Tempered Response From Potential Borrowers as Rates Hover March 3, 2026 Brandon Ivey “5.75% is really where you have more and more homeowners in the money on a cash-out refi,” Scott Peyree, president and CEO of LendingTree, said.Read More
Appeals Court Looks to Address Injunction Against CFPB March 3, 2026 Shannon Clark Judges on the appeals court seemed conflicted about whether the Trump administration has the authority to move forward with its plans to terminate nearly 90% of the workforce at the CFPB.Read More
Fannie Back Quickly With CRT Transaction March 3, 2026 Brandon Ivey Prior to back-to-back CRT offerings in February and March, the government-sponsored enterprise hadn’t issued a CRT deal since October.Read More
Short Takes: Agency MSRs on Offer / Mortgage Profits Decline at LendingTree / HomeBridge, AmWest Selling HELOCs Via Goldman March 3, 2026 Brandon Ivey MorVest Capital is brokering the sale of agency mortgage servicing rights with an unpaid principal balance of $2.41 billion.Read More
Banks Boost ARM Holdings March 2, 2026 Abby Zimmardi Bank and thrift holdings of ARMs increased from the end of September to the end of December.Read More
Average Interest Rate Drops Below 6% March 2, 2026 James Dohnert Last week was the first time in three and a half years that the 30-year FRM interest rate has dropped into the 5% range.Read More
HUD Staffing Levels Continue Declining March 2, 2026 Emmeline Willey Retirements and a lack of new hires led staffing levels to shrink in the third quarter of 2025.Read More
Homeowners With Rates Under 3% Reach Five Year Low March 2, 2026 James Dohnert About 21% of homeowners have a rate of 6% or higher, the highest share in a decade.Read More
Short Takes: AD Mortgage Issues Its Largest Non-QM MBS Ever / Rocket, Compass Announce New Partnership / DQs Decline to Start 2026 / NewDay USA Brings On Former FHA Commissioner March 2, 2026 James Dohnert AD Mortgage issued its largest-ever securitization last week.Read More
Nonconforming Share of Originations Hits 20.9% in 2025 February 27, 2026 Brandon Ivey Some $401.0 billion of nonconforming mortgages were originated in 2025.Read More