Industry groups recommended that FHA consider reverting the upfront mortgage insurance premiums on home equity conversion mortgages to the previous risk-based model.

FHA proposed tweaking its limited 203(k) rehabilitation loan program to reduce financial burdens on contractors.

Younger borrowers are behind much of the growth of VA purchase mortgages, according to an analysis by Veterans United.

Two new bills in the House aim to modernize FHA multifamily loan limits by more than quadrupling the current caps.

Progress on FHA, Ginnie nominee confirmations; USDA preps for delegated authority; FHA Connection MFA compliance extended; FHA expands HECM, HMBS comment period.

Both the correspondent and broker channels picked up some market share from the retail channel in the third quarter of 2025. At Chase, the largest nonconforming retail lender among a group of 38 lenders, retail volume was up 1.6% during the third quarter. (Includes two data tables.)

A push by the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise disclosure standards for publicly-registered non-agency MBS has broad support.

Some 36.5% of the mortgages in a new $365.0 million non-agency MBS from Citi have private mortgage insurance and were eligible for delivery to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Backflip closed its first residential transition loan securitization last week, a $95 million deal.

The non-agency mortgage space is becoming more comfortable with artificial intelligence to help make the loan origination process more efficient.