A new Urban Institute report found that as a bank’s ratio of FHLBank advances to total assets grows, so does its level of overall lending and mortgage originations.

Fannie and Freddie representatives gave attendees at the MISMO Winter Summit a better sense of the timeline for fully implementing UAD 3.6 and UCD 2.0.

Testimony from both liberal and conservative housing industry observers questioned the Trump administration’s policy regarding the future of Fannie and Freddie.

Trump seeks to bar Wall Street from the single-family market; more turnover in the FHLBank San Francisco C-suite; AI version of Trump narrates Fannie Mae ad.

The total delinquency rate on loans in agency MBS reached 3.71% at the end of 2025. The last time delinquencies were at that level was early 2021 as the market was recovering from the impact of the pandemic. (Includes data table.)

Mortgage lenders are partnering with student loan debt repayment services as a pathway to drive business with new and existing borrowers.

Truist is using an AI tool from Dark Matter Technologies for underwriting processes while having humans validate the results. Meanwhile, MISMO is working on a framework for AI.

Players in the non-agency market are touting the benefits of thoughtfully using artificial intelligence for debt service coverage ratio loans and residential transition loans.

Homeowners are increasingly tapping into their home equity as part of a strategic planning process given uncertainties in the economy.

Ohio-based Credit union service organization myCUmortgage originated $994 million in mortgages last year through 4,045 partners.