The GSEs noted that mortgages for government employees and other workers directly impacted by the shutdown are eligible for delivery to the GSEs, even if the borrower is not receiving pay, so long as certain conditions are met.

Cotality is projecting a 4.4% annual increase in home prices as of January 2027.

Securitization volume of home equity loans increased by 5.8% on a sequential basis to $10.62 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025.

“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.

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.

Prior to back-to-back CRT offerings in February and March, the government-sponsored enterprise hadn’t issued a CRT deal since October.

MorVest Capital is brokering the sale of agency mortgage servicing rights with an unpaid principal balance of $2.41 billion.

Bank and thrift holdings of ARMs increased from the end of September to the end of December.

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.

Retirements and a lack of new hires led staffing levels to shrink in the third quarter of 2025.