“Mortgage rates continued to move higher, driven by increasing Treasury yields as the conflict in the Middle East kept oil prices elevated, along with the risk of a broader inflationary shock,” said Joel Kan, a vice president and deputy chief economist at the MBA.

Institutional Shareholder Services recommended that Two Harbors shareholders vote against the planned acquisition by UWM.

VA proposed backdating eligibility for the program to May 1, 2025, picking up where the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase program left off.

Home prices declined by 0.2% on an annual basis in February, the first annual decline since 2012, according to First American Data & Analytics.

Among the 50 largest jumbo lenders, 48 increased their non-agency jumbo originations during the fourth quarter of 2025.

The National Consumer Law Center predicted that implementing the mortgage-focused order will “re-ignite the market conditions” that led to the financial crisis of 2008.

“By leveraging the existing shared services infrastructure of our joint venture channel, we are well positioned to scale this business and add a new source of profitable growth,” said Anthony Hsieh, CEO of loanDepot.

ICE said the voice agent can manage thousands of simultaneous interactions.

Seneca owned mortgage servicing rights with an unpaid principal balance of $42.31 billion as of the end of December, according to estimates by Inside Mortgage Finance.

Among other actions, the order calls for the CFPB to revise major mortgage regulation, such as the ability-to-repay and servicing rules.