FTC warns Mortgage Connect about noncompetes; Rocket preps CES MBS; New legislation on mortgages for homes on tribal land passed; Share of first-time homebuyers increasing.

Origna8 is providing brokers a platform that can be used for lead generation, agentic-AI marketing, lender relationship management and data analytics.

Declining interest rates in January and February helped to push refinance business up, but not enough to offset the seasonal decline in purchase-mortgage lending in the first quarter.

Stakeholders are speculating on the next steps for bringing the new credit scores to market without complete transparency.

Banks and other depository institutions regained a little market share in GSE servicing during the first quarter of 2026 after 11 consecutive quarters of losing share to nonbanks. (Includes two data tables.)

A new proof-of-concept between Amazon Web Services and Rocket Close highlighted the potential to use AI to extract data from complex mortgage documents.

Large lenders increased their share in the conventional mortgage market even as their GSE volume fell. (Includes two data tables.)

An Ohio appeals court ruled that a lower court erred in granting Rocket Mortgage summary judgment in an employee discrimination lawsuit.

Rocket Mortgage delivered $7.59 billion in loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in February, according to an Inside The GSEs ranking and analysis.

Three of the top-five GSE issuers posted declines in volume last month. Meanwhile, Fannie’s share of total residential MBS issuance fell to a decade-plus low of 24.0% in the fourth quarter of 2025. (Includes two data tables.)