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Cash-Strapped Homeowners Increasingly Turn to BNPL Products

March 9, 2026
James Dohnert
Buy now, pay later spending has increased from about $2 billion in 2019 to $75 billion in 2023, according to a new report by the JPMorgan Chase Institute.
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loanDepot Returns to Wholesale Channel

March 9, 2026
James Dohnert
loanDepot has returned to the wholesale lending channel after exiting the business in 2022.
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Short Takes: Home Relistings Rise / Taxes, Insurance Account for 21% of Mortgage Payment / Planet Boosts Servicing / MISMO Publishes Data Mapping for VA Docs

March 9, 2026
James Dohnert
The number of homes relisted in January was the highest figure for the month since 2016, according to Redfin.
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Retail Channel Regains Some Share of Originations in 2025

March 6, 2026
Brandon Ivey
The retail channel accounted for 51.3% of first-lien mortgage originations in 2025, up from 50.6% in 2024, according to a new analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance.
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ARMs From Nonbanks Head Into MBS From Redwood

March 6, 2026
Brandon Ivey
Typically, the loans in jumbo MBS from Redwood are fixed-rate mortgages.
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Non-Agency MBS Issuers Expect Benefits From Disclosure Shift

March 6, 2026
James Dohnert
Dallin Merrill, head of policy at the Structured Finance Association, said some larger investors can increase their investments in 144A transactions, but smaller investors still struggle.
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FHA Faulted on Now-Rescinded Foreclosure Sale Program

March 6, 2026
Emmeline Willey
One of the mortgagee letters that established the policies in 2022 required that HUD document all CWCOT property sales, but the HUD OIG said it didn’t keep records verifying buyers, such as the statements owner-occupants must sign verifying they intend to use the home as a principal residence.
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Short Takes: Prepayment Rate Lower Than Expected / Freddie Marketing CRT Deal / Underwriting in Less Than a Minute

March 6, 2026
Brandon Ivey
"It is possible that pull-through rates declined in February as mortgage rates continued to drift lower through the month," according to analysts at Goldman Sachs.
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VA Posts Draft Partial Claim Policies

March 5, 2026
Emmeline Willey
Eligibility for partial claims would be backdated to the sunset of the VA servicing purchase program, on May 1, 2025.
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GSE CRT Activity in 2025 Lowest Since 2013

March 5, 2026
Dennis Hollier
The GSEs started issuing credit risk transfer transactions in 2013.
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