Addressing housing supply shortages requires an all-of-government effort along with collaboration from industry and housing advocates, according to White House officials and industry stakeholders.

Purchase-mortgage lending expected to increase; tips on remaining profitable amid rising interest rates; Texas Capital Bank slashes projections for warehouse lending; mixed trends for closing costs; Optimal Blue offers benchmark pricing tool for third-party originations; Comcast venture group invests in Neat Capital; MISMO’s e-Eligibility Exchange.

S&P has proposed revisions to its criteria for judging the adequacy of risk-based capital when assessing insurers. The revision would prompt higher capital requirements for certain MBS and ABS held by insurers.

It seems that some non-QM lenders learned a valuable lesson this spring: When in doubt, hedge your production pipeline. Then again, it doesn’t apply to all loan types.

As the non-QM market works out its kinks, deal activity should pick up, despite higher interest rates. Due diligence providers like Clayton are hoping the largess comes their way.

All of the participants in the Fed’s TALF program set up in the early days of the pandemic were so-called opportunistic investors that hadn’t previously been buying AAA-rated deals.

The market decline, in response to the end of QE, has been severe, but much more orderly than in 2013.

New reports from S&P and Fitch look at how home price appreciation, affordability and housing overvaluation trends, especially in certain geographic markets, might impact residential MBS.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency estimates around 60% of loans maturing through 2023 would be able to refinance without added costs. But the refi prospects for retail properties and lodging are bad.

The FHA saw a steep 21.1% decline in volume, while the VA posted an 18.4% decline from the fourth quarter...