The MBA now projects that the unemployment rate will hold at 4.3% through the end of the third quarter of 2026, before rising to 4.4% in the fourth quarter.
"We’re comfortable with risk from many of the sellers out there that are already making those loans and selling them elsewhere," said Jason Harris, co-founder and CEO of Button Finance.
Mark Begor, CEO of Equifax, dismissed concerns that mortgage lenders are looking at scores from both FICO and VantageScore to determine which score to use with mortgages delivered to the GSEs.