Fifth Third believes mortgages are key to establishing long-term customer relationships that include multiple financial services.

Cross-industry coordination will be key to increasing housing affordability, according to industry participants.

FHFA Director Bill Pulte has repeatedly ignored requests for information from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, preferring to communicate primarily through his personal X account.

Prospective homebuyers in urban areas where the mortgage share of home sales is low may have to resort to riskier financing options.

Senate passes the ROAD to Housing Act; layoffs at HUD, CDFI Fund halted; MBA’s annual conference missing some federal officials.

The new option allows tri-merge resellers to calculate and deliver FICO scores directly to customers, bypassing the big credit bureaus. Experian countered with a move involving VantageScore 4.0.

The National Flood Insurance Program can’t issue new policies for the duration of the government shutdown, complicating and in some cases stalling lending for properties in flood-prone areas.

Many charges in a class action against UWM were dismissed, but some Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act claims will move forward.

Industry participants favor a proposal from the Federal Housing Finance Agency to repeal fair lending oversight of Fannie, Freddie and FHLBanks. Consumer advocates, meanwhile, were sharply critical.

Annaly Capital Management is buying a portfolio of lower-coupon MSRs from Pennymac, and also tapping Pennymac as subservicer of the portfolio.