The mortgage industry appears to be lagging other sectors in adoption of artificial intelligence. Tech providers stress that AI offers lenders potential gains in productivity with limited downsides.

The lender sees major opportunities to increase mortgage volume by reaching out to borrowers who speak only Spanish or have limited English proficiency, even as HUD pulls back on translation services.

Manufactured housing supply might be due to increase if the Trump administration enacts certain reforms, potentially opening a broadly untapped market for mortgage lenders.

Officials at MISMO believe that the e-Eligibility Exchange has helped mortgage lenders overcome counterparty approval challenges for use of eNotes.

A solid quality control program is critical to mitigating fraud risk, as well as protecting a lender’s perceived risk, according to industry attorneys.

The volume of adjustable-rate mortgages flowing into agency mortgage-backed securities jumped in the second quarter of 2025 and has remained elevated. Large nonbank lenders are driving the increase. (Includes data table.)

PennyMac Financial Services partnered with Vesta Innovations to adopt the firm’s loan origination system and streamline the mortgage application process in the consumer direct channel. The move includes an investment in Vesta.

Truist alleges that Colliers Mortgage used insider information to prompt employees in a mortgage unit at Truist to shift to Colliers.

Repurchases and indemnifications increased by more than 30% on a sequential basis during the second quarter. Through the first six months of the year, buyback activity was essentially level compared with the first half of 2024. (Includes data table.)

Employers are increasingly offering downpayment assistance programs as a way to boost employee recruitment and retention.