Net Interest Income Varies at Fannie, Freddie May 7, 2026 Dennis Hollier At Freddie, net interest income has increased slightly in every quarter but one over the past three years.Read More
Real Estate Company reAlpha Lays Off 25% of Staff May 7, 2026 Brandon Ivey Mike Logozzo, CEO of reAlpha, said the company is putting a greater emphasis on artificial intelligence.Read More
Short Takes: Ishbia Takes Questions Again / UWM Offering Closed-End Seconds / Zillow Doubles Originations / Chimera Takes Loss May 7, 2026 Brandon Ivey After avoiding questions from analysts during UWM's earnings call for the fourth quarter of 2025, Mat Ishbia spoke via a Zoom video to discuss results for the first quarter of 2026.Read More
Earnings Improve at UWM in First Quarter May 6, 2026 Brandon Ivey The improvement was largely tied to changes in the value of mortgage servicing rights.Read More
Bank Mortgage-Banking Income Ticks Down in 1Q May 6, 2026 John Bancroft Earnings were depressed for both production and servicing.Read More
Servicing Income at Pennymac Drops in First Quarter May 6, 2026 Brandon Ivey Much of the decline in servicing income was from valuation-related losses for mortgage servicing rights.Read More
Industry Hopeful About Housing Regulatory Changes May 6, 2026 Shannon Clark Panelists at the Women in Housing and Finance symposium were pleased with recent regulatory changes that could improve housing supply.Read More
Short Takes: Interest Rates Head Higher / Losses Increase at loanDepot / Sales of New Homes Increase in March / Pennymac’s REIT Turns Profit in 1Q May 6, 2026 Brandon Ivey Issues stemming from the war with Iran helped to push interest rates on mortgages up last week.Read More
Fannie, Freddie Differ With Portfolio Additions in 1Q May 5, 2026 Dennis Hollier Fannie added MBS at a fast pace and Freddie reduced its whole-loan holdings.Read More
Stalled Housing Package Seen as Boost for Midterm Prospects May 5, 2026 Emmeline Willey “The only thing that’s on the table for them to do are these two bills,” said TD Securities Managing Director Jaret Seibert.Read More