains

Refinance applications increased for the fourth straight week to the strongest pace since 2022, with conventional refinances up 20%. The increase in the average loan size for refinances indicates that more borrowers with larger loan sizes are seeking to lower their monthly payments.
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fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Why mortgage licensing must be a priority for private lenders In 2026

Mortgage licensing is a critical legal and deal-enabling priority for private lenders, not an operational afterthought, with significant consequences for non-compliance including usury exposure, penalties, and loan enforceability risks.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

RESPA uncertainty fuels debate over agent-lender partnerships

RESPA's outdated 1974 framework creates compliance ambiguity for modern mortgage and real estate partnerships, causing lenders to lose business to competitors willing to pay higher referral fees to real estate agents.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Fannie and Freddie add $12.5B MBS in January, help to ease rates

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchased $12.5 billion in agency MBS in January following Trump's $200 billion directive, contributing to mortgage rates declining from 6.20% to 5.95%.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

The mortgage industry doesn't have a speed problem. It has a trust problem.

Mortgage industry speed improvements haven't reduced costs or risks because the real bottleneck is trust in fragmented, inconsistent data, not processing velocity.
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

AD Mortgage launches its largest non-QM securitization yet

The deal represents a defining milestone for the firm. It reflects not only the continued strength of the non-QM RMBS market, but also the confidence investors place in our platform and in AD non-QM mortgages as a premier asset class.
Real estate
fromFast Company
2 months ago

The mortgage industry just crossed a line it's avoided for years

"Today, an increasing number of consumers include crypto in their investment portfolios, while major financial institutions are deepening their involvement in crypto assets, supported by key regulatory developments," Newrez President Baron Silverstein said in the announcement, adding that now is the "right time" to weave crypto into the mortgage lending business.
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fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Mortgage defects stabilize as lenders face quality control issues

Quality control staffing stabilized in 2025, but origination cost pressures and volume surges cause fluctuating defect types and levels, increasing buyback and defect risk.
#mortgage-fraud
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

GSEs boost foreclosure prevention as forbearances surge

Forbearance and permanent loan modifications rose sharply in October, while delinquency modestly improved, foreclosures increased, and refinance activity grew as rates fell.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Mortgage M&A wave creates more mega-lenders

Bayview Asset Management acquired Guild Mortgage in November 2025 to combine Bayview's servicing scale with Guild's retail origination capabilities.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Regulators urged to ease bank capital rules for mortgages

Trade groups asked regulators to recalibrate bank capital requirements for residential mortgages, MSRs, and warehouse lending to better reflect current risk and protections.
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Rocket Companies faces lawsuit over mortgage steering

The plaintiffs are represented by Hagens Berman, a consumer protection law firm that was also involved in similar litigation against Zillow and the National Association of Realtors. In a press release announcing the action, the law firm said that Rocket including its affiliates Rocket Mortgage, Amrock Holdings and Rocket Homes Real Estate, which were also named as defendants conspired to pressure clients to use Rocket's mortgage company to finance their purchase.
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fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Rocket RESPA lawsuit is unique, but legal hurdles lie ahead

Rocket Homes allegedly received ~35% referral fees for buyers steered to its agents, compromising agents' fiduciary duty and prompting pay-to-play coercion claims.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Mortgage escrow misconceptions persist as payment amounts rise

Rising property taxes, insurance premiums, and escrow misconceptions are causing unexpected mortgage payment increases and borrower surprise despite many claiming they understand escrow.
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Are 50-year mortgages, portable mortgages and assumable loans the future of U.S. housing?

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is deeply entrenched in the U.S. system. It benefits from decades of investor demand, a robust securitization framework and established insurance support. Once loan terms extend beyond 30 years, those structural advantages begin to erode. There is also a cost that often gets overlooked. A 50-year mortgage dramatically increases the total interest paid over the life of the loan. While monthly payments may appear more manageable, borrowers can end up paying nearly double the interest compared to a traditional 30-year mortgage.
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fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

NAMB urges FHA to end lifetime mortgage insurance rule

NAMB asks FHA to restore 78% LTV MIP cancellation, citing strong MMI Fund capital and improved housing affordability for first-time, low-income borrowers.
Real estate
from24/7 Wall St.
2 months ago

How Investors Should Play The $200B Mortgage Bond Initiative In the US

Raising Fannie and Freddie purchase caps from $40B to $200B aims to boost mortgage liquidity, benefiting underwriters, builders, and retailers while hindering privatization.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

New Fed proposals could reshape mortgage capital requirements

The Fed will propose recalibrating capital treatment of MSRs and raising risk weights for residential mortgages, potentially reducing bank participation and MBS supply over time.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Trade groups push for lower FHA premiums, LLPA cuts

End tri-merge credit reporting, adopt a single-file framework, lower FHA mortgage insurance premiums, reduce LLPAs and refinance fees to lower mortgage costs and expand homeownership.
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