FHA expects to rescind a suite of policies next month as a continuation of its deregulatory approach to tackling affordability, said FHA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single-Family Housing Matt Jones.

Earnings improved during the first quarter of 2026 among a group of 13 publicly traded nonbank companies despite choppy market conditions and slowing production.

Lenders turned down 23.38% of refinance applications based on credit history last year compared to 29.88% in 2024.

Both VantageScore and FICO claim their scoring models allow lenders to approve more mortgage applicants.

“Regulators are taking more notice of this part of the market,” Bob Broeksmit, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, said of the non-agency sector.

The Mortgage Bankers Association adjusted its economic forecast to account for the long-term inflationary effects of war in the Middle East, anticipating a rate hike from the Federal Reserve next year.

The small non-agency lender took a $5.3 million loss in the first quarter of 2026, narrowing losses from $8.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2025.

First Colony has fully deployed the AI-powered point-of-sale platform after a pilot rollout.

Arch Mortgage Insurance sprinted to the lead among private MIs with $14.81 billion in NIW for the first quarter. The company was the only PMI to increase production from the previous three-month period.

The spread between conventional loans and FHA and VA loans last quarter were at their widest margins since 2021, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Delinquency Survey.