The Mortgage Bankers Association’s purchase index is a poor indicator of the health of the housing market this year, primarily because government loan applications were significantly down this time last year, according to Goldman Sachs analysts.

A U.S. appeals court ruled that a borrower is not entitled to a refund of prepaid private mortgage insurance if voluntarily canceled before the statutory termination.

A Redfin survey found that almost 25% of recent young homebuyers used family money to fund their downpayment.

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization has published a glossary of artificial intelligence terms and definitions.

FHA and VA purchase-mortgage volume increased by nearly 30% in the second quarter of 2025 compared with the previous quarter. GSE mortgages with private MI and agency purchase mortgages without primary MI lagged behind. (Includes two data tables.)

The FHFA director last week directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to figure out how to use cryptocurrency in the mortgage underwriting process.

RealKey, an automated loan processing platform, paused operations at the end of May. The startup’s CEO said the investment community has shied away from the mortgage tech space.

Mortgage servicing is becoming more valuable as lenders look for ways to boost originations.

Leaders from some of the regional Federal Reserve banks discussed the lack of housing supply and how they are addressing challenges to find solutions.

The gap between wages and homeownership costs widened in the second quarter of 2025, although it showed signs of stabilization on an annual basis.